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Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on January 9, 2018 in a talk radio appearance:
"Chicago now has the highest employment in the private sector in the history of the city."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 22, 2018
Charlie Geren
Charlie Geren
stated on September 18, 2017 in a tweet:
"Less than half of Texans ages 18-24 are registered to vote."
Half-True
By Jasper Scherer • October 26, 2017
Joyce Mauk
Joyce Mauk
stated on October 3, 2017 in an Austin American-Statesman news story:
"One in 10 babies born in this country is born in Texas."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2017
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on September 19, 2017 in a conversation with reporters:
New York has "the biggest outmigration of citizens of any state."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • September 29, 2017
John Thomaides
John Thomaides
stated on June 27, 2017 in a tweet:
Says the Austin metro region "will lead" the nation "with population growth over 50%" over the next 30 years.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2017
Ashley Smith
Ashley Smith
stated on July 19, 2017 in a San Antonio Express-News story:
Says transgender residents make up "about 1-in-300 people, we're all over the place, we're your friends and your neighbors."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on July 26, 2017 in a press release:
"More than 15,000 transgender Americans" are "serving in the military today."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 26, 2017
Evan Smith
Evan Smith
stated on July 10, 2017 in as quoted in a story in The New Yorker:
"The last majority-Anglo high school class in Texas graduated in 2014."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2017
Paul Workman
Paul Workman
stated on June 15, 2017 in an oped commentary in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says it’s documented that City of Austin fees for building an apartment complex are nearly 10 times what Dallas levies.
Mostly True
By Shonda Novak, W. Gardner Selby • July 13, 2017
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on June 5, 2017 in a meeting with nonprofit leaders:
For 22 percent of N.H. Meals on Wheels recipients, the delivery driver is "the only human contact in their life from week to week."
True
By Nick Reid • June 9, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2017 in an interview:
In Congress, "on the Democratic side of the room, you’ve got men and women of all different races; on the other side, you’ve got a bunch of white men in dark suits, all over 55 or so."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2017
Erin Forrest
Erin Forrest
stated on April 2, 2017 in an interview:
"75 percent of the town boards in Wisconsin have no women on them at all."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2017
Dave Hansen
Dave Hansen
stated on March 5, 2017 in an interview:
Wisconsin is "the most -- if not Number 1, number 2 -- gerrymandered state in the country" for state legislative boundaries.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2017
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on January 10, 2017 in a press conference:
"The exodus of citizens from New York State has been growing."
True
By Dan Clark • January 20, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 25, 2016 in a radio ad:
Says it’s not possible for some Wisconsin residents to watch Packers games, "they’re forced to watch Viking games," so he "got a law passed to fix" the problem.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2016
Virginia First Foundation
Virginia First Foundation
stated on September 27, 2016 in a web video.:
"The Virginia population increased by just 8 percent from 2005 to 2015, but the per capita spending in the budget increased by a whopping 38 percent."  
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • October 3, 2016
Jack Berry
Jack Berry
stated on September 15, 2016 in a debate.:
In Richmond, Va., there’s "more moving vans coming in than going out."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • September 26, 2016
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner
stated on July 26, 2016 in a tweet announcing new display signage at airports and Houston's City Hall:
"Welcome to #Houston, the most #diverse city in #America."
Mostly True
By Fauzeya Rahman • September 23, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 15, 2016 in a speech:
"Latinos are 17 percent of our country's population but hold only 2 percent of its wealth."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 19, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on September 13, 2016 in In a press release:
McGinty previously told a local community newspaper in her native Philadelphia that she 'has found an alarming undercurrent of misinformed people in the 'T' part of the state' outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
False
By Mark Dent • September 16, 2016
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