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Ron Ramsey
Ron Ramsey
stated on January 27, 2012 an email announcing redistricting maps.
"This year’s redistricting has been the most open, interactive and transparent redistricting process in Tennessee history."
False
By Richard Locker • February 10, 2012
Gerald McCormick
Gerald McCormick
stated on January 19, 2012 House floor debate over amending the state constitution to prohibit an income tax.
The state constitution "clearly says there’s not to be a state income tax in Tennessee."
False
By Tom Humphrey • February 9, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on February 5, 2012 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says President Barack Obama "has an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would raise the price of gasoline by 25 cents a gallon."
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 7, 2012
Pete Hoekstra
Pete Hoekstra
stated on February 5, 2012 a website linked to a campaign ad
"Since ObamaCare and the stimulus passed, the unemployment rate in the U.S. has increased."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2012
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on January 20, 2012 an opinion column.
"Illegal counterfeiting and piracy costs the U.S. economy $100 billion... every year."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 6, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 31, 2012 a press release
Says Mitt Romney’s campaign "has already spent more on negative ads than John McCain did during his entire presidential run."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2012
Susan Combs
Susan Combs
stated on December 6, 2011 an interview
Says she "wiped out" the state Agriculture Department’s inspections of eggs at retail sites like grocery stores.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 3, 2012
David Englin
David Englin
stated on January 20, 2012 a news release.
"A cashier earning $20,000 per year pays the same (Virginia) income tax rate as a hedge fund manager earning $20 million per year."
False
By Sean Gorman • February 1, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 10, 2012 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
Stephen Fincher
Stephen Fincher
stated on December 30, 2011 an interview with the Union City Daily Messenger
"Studies show that if we opened one reserve in Alaska now, in five years, gas prices could be at $2 a gallon."
False
By Michael Collins • January 29, 2012
Travis Rowley
Travis Rowley
stated on January 21, 2012 an opinion column
"Martin Luther King was a Republican."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 26, 2012 a debate in Jacksonville, Fla.
"This president went before the United Nations and castigated Israel for building settlements. He said nothing about thousands of rockets being rained in on Israel from the Gaza Strip."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 27, 2012
Chris Bollwage
Chris Bollwage
stated on January 15, 2012 a speech at the Cuban Club in Elizabeth
"Our jobless rate, our unemployment rate, is the lowest of all of the big cities in New Jersey."
False
By Erin O'Neill • January 27, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 24, 2012 a television ad
"Romneycare sent costs spiraling out of control" in Massachusetts, "hiking premiums, squeezing household budgets."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 27, 2012
Mitch Daniels
Mitch Daniels
stated on January 24, 2012 a Republican response to the State of the Union address
Says Steve Jobs was responsible for creating more jobs than the stimulus bill.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead • January 26, 2012
Donald McEachin
Donald McEachin
stated on January 11, 2012 a speech.
Gov. McDonnell's proposed budget "is cutting" public education. 
False
By Nancy Madsen • January 26, 2012
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 11, 2012 a news conference
The InterLink at T.F. Green Airport is the closest air-rail link in the country.
False
By Alex Kuffner • January 26, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 23, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Tampa
"When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2012
Oregon Republican Party
Oregon Republican Party
stated on January 13, 2012 a campaign mailer
Rob Cornilles has been endorsed by 20 local mayors, including Independent, Democratic and Republican. 
False
By Janie Har • January 23, 2012
Charlotte Bergmann
Charlotte Bergmann
stated on January 10, 2012 a campaign billboard along I-240.
"Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican."
False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • January 23, 2012
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