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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on June 15, 2014 interview on "Face the Nation."
Says Hillary Clinton’s approval rating went from 70 percent to 52 percent in 18 months.
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • June 15, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 9, 2014 an interview on ABC
"We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 10, 2014
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on May 12, 2014 a fundraising letter
I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 25, 2014
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on May 18, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science.
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • May 18, 2014
Brit Hume
Brit Hume
stated on May 18, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
The media "widely overlooked" comments made by former President Bill Clinton that Hillary Clinton had a terrible concussion that took six months to recover from.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 18, 2014
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on May 11, 2014 a news story
Dan Branch "once lobbied for the AFL-CIO."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on May 7, 2014 a roundtable debate with state Sen. Dan Patrick
Wendy Davis "was just doing a fund-raiser in Chicago with the international socialists organization."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 6, 2014 a press release
Wendy Davis raised money for a U.S. House Democrat who is a member of a Democratic socialists group.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 a mailer to voters
"PolitiFact Texas gave" a David Dewhurst TV ad "a ‘Pants-on-Fire’ rating as an outrageous lie."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 16, 2014 a video ad
Dan Patrick "got caught not paying his taxes" and "pocketed his employees’ payroll taxes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on April 22, 2014 a TV ad.
Dave Brat "worked on Democrat Gov. Tim Kaine’s Council of Economic Advisors while Kaine tried to raise our taxes by over $1 billion."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • April 28, 2014
Young Conservatives of Texas
Young Conservatives of Texas
stated on March 13, 2014 a press release
Ryan Sitton’s company "accepted over $650,000 in Obama stimulus dollars."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 25, 2014
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on April 15, 2014 a TV ad
Says a pro-Democratic ad is "false" for saying that he allowed two disgraced staffers in 2012 to "resign."
Mostly False
By Julie Kliegman • April 25, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2014 a press release
"David Dewhurst currently owes more than $1 million to vendors for services provided to his 2012 U.S. Senate campaign."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 16, 2014 a video ad
Dan Patrick "changed his name from Danny Goeb to hide from" his "debts."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on March 28, 2014 a TV ad
"Before Congress, (Tom) Cotton got paid handsomely working for insurance companies and corporate interests."
False
By Julie Kliegman • April 9, 2014
Kesha Rogers
Kesha Rogers
stated on March 27, 2014 an interview
David Alameel "is giving thousands of dollars to support the Republican Party candidates" including John Cornyn and Greg Abbott.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 3, 2014
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on March 30, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"No one" claims the report vindicating New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the bridge scandal is "conclusive."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • March 30, 2014
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on February 25, 2014 an email blast
"Kesha Rogers is not a Democrat."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2014
James Moore
James Moore
stated on March 20, 2014 a tweet
"Ted Cruz has been to Iowa four times. Rio Grande Valley of Texas -- just once."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 20, 2014
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