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Charlie Geren
Charlie Geren
stated on September 18, 2017 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 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 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 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 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 a press release
"More than 15,000 transgender Americans" are "serving in the military today."  
Half-True
July 26, 2017
Evan Smith
Evan Smith
stated on July 10, 2017 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 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 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 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
April 28, 2017
Erin Forrest
Erin Forrest
stated on April 2, 2017 an interview
"75 percent of the town boards in Wisconsin have no women on them at all."  
True
April 7, 2017
Dave Hansen
Dave Hansen
stated on March 5, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin is "the most -- if not Number 1, number 2 -- gerrymandered state in the country" for state legislative boundaries.
Mostly True
March 17, 2017
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on January 10, 2017 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 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
October 28, 2016
Virginia First Foundation
Virginia First Foundation
stated on September 27, 2016 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 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 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 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 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
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on July 17, 2016 an interview
Says Barack Obama "said black males are two times more likely to be shot by a law enforcement officer than white males" and "that is a lie" because "there is no data."
Mostly False
August 3, 2016
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