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Kesha Rogers
stated on March 19, 2014 statements on her campaign website:

Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes.

Half-True

By Sue Owen • March 19, 2014

David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014:

Dan Patrick "called for increasing the gas tax and the state sales tax."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2014

David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014 a TV ad:

Says Dan Patrick "supported giving a $5,000 taxpayer-funded voucher to every family to buy a car."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2014

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
stated on January 20, 2014 a debate:

On repealing the 17th Amendment

Full Flop

By Sue Owen • February 13, 2014

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
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
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
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
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
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

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