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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
stated on September 15, 2010 in a political ad:
"As the CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina laid off 30,000 workers."
Mostly True
By Robert Farley • September 17, 2010
Bill Flores
Bill Flores
stated on September 26, 2010 in a TV ad:
Says he created more than 500 American jobs.
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 17, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on September 6, 2010 in a TV ad.:
Says opponent Bill Flores helped run a company that laid off over 3,000 workers and paid off executives with millions.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2010
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 8, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
Russ Feingold "has not worked anywhere outside of politics."
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2010
John Thrasher
John Thrasher
stated on September 10, 2010 in comments at the Republican Party of Florida's annual meeting.:
"We will be the first party to elect a bald guy to governor."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 13, 2010
David Porter
David Porter
stated on July 28, 2010 in a press release.:
Jeff Weems' "legal record is one of defending BP, Enron and just about every big oil company against the working man."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 12, 2010
Steven Costantino
Steven Costantino
stated on September 1, 2010 in a TV commercial :
"He's the only candidate who's balanced budgets and brought jobs to Providence."
Mostly True
By Cynthia Needham • September 11, 2010
Joseph Fernandez
Joseph Fernandez
stated on August 25, 2010 in a candidate mailing:
I "kicked crooked cops and government officials off the public pension rolls."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 10, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on August 31, 2010 in a tweet:
Says State Rep. Kristi Thibaut was an ACORN lobbyist.
True
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 9, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on August 30, 2010 in a press release.:
Jim Dunnam "has not lived in the district he represents for years now."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 6, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 2, 2010 in a press conference.:
Jennifer Carroll's an "outsider."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • September 3, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 2, 2010 in a press release.:
Jennifer Carroll is the "first African-American Republican woman to be part of a statewide ticket in Florida."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • September 3, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on September 1, 2010 in a press release:
Says Rick Perry is a 25-year incumbent.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 3, 2010
John Lombardi
John Lombardi
stated on August 24, 2010 in a WPRI Channel 12 debate:
"80 to 85 percent of my campaign funds go to donations to various organizations throughout the City of Providence."
Pants on Fire!
By Cynthia Needham • September 3, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on August 27, 2010 in an ad.:
"When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 31, 2010
Ron Klein
Ron Klein
stated on August 24, 2010 in a campaign TV advertisement.:
"The IRS filed an $11,000 lien against (Allen) West for back taxes. Three liens were placed on his home for unpaid bills, and a judge ordered West to pay over $5,000 for past due credit card bills."
Mostly True
By Laura Figueroa • August 30, 2010
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on June 19, 2010 in a TV and Internet commercial:
"(I) helped to invent a system that saved over a billion dollars on welfare."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 29, 2010
Loranne Ausley
Loranne Ausley
stated on August 12, 2010 in a web ad.:
"(Jeff) Atwater's bank was so weak that just a few months ago it was shut down by the FDIC."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 27, 2010
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on August 17, 2010 in a television election ad:
"Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen."
Mostly True
By Jane Kahoun, Sabrina Eaton • August 27, 2010
18% of the American public
18% of the American public
stated on August 19, 2010 in a Pew Research Center poll:
President Obama is a Muslim.
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan • August 26, 2010
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