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Scott Surovell
Scott Surovell
stated on February 4, 2015 a floor speech.:
"When did the decline of coal start? It started when natural gas took off … that started to begin in (President George W.) Bush’s administration."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015
Lori Haas
Lori Haas
stated on January 19, 2015 a news conference:
In states that have private-sale background checks for handguns "49 percent fewer women are shot and killed."  
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • February 16, 2015
Alfonso Lopez
Alfonso Lopez
stated on January 19, 2015 a floor speech.:
Ronald Reagan "banned ownership of fully automatic rifles. He supported the assault weapons ban."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • February 4, 2015
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on November 22, 2014 a Facebook post.:
Graduation rates of players at major football colleges "are still twenty points below their male campus peers and worsened in the past three years."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • December 30, 2014
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on November 19, 2014 an announcement.:
The poorest counties in the U.S. are in Appalachia and "happen to be more than 90 percent white."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • December 1, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on October 20, 2014 a TV ad.:
Ed Gillespie’s "firm even lobbied for five foreign governments, including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • October 24, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on September 30, 2014 a TV ad.:
Says PolitiFact has ruled that Ed Gillespie’s ads are false and misleading.
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • October 13, 2014
Democratic Party of Virginia
Democratic Party of Virginia
stated on September 16, 2014 a news release.:
"Hospitals have already begun layoffs, a direct result of Republican inaction" on Medicaid expansion.
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • October 6, 2014
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on August 13, 2014 a newsletter.:
Virginia Democrats recently enforced voter ID rules that were "considerably more stringent than those contained in the state law they denounce."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • September 9, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on June 9, 2014 a TV interview.:
Says Mark Warner has supported Harry Reid "down the line."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • July 6, 2014
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on February 26, 2014 a radio interview.:
State Medicaid expansion "will save our treasury $1 billion over the next eight years."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • March 30, 2014
Dwight Jones
Dwight Jones
stated on January 30, 2014 a speech:
The Redskins Training Camp deal "generated $40 million in new private investment in the city."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • March 4, 2014
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on December 16, 2013 an interview.:
"The largest enterprise in the world is the federal government of the United States of America"
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • January 24, 2014
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on January 8, 2014 a speech.:
"We expanded charter" schools.
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • January 13, 2014
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 4, 2013 a TV ad:
Says Ken Cuccinelli tried to make it more difficult for mothers to obtain divorces.
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • September 26, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 27, 2013 a news conference.:
"I’ve never supported legislation that invades people’s choices about contraception."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • September 16, 2013
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
stated on July 25, 2013 a web ad.:
"Rep. Frank Wolf voted to allow terror suspects to buy guns."
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • September 6, 2013
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on July 29, 2013 a radio interview.:
Says Virginia saved $300 million by rebidding a Metrorail construction project to exclude guaranteed union contracts.
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • August 12, 2013
Ron Meyer
Ron Meyer
stated on April 29, 2013 a TV interview.:
"Only three in 10 young Americans under 30 -- 30 percent under 30 -- have full-time work."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • May 13, 2013
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on April 14, 2013 a TV appearance.:
Federal prosecutions for lying on background checks to buy guns are "down 40 percent" under President Barack Obama.
Half-True
By Nancy Madsen • May 1, 2013
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