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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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James Moore
James Moore
stated on March 20, 2014 in 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
Now or Never PAC
Now or Never PAC
stated on March 20, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says Ralph Hall is "the oldest member in Congress ever."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2014
ChangeAustin.org
ChangeAustin.org
stated on February 26, 2014 in an email blast:
Sarah Eckhardt "refused to take her own pay increases repeatedly."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 6, 2014
Larry Pressler
Larry Pressler
stated on February 28, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on February 25, 2014 in a press release:
Says Rick Scott "oversaw the largest Medicare fraud in the nation’s history."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 3, 2014
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent
stated on February 24, 2014 in comments on CNN:
"I've been a cop in Lake County, Michigan, since 1982 thereabout. I conduct federal raids with the DEA and ATF and U.S. Marshals and the FBI and Texas Rangers."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2014
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on January 24, 2014 in a radio interview:
Barry Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 26, 2014
Clay Pell
Clay Pell
stated on February 2, 2014 in an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":
"The budget I managed at the Department of Education was more than $60 million."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 23, 2014
Dan Branch
Dan Branch
stated on February 4, 2014 in a video ad:
"Worked with Ronald Reagan and helped re-elect him."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on February 4, 2014 in a news release:
"The only time over the last 25 years when the state’s unemployment rate exceeded the U.S. average was when (Mary) Burke was commerce secretary."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2014
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on February 5, 2014 in a video:
Dollar General "added 2,500 stores and 20,000 jobs" during his four-year tenure as CEO.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • February 14, 2014
Hugh Fitzsimons
Hugh Fitzsimons
stated on January 19, 2014 in a blog post on campaign website:
Female buffalo lead the herd.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 11, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 5, 2014 in various statements:
On abortion
Half Flip
By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2014
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on January 27, 2014 in the Texas Debate hosted by KERA-TV, Channel 13, in Dallas:
David Dewhurst is "the first lieutenant governor in history to have a personal security detail."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 31, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 28, 2014 in a speech:
"I never gave up custody of my children. I never lost custody of my children."  
Mostly True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • January 30, 2014
Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman
stated on January 24, 2014 in a Stockman campaign web page:
"John Cornyn backed his pal David Dewhurst" for the U.S. Senate over Ted Cruz.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 28, 2014
Scott Turner
Scott Turner
stated on January 8, 2014 in a speech:
"I started the whole year" as a senior on the University of Illinois football team and "led the team in interceptions and tackles from defensive back."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 15, 2014
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on January 6, 2014 in comments at a public form:
"I have never lobbied for offshore oil drilling."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 10, 2014
Kathleen Peters
Kathleen Peters
stated on December 19, 2013 in comments during a press conference:
Says David Jolly lobbied "for government-run health care just last year."
False
By Joshua Gillin • January 6, 2014
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on November 19, 2013 in a web posting:
Says Gov. Scott Walker dropped out or was kicked out of college short of a degree "not long after" he was "kicked out of student elections at Marquette University."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 21, 2013
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