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Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on August 27, 2014 in an ad:
"Big Oil gave Scott Brown $454,260."
Half-True
By Jonathan Van Fleet • September 5, 2014
NextGen Climate Action Committee
NextGen Climate Action Committee
stated on August 22, 2014 in a TV ad:
Rick Scott took $200,000 from a family that leased land for drilling "and now he is trying to hide from it."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on August 17, 2014 in a TV ad:
Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein "gave hundreds of thousands of campaign cash to control Crist’s appointments of key state judges."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 25, 2014
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 23, 2014 in the White House Summit on Working Families:
"I don't own a single stock or bond … I have no savings accounts."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Molly O'Connor • June 24, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 1, 2014 in a TV interview:
Under Wisconsin law, "anyone who knows anything about a John Doe" secret criminal investigation "can't talk about it."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 12, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on April 27, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says "Scott Brown’s carrying some big oil baggage" because he "collected over $400,000 in campaign contributions."
Half-True
By Julie Kliegman • May 1, 2014
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on April 20, 2014 in the "Doonesbury" comic strip:
Last election, the Koch brothers "spent three times what the top 10 unions spent combined."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 23, 2014
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on July 10, 2012 in an emailed statement:
"Sherrod Brown and his special interest allies in Washington are plotting to spend over $13 million" to defeat Josh Mandel.
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • July 19, 2012
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on June 18, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester is "the largest recipient of lobbyist money."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2012
Pam Davidson
Pam Davidson
stated on May 18, 2012 in a statement:
Georgia Public Service Commission member Stan Wise "has received about 95 percent of his campaign money from the utilities he is supposed to be regulating."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • June 5, 2012
Tim Lee
Tim Lee
stated on April 10, 2012 in an interview:
Candidate Bill Byrne used campaign funds for work on his "personal car."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • June 1, 2012
John Matson
John Matson
stated on April 26, 2012 in an interview on State of the State:
"Jimmy Langevin is having a fundraiser . . . to retire the debt from his campaign for secretary of state, which was 12 years ago."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 20, 2012
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 27, 2012 in a Facebook post:
Says Mitt Romney’s top five donors are Wall Street firms, while Barack Obama’s top five are technology companies and universities.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 3, 2012 in a meeting:
"Five members of [the Common Cause Georgia] board accepted maximum campaign contributions."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • January 12, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 28, 2011 in a fundraising appeal:
"We don't take a dime from D.C. lobbyists or special-interest PACs -- never have and never will."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 15, 2011 in a debate in Iowa:
"I never lobbied under any circumstance" for Freddie Mac.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 16, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on December 7, 2010 in a news release:
Says Jim Renacci ran against the Washington establishment in the election, but is now "hypocritically embracing it with big money, special interest fundraisers."
Half-True
By Sabrina Eaton • December 13, 2010
Michael Steele
Michael Steele
stated on November 8, 2010 in an interview on NPR:
"I have won more elections than any chairman since 1938."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • December 3, 2010
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on November 10, 2010 in comments on her MSNBC show.:
"The Republican who was just elected governor of the great state of Florida paid his campaign staffers, not with money, but with American Express gift cards."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • November 12, 2010
Jeff Merkley
Jeff Merkley
stated on September 17, 2010 in a fundraising letter:
Says Scott Bruun supports allowing corporations to secretly funnel millions of dollars to front groups to finance attack ads. 
Half-True
By Janie Har • October 27, 2010
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