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Maggie Hassan
stated on September 15, 2016 in a speech:

"During her first four years in Washington Sen. Ayotte voted with the Koch brothers nearly 90 percent of the time."

Half-True

By Allie Morris • September 24, 2016

Chris Sununu
stated on September 7, 2016 in an ad:

Says crime is ‘rising’ in Manchester and has gone up 19 percent under Mayor Ted Gatsas.

Half-True

By Ella Nilsen • September 12, 2016

Ted Gatsas
stated on September 1, 2016 in an ad:

Chris "Sununu supported Obama’s Common Core agenda, taking away local control of our schools."

Mostly False

By Allie Morris • September 12, 2016

Colin Van Ostern
stated on September 6, 2016 in a debate:

"I cast the deciding vote extending Medicaid health care coverage to 50,000 of our fellow citizens,"

Mostly False

By Allie Morris • September 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 2, 2016 in an interview with the Washington Post:

"I’m beating (Kelly Ayotte) in the polls by a lot."

Pants on Fire!

By Allie Morris • August 5, 2016

Frank Guinta
stated on July 4, 2016 in an email:

"Granite State shipbuilders . . . built the first ship that sailed into battle under a new American flag."

Half-True

By Nick Reid • July 16, 2016

Americans for Responsible Solutions
stated on May 24, 2016 in an ad:

Says Kelly Ayotte "stands with the Washington gun lobby. They fund her campaigns."

Half-True

By Nick Reid • June 30, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on June 21, 2016 in a campaign statement:

Says Kelly Ayotte "voted again yesterday against a proposal to expand background checks -- (buyers) can continue to simply go online or to gun shows to purchase guns without background checks."

True

By Allie Morris • June 21, 2016

Kelly Ayotte
stated on May 18, 2016 in a press release:

Says Maggie Hassan was "out of state on 30 days over the last three months."

Mostly True

By Clay Wirestone • May 27, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on April 12, 2016 in a press release:

"Kelly Ayotte has voted four times against the federal Paycheck Fairness Act."

Mostly True

By Clay Wirestone • April 29, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on April 8, 2016 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:

Kelly Ayotte "has voted to defund Planned Parenthood" six times.

Mostly True

By Allie Morris • April 29, 2016

Shawn O'Connor
stated on April 25, 2016 in a press release:

"A simple review of the Backroom’s health code records will reveal that the restaurant already has a long-standing problem with rodent infestations."

Pants on Fire!

By Allie Morris • April 27, 2016

Jack Falanagan
stated on March 10, 2016 in a speech :

Says New Hampshire’s second congressional district includes two counties where "almost 5 percent if not more" of residents are enrolled in the state’s expanded Medicaid program.

True

By Clay Wirestone • April 15, 2016

Jennifer Horn
stated on March 16, 2016 in a press release:

"For more than 80 years, there has not been a nomination and confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice in a presidential election year. This is simply not the time to break with decades of bipartisan practice."

Half-True

By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2016

New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on February 16, 2016 in an online petition:

"Given the results of the primary, the vote of one New Hampshire superdelegate is equal to the votes of about 10,000 grassroots activists."

Mostly True

By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on February 4, 2016 in her State of the State speech :

"Drug overdoses are now the second-most common cause of death in New Hampshire."

False

By Allie Morris • February 22, 2016

New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on February 16, 2016 in a press release:

Blocking a U.S. Supreme Court nomination during the remaining months of President Obama’s term "would leave the nation’s highest court with an unprecedented year-long vacancy."

Mostly False

By Clay Wirestone • February 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 13, 2016 in a Republican debate:

"In New Hampshire, I spent $3 million. Jeb Bush spent $44 million. He came in five, and I came in number one."

Mostly True

By Nick Reid • February 19, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 2, 2016 in an interview in Bow, N.H.:

"Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor."

Mostly True

By Jonathan Van Fleet • February 7, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 2, 2016 in a campaign event in Keene, N.H.:

Says Goldman Sachs CEO said Congress would "have to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy and the large corporations."

Half-True

By Clay Wirestone • February 5, 2016

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