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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 7, 2014 a speech
"If you rent a U-Haul to move your company, it costs twice as much to go from San Francisco to Austin than the other way around, because you can’t find enough trucks to flee the Golden State."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 12, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 10, 2014 an opinion article in The (McAllen) Monitor
"As attorney general, I have prosecuted judges, district attorneys and other public officials across Texas who violated that (public) trust, who have been corrupted."
True
By Sue Owen • March 11, 2014
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on February 25, 2014 his "State of the City" address
Austin is "a city that has basically doubled in size every 25 years or so since it was founded."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 7, 2014
ChangeAustin.org
ChangeAustin.org
stated on February 26, 2014 an email blast
Sarah Eckhardt "refused to take her own pay increases repeatedly."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 6, 2014
Maxey Scherr
Maxey Scherr
stated on January 23, 2014 an interview
"We have more women living in poverty in this state than almost anywhere else."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014
Texas Liberty PAC
Texas Liberty PAC
stated on February 22, 2014 a sign spotted outside a polling place in Austin
Says Lamar Smith "sponsored the bill that funded Obamacare."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on January 24, 2014 a radio interview
Barry Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 26, 2014
Andy Brown
Andy Brown
stated on February 17, 2014 a mailer to voters
"Travis County now has the highest urban county tax rate in Texas."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 26, 2014
Dan Branch
Dan Branch
stated on February 4, 2014 a video ad
"Worked with Ronald Reagan and helped re-elect him."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2014
David Alameel
David Alameel
stated on February 7, 2014 an email blast
"More than 40,000 troops are still stationed in Afghanistan with no clear objective. Even in the best case, by the end of the year at least 10,000 American soldiers will still be on the ground."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 20, 2014 a debate
On repealing the 17th Amendment
Full Flop
By Sue Owen • February 13, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on January 20, 2014 a debate
On repealing the 17th Amendment
Full Flop
By Sue Owen • February 13, 2014
American Life League
American Life League
stated on February 4, 2014 an email blast
Girl Scouts USA’s curriculum "promotes Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, Betty Friedan, founder of NARAL Prochoice, and other pro-abortion women as icons for our children to emulate."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 13, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 3, 2014 a photo-quotation posted to Facebook
Says Michele Bachmann said "English was good enough for Jesus when he wrote the Bible."
Pants on Fire!
By Sue Owen • February 12, 2014
Hugh Fitzsimons
Hugh Fitzsimons
stated on January 19, 2014 a blog post on campaign website
Female buffalo lead the herd.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 11, 2014
Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman
stated on January 31, 2014 a campaign email blast
John Cornyn "voted twice in 2013 to back Obama’s amnesty plan."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2014
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on December 6, 2013 an interview with Texas Monthly
The "U.S. has the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any Western industrialized country."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2014
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on January 13, 2014 a campaign email blast
"Savings that I achieved" helped fund cameras on the border. "As a result, more than 21,500 arrests have been made and 46 tons of narcotics confiscated."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • February 6, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 12, 2013 as quoted during a school visit
Says 85 percent of IDEA charter-school students come from low-income families and about 99 percent of its graduates go to college.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 5, 2014
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on January 27, 2014 the Texas Debate hosted by KERA-TV, Channel 13, in Dallas
David Dewhurst is "the first lieutenant governor in history to have a personal security detail."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 31, 2014
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