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Latest Fact-Checks In Ohio

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Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on July 6, 2010 in a television campaign ad:
A bill to cap carbon emissions "could cost Ohio 100,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • August 2, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on July 13, 2010 in a news release:
"As President George W. Bush’s trade representative, Portman failed to address China’s currency manipulation, which was inflated to as much as 40 percent in 2006."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • August 2, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on July 6, 2010 in a campaign speech:
"In renewable and advanced energy manufacturing projects, Ohio now ranks first among the 50 states."
Half-True
By Reginald Fields • July 30, 2010
Yvette McGee Brown
Yvette McGee Brown
stated on June 22, 2010 in speech on urban issues:
"The first professional baseball team was from an Ohio city."
True
By Aaron Marshall • July 30, 2010
Progress Ohio
Progress Ohio
stated on March 12, 2010 in a video posted online in a blog article:
"In 2009, Yost spent 2.5 times more money than it took to run the (prosecutor’s) office before he got there."
Mostly True
By Joe Guillen • July 29, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on June 30, 2010 in a news release:
Since the Democrats’ stimulus went into effect last year, Ohio has lost about 150,000 Jobs.
Half-True
By Mark Naymik • July 28, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on July 12, 2010 in a campaign statement:
Rob Portman’s "plan to tax, slash and privatize" Social Security "would devastate Ohioans."
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • July 28, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on July 6, 2010 in a campaign speech:
"Ohio’s electricity rates are 10 percent below the national average."
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • July 27, 2010
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on July 6, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
Says his office "has already recovered over $2 billion from Wall Street for the workers, retirees, and investors who were harmed."
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • July 26, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on June 28, 2010 in a campaign statement:
Says that Lee Fisher once said, "I never met a gun control bill I didn’t like."
False
By Stephen Koff • July 25, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on July 14, 2010 in an interview with Rachel Maddow :
Twenty-two million jobs were created during Clinton’s two terms but only 3 million during Bush’s.
True
By Stephen Koff • July 25, 2010
Tom Ganley
Tom Ganley
stated on July 6, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
"The Arizona law basically parrots the federal immigration law."
Mostly True
By Sabrina Eaton • July 24, 2010
Yvette McGee Brown
Yvette McGee Brown
stated on June 22, 2010 in a campaign speech:
"Education Week rates Ohio schools in the top five in the nation."
True
By Reginald Fields • July 24, 2010
Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs
stated on July 21, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
"In the 18th Congressional District, 100% of electric generation comes from coal."
True
By Robert Higgs • July 24, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 13, 2010 in a news release:
"The Department of Health and Human Services is providing $160 million to the state of Pennsylvania to set up a new high-risk insurance pool program that would cover any abortion legal in the state."
False
By Sabrina Eaton • July 23, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on July 6, 2010 in a campaign speech:
"In Ohio, we invested in our children, raising school funding by 5.5 percent in the last budget."
False
By Aaron Marshall • July 23, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on June 21, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
"Since 1904, the Ohio victor has won the presidency 25 out of 27 times "
True
By Robert Higgs • July 23, 2010
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on June 10, 2010 in a statement posted to his website:
"The War in Afghanistan is officially the longest war Americans have ever been asked to endure."
True
By Robert Higgs • July 23, 2010
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on July 15, 2010 in an op-ed in the Detroit News:
"Since February 2009, our economy has lost roughly 3 million private sector jobs while the federal government has grown by more than 400,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Sabrina Eaton • July 15, 2010
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