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Latest Fact-Checks In New Hampshire

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 3, 2016 a campaign ad:
Says he was endorsed by the Valley News newspaper.
False
By Clay Wirestone • February 4, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 21, 2016 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:
"90 percent of all pain medications are prescribed in the United States."
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • February 4, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 8, 2015 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:
"We now have more jobs in solar than we do in oil."
False
By Nick Reid • January 29, 2016
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on December 3, 2015 an interview with New Hampshire Public Radio:
Says the Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 would not "pause" the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States.
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • December 19, 2015
Jennifer Horn
Jennifer Horn
stated on October 21, 2015 a memo:
In 2008, Maggie Hassan voted against legislation to "prevent sanctuary cities in New Hampshire."
Mostly True
By Allie Morris • November 25, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on November 17, 2015 a campaign stop in Concord, N.H. :
"The vast majority of (Syrian) refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work."
False
By Nick Reid • November 20, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 a town hall meeting in Concord, N.H.:
"If you're born poor, you're more likely to stay poor than any time in American history."
Half-True
By Nick Reid • October 30, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 30, 2015 a campaign stop in Exeter, N.H:
Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger "believed that people like me should be eliminated."
False
By Clay Wirestone • October 5, 2015
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 11, 2015 TV ad:
Gov. Maggie Hassan’s budget proposal "raises taxes on small businesses and increases taxes and fees by $100 million."   
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • August 27, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 6, 2015 comments in a GOP debate in Cleveland:
"I was appointed U.S. attorney by President Bush on Sept. 10, 2001."
Mostly False
By Nick Reid • August 7, 2015
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on July 1, 2015 a town hall meeting in Colebrook, N.H.:
The federal deficit would pay for 40 gallons of "New Hampshire maple syrup" for everyone in the United States.
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • July 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 7, 2015 an interview with CNN:
Despite keeping distance from national media interviewers, "I did local press all along, the last three months."
Mostly False
By Casey McDermott • July 15, 2015
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on June 16, 2015 her State of the State speech in Nashua:
Six thousand people have sought addiction treatment through expanded Medicaid.
False
By Clay Wirestone • July 2, 2015
Impact America Action
Impact America Action
stated on June 8, 2015 an ad:
As governor, Maggie Hassan first proposed a $1 billion spending increase.
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • June 25, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 7, 2015 a visit to Deerfield, NH:
"The entirety of North America -- Canada, the United States and Mexico -- there's more known reserves in those three countries than in Russia and Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • June 5, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on April 17, 2015 a speech at Politics and Eggs:
"On my last trip to New Hampshire, I think I met the guy who founded the first and only bank since Dodd-Frank passed, since the financial crisis. One bank in the country."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • May 8, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on April 6, 2015 a speech in Manchester N.H.:
"We spent twice as much per capita for health care in this country as the next closest nation."
Mostly False
By Nick Reid • April 30, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 18, 2015 a speech in Nashua, N.H.:
"Hillary Clinton’s State Department sent three comedians to India on the ‘Make Chai, Not War’ tour."
True
By Allie Morris • April 24, 2015
Evan Bayh
Evan Bayh
stated on April 2, 2015 an interview in Concord, N.H.:
"The fastest-growing part of the Pentagon’s budget are health care expenses."
True
By Clay Wirestone • April 21, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 8, 2015 a town hall meeting in Milford, NH:
"The founders of New Hampshire came up with the motto Live Free or Die."
False
By Nick Reid • April 10, 2015
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