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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 10, 2012 in a radio interview:
"The biggest contribution" behind a decrease in U.S. unemployment "was 1.2 million people leaving the workforce"  
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 29, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 19, 2012 in a speech :
Claims Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said "she prefers the South African Constitution over the United States Constitution."
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 28, 2012
Carol Hunstein
Carol Hunstein
stated on January 25, 2012 in a speech:
"Our small staff of 51 is still fewer than we had a decade ago, yet our caseload -- like that of other courts -- has grown."
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 27, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 18, 2012 in a campaign speech in Cobb County:
"You can’t put a gun rack in a [Chevrolet] Volt."  
False
By Willoughby Mariano • February 24, 2012
Jan Jones
Jan Jones
stated on February 6, 2012 in an essay:
"[W]hen adjusted for cost of living, Georgia ranks first nationally in teacher salary and benefits."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 22, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 27, 2012 in an ad:
Mitt Romney "supervised a company guilty of massive Medicare fraud."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 21, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 10, 2012 in a radio interview:
Says he was "exonerated in every single case" in 1990s ethics violations charges.
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • February 20, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on February 15, 2012 in a television ad:
Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Stirgus • February 15, 2012
Republican Party of Georgia
Republican Party of Georgia
stated on February 1, 2012 in a web post:
"[A]t his current rate, President Obama will have added more debt to the United State of America by the end of his first term than each of the previous 43 presidents -- combined!"
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • February 13, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 8, 2012 in an Atlanta campaign stop:
"Twenty-five or 24 million people" are "out of work or stopped looking for work."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus, Willoughby Mariano • February 10, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 27, 2012 in a column:
On deporting illegal immigrants.
No Flip
By Eric Stirgus • February 7, 2012
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on June 24, 2011 in in editorials and op-ed articles:
The Georgia Secretary of State's Office and the Georgia State Elections Board investigate and penalize hundreds of people guilty of election fraud.
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 6, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 31, 2012 in a television commercial:
"One out of every three automobile fatalities can be attributed to alcohol."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 3, 2012
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on January 25, 2012 in a press statement:
"Unemployment has fallen from 10 percent during the president’s first year in office to 8.5 percent today."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 1, 2012
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on January 25, 2012 in a press statement:
Since President Barack Obama took office, "2 million more Americans are out of work."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 1, 2012
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on January 19, 2012 in a speech:
Savannah is home to "the fastest-growing port in the nation."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • January 31, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:
Siemens has been unable to fill approximately 200 skilled trade positions in metro Atlanta.
False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 30, 2012
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on January 19, 2012 in the State of the City address:
"We have cut crime across every single zone in the city of Atlanta by between 10 percent and 16 percent, depending on the zone."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 27, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 10, 2012 in a speech:
"Right now in Georgia, nearly one in three leaving our prisons are re-convicted within three years."
True
By Eric Stirgus • January 25, 2012
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on December 18, 2011 in Op-Ed:
"[N]early one in three primary care doctors are forced to limit the number of Medicare patients they see."
Mostly True
By Willoughby Mariano • January 24, 2012
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