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stated on July 30, 2012 in an advertisement in the Wall Street Journal:
"We have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world."
True
By Caryn Shinske • September 6, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 in a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
"Since 1961 … our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs. So what's the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 (million)."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2012
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
stated on September 5, 2012 in a Democratic National Convention speech:
Women "receive only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • September 6, 2012
Deval Patrick
Deval Patrick
stated on September 4, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
"By the time (Mitt Romney) left office, Massachusetts was 47th in the nation in job creation."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2012
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the RNC:
The unemployment rate is declining faster in Tampa "than almost anywhere else."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • August 31, 2012
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican convention:
Says "President Obama and his National Labor Relations Board" sued Boeing over its decision to open a plant in South Carolina.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2012
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on August 28, 2012 in a debate on WPRI.com:
"When President Obama took office, we were losing 700,000 jobs a month. Now we've had job growth, I think, for 24 consecutive months."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 30, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 29, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Says President Barack Obama broke his promise to keep a Wisconsin GM plant from closing.
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 30, 2012
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on August 27, 2012 in a CNN interview:
Says women care most about jobs and the economy
True
By Katie Sanders • August 29, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
"Last month, 44 of the 50 states saw an increase in the unemployment rate."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2012
Sher Valenzuela
Sher Valenzuela
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
"A Gallup report recently said that nearly 50 percent of small business owners aren't hiring because of what they call ‘regulatory uncertainty.’"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2012
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on August 27, 2012 in a Fox News interview:
"A report just came out that if we continue with President Obama's policies, we're looking at over 9 percent unemployment next year in the fourth quarter."
False
By Becky Bowers • August 29, 2012
Stephanie Cutter
Stephanie Cutter
stated on August 22, 2012 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
In the past 27 months, President Barack Obama has created more private-sector jobs than "in the Reagan recovery."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 20, 2012 in statements during a rally at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH :
"Half the kids coming out of college this year … can't find a job, or a job that's consistent with a college degree."
True
By Maryalice Gill • August 27, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 30, 2012 in a TV ad:
"I led the fight to require the Coast Guard to buy their engines from us, not foreign companies."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 22, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 14, 2012 in a campaign speech:
Claims Joe Biden said "coal is more dangerous than terrorists." 
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • August 17, 2012
American Future Fund
American Future Fund
stated on August 9, 2012 in an advertisement:
Says U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich "spent a trillion of our tax dollars on a stimulus for failed companies here and jobs overseas."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2012
Allen West
Allen West
stated on August 1, 2012 in a radio interview:
In June 2012 "we actually had more people go on Social Security Disability [85,000] ... than the 80,000 jobs that were created."
True
By Tom Mooney • August 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 5, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"In June, jobless ranks were higher in nearly 90 percent of U.S. cities."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 1, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
"Under the Obama administration’s bailout of General Motors, Ohio dealerships were forced to close."
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • August 2, 2012
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