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David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on March 6, 2012 an interview on NBC
"Tonight in Ohio, more people came out to vote for Barack Obama in an unopposed race than voted for (Mitt) Romney and (Rick) Santorum combined."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2012
Campaign for Primary Accountability
Campaign for Primary Accountability
stated on March 28, 2012 a campaign commercial
Says Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur "actually lives" in "a fancy condo in the Washington, D.C.  suburbs."
False
By Tom Feran • March 2, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 30, 2011 a TV interview
Says recall organizers "started their website last November" and began work on their effort before he even took office.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 8, 2011
Chris Bowers
Chris Bowers
stated on November 30, 2011 an interview
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is making voting more difficult by closing Department of Motor Vehicles offices where "low-income voters" live.
False
December 7, 2011
Kurt Schuller
Kurt Schuller
stated on November 15, 2011 a tweet
Wisconsin law says all recall petition signers must sign in the presence of another person.
False
By James B. Nelson • November 18, 2011
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on November 7, 2011 a memo on behalf of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee
"Governor Christie also remains the only Governor since World War II, among both Democrats and Republicans, who failed to have his party win control of at least one legislative body over the course of his term."
False
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • November 10, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 1, 2011 a television interview
"The majority last quarter of Sherrod Brown's campaign contributions came from outside of the state of Ohio."
False
By Stephen Koff • September 15, 2011
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 18, 2011 a television interview
Public-employee unions spent $30 million in Wisconsin unsuccessfully trying to flip the state Senate to Democratic control.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2011
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 3, 2011 comments made to reporters while in Tampa
The Republican National Convention "is a Super Bowl times four."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 12, 2011
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on June 28, 2011 at a campaign stop.
Says U.S. House opponent Michael Williams does not live in and has never voted in the congressional district he’s seeking to represent.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 5, 2011 an interview with political commentator Roland Martin
By advocating new requirements for voters to show ID cards at the polls, Republicans "want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2011
Fred Risser
Fred Risser
stated on May 19, 2011 a debate on the Senate floor.
Says Wisconsin state Senate President Michael Elllis (R-Neenah) broke Senate rules during debate on a photo ID bill for voters.
False
By James B. Nelson • June 5, 2011
Terry Moulton
Terry Moulton
stated on April 28, 2011 letters to constituents
"Wisconsin is one of the few states in the country that do not currently require a photographic identification" to vote.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • May 18, 2011
Miguel Diaz de la Portilla
Miguel Diaz de la Portilla
stated on April 15, 2011 a Senate Rules Committee meeting
In early voting in Miami-Dade County, "there is a trickle of two or three people a day at a very high cost to keep those public libraries and polls open."
False
By Laura Figueroa • April 26, 2011
Eric Eisnaugle
Eric Eisnaugle
stated on April 21, 2011 comments made on the House floor
"Mickey Mouse was registered to vote (in Florida)."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 26, 2011
Scott Randolph
Scott Randolph
stated on April 4, 2011 comments during an appearance on 'The Rachel Maddow Show' on MSNBC
"We have a guy who is going to be speaker of the House in four years, and his name has been on the ballot one time."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 11, 2011
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on February 24, 2011 a political advertisement
"2008: Unions Spent $400 Million to Elect Obama."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2011
Leo Berman
Leo Berman
stated on February 14, 2011 a news article
Says the Hawaii governor "can’t find anything that says (President Barack Obama) was born in Hawaii."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 27, 2011
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on December 15, 2010 an interview on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman
Fox News "said the New Black Panther Party decided the election for Barack Obama."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2011
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on December 9, 2010 an interview with a newspaper editorial board
"We continue to see these isolated incidents of people trying to vote five, six times a day."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • December 23, 2010
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