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Gwen Moore
stated on April 28, 2012 in a song/speech:

Says Gov. Scott Walker approved a "gutting" of two tax credits that help the poor and elderly.

False

By Dave Umhoefer • May 10, 2012

Bill Spelman
stated on May 8, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:

Says challenger Dominic Chavez is a "Rick Perry Republican" lobbyist.

False

By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2012

Rudy Moise
stated on May 1, 2012 in a campaign website:

The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent."

False

By Amy Sherman • May 7, 2012

Bob McDonnell
stated on April 21, 2012 in a TV interview.:

The U.S. economy is "recovering slower than Europe "

False

By Sean Gorman • May 7, 2012

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on April 16, 2012 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

"If you put the $47 billion in revenue (raised over 10 years by the Buffett rule) into infrastructure you could create 611,000 infrastructure jobs."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 6, 2012

Jefferson Smith
stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate:

Says the mayor’s job "is to make sure that if somebody is trying to build a set of water treatment plants to cure us from cryptosporidium we don’t have, we don't say yes even if CH2M Hill wants us to."

False

By Janie Har • May 5, 2012

Eileen Brady
stated on April 30, 2012 in a debate :

Says we could have saved ourselves the cost of building the Powell Butte water reservoir.

False

By Janie Har • May 5, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 in a graphical tool on the campaign website:

"Under the Romney/Ryan budget, interest rates on federal student loans would be allowed to double."

False

By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2012

Bill Johnson
stated on April 17, 2012 in a news conference:

Says the oil industry subsidies that President Barack Obama is attacking don’t exist

False

By Sabrina Eaton • May 4, 2012

Amanda Fritz
stated on April 19, 2012 in campaign material :

Says she is "saving ratepayers $6 million/year."

False

By Janie Har • May 4, 2012

Jennifer Carroll
stated on April 19, 2012 in Capitol news conference:

"We didn’t go out asking people" to join the "stand your ground" task force.

False

By Katie Sanders, Toluse Olorunnipa • May 3, 2012

Americans for Prosperity
stated on April 26, 2012 in a TV ad:

Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as "half a billion to an electric car company that created hundreds of jobs in Finland."

False

By Becky Bowers • May 3, 2012

Kathleen Falk
stated on April 17, 2012 in a newspaper interview:

Wisconsin women "are paid 81 cents to the dollar of a man doing the same job."

False

By Tom Kertscher • May 2, 2012

American Crossroads
stated on April 26, 2012 in a campaign ad:

"After four years of a celebrity president … 85% (of recent college grads are) moving back in with their parents."

False

By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on April 17, 2012 in a blog post on his campaign website:

"In my years in the State Legislature, I have never voted for a tax increase."

False

By Bill Wichert • April 29, 2012

Charlie Hales
stated on March 28, 2012 in campaign material :

Says "I worked with our Mayor and other commissioners to help save the school year when a budget crisis in Salem threatened to cut four weeks of the school year," including negotiating with teachers to work for free.

False

By Janie Har • April 27, 2012

Ron Paul
stated on April 10, 2012 in 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

Wisconsin Medical Society
stated on April 19, 2012 in an interview:

Under a new law, doctors performing drug-induced abortions could be charged if women don’t return to them for follow-up care

False

By Dave Umhoefer • April 27, 2012

Samuel Wurzelbacher
stated on April 24, 2012 in a letter published by the Christian Broadcasting Network:

Says President Barack Obama's parents were communists.

False

By Sabrina Eaton • April 27, 2012

Bill Haslam
stated on April 20, 2012 in a speech to Carter County Republican Party:

"Personal income is growing faster in Tennessee on average than any other state in the country."

False

By Tom Humphrey • April 27, 2012

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