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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 27, 2015 a web ad
"At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me."
Half-True
By Alex Wilts, W. Gardner Selby • March 4, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 26, 2015 an interview
More than any Republican governor in the 2014 elections, "I took a higher percentage of the Republican vote"and "yet I also carried independents by 12 points."  
Mostly True
March 4, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2015 a meme supposedly quoting Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas said: ‘Hey, all you wrinkly, white-aged has-beens: It’s time for you to die and let the next generation have your spot on the planet.’
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • February 24, 2015
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on January 25, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president.  
True
By Katie Sanders • January 25, 2015
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 25, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down -- Abraham Lincoln said it."  
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 9, 2015 Texas Public Policy Foundation policy orientation
"I belong to the AFL-CIO."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 7, 2014 an interview on Meet the Press
"My wife is going to be the first Hispanic first lady in the history of Texas."
True
By Dylan Baddour • December 22, 2014
Mike Martinez
Mike Martinez
stated on November 11, 2014 an interview for a news story
Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler has "never been active in anything that has to do with City Hall."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • November 20, 2014
Mike Martinez
Mike Martinez
stated on November 12, 2014 a press conference
Austin mayoral candidate "Steve Adler admitted his law firm worked with Koch Industries for nearly a decade."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2014
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on November 8, 2014 a story
Loretta Lynch, the new nominee for attorney general, "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2014
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on October 15, 2014 a speech.
"I’ll be the only economist in the (U.S.) House."
True
By Sean Gorman • November 9, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on October 9, 2014 a TV commercial
Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • October 31, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on October 7, 2014 in television commercial
"I fought 38 Studios from the beginning."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 29, 2014 a meme on social media
Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "lives in a $5.4 million mansion."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on October 20, 2014 a TV ad.
Ed Gillespie’s "firm even lobbied for five foreign governments, including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • October 24, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on October 21, 2014 a Providence Journal-WPRI-12 debate
"Governor Carcieri has not been campaigning with me."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 24, 2014
Ernest Almonte
Ernest Almonte
stated on October 5, 2014 an interview on WLNE's "On the Record"
"I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2014
Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters
Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters
stated on October 8, 2014 in a mailer
"Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the ‘non-existence of God.’"
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Kuffner • October 19, 2014
Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on October 2, 2014 an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio
"In the past three years, we have prosecuted or brought more cases on access to public records than in the previous 12 years combined."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 30, 2014 a TV debate
"[When I was mayor] Providence was one of the five renaissance cities of America, according to USA Today in those days. Money magazine said it was the fifth best city to live in in America. In addition to that, All Cities Almanac said in 1994, I believe, that it was the safest city in America."
True
By Alex Kuffner • October 2, 2014
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