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Ted Cruz
stated on April 18, 2015 remarks in New Hampshire

"About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on April 8, 2015 a town hall meeting in Milford, NH

"The founders of New Hampshire came up with the motto Live Free or Die."

False

By Nick Reid • April 10, 2015

David Ralston
stated on April 2, 2015 comments from the House floor

The Georgia Legislature’s last day of session ends at midnight.

False

By April Hunt • April 10, 2015

Rob Astorino
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview on "Fox & Friends"

The state of New York is the "worst in the nation in economic recovery."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2014

Joe Leibham
stated on July 19, 2014 a news release

Says Common Core is a federal mandate.

False

July 25, 2014

Roberto Alonzo
stated on July 16, 2014 a press release

"Latinos now make up the majority population in Texas."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2014

Joe Zepecki
stated on June 23, 2014 an interview

The Wisconsin unemployment rate was higher than the U.S. rate during only three months when Mary Burke was state commerce secretary.

False

July 6, 2014

Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 19, 2014 a radio commentary

Wisconsin is "one of the bluest" states, but under Scott Walker its unemployment rate "is around 3.5%."

False

April 2, 2014

Kenneth Block
stated on November 8, 2013 an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio

Rhode Island's unemployment insurance system "is the most expensive such system in the country."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2013

NH AFL-CIO
stated on September 27, 2013 a tweet

Says Maggie Hassan is the only female governor in the country.

False

By Jim Haddadin • September 27, 2013

Rick Perry
stated on September 18, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"

"Every engine manufacturer in the United States is now in the state of Texas."

False

By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2013

Protect Families First
stated on January 10, 2013 a news release

"The average age of first marijuana use is 12."

False

By Michael McKinney • January 20, 2013

Club for Growth
stated on December 12, 2012 a newsletter

"In Minnesota, well over 6,200 election-day registrations from 2008 proved fraudulent."

False

January 16, 2013

Larry Kilgore
stated on November 23, 2012 a New York Times news story

Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s.

False

By Sue Owen • December 20, 2012

The Campaign to Fix the Debt
stated on December 17, 2012 a press release

"If lawmakers fail to avert the fiscal cliff, 18 percent of the federal money that is sent to the states will be eliminated."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • December 20, 2012

Jennifer Beck
stated on September 20, 2012 an interview with NJToday

"We have more people working in the state of New Jersey today than we've ever had in our history."

False

By Erin O'Neill • September 27, 2012

Scott Walker
stated on July 12, 2012 an op-ed piece

A study showed that President Barack Obama’s health-care reforms will "devastate Wisconsin" by pushing people off employer-sponsored insurance, driving up premiums, increasing dependency and making 122,000 people ineligible for Medicaid.

False

By Dave Umhoefer, Guy Boulton • July 29, 2012

Vincent Prieto
stated on June 17, 2012 an interview on My9 News' “New Jersey Now”

Says Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget is "the biggest spending budget in the history of the state of New Jersey. It is the largest in the nation at this point in time."

False

By Erin O'Neill • June 25, 2012

Ron Paul
stated on April 10, 2012 a speech at Texas A&M University.

"Just on Jan. 1 of this year, there were 40,000 new laws put on the books in one day."

False

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 27, 2012

Morgan Griffith
stated on April 3, 2012 an interview.

"On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first."

False

By Nancy Madsen • April 9, 2012

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