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Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on October 1, 2018 a legislative report mailer
"The small cell bill is expected to create more than 20,000 jobs and attract $2 billion in capital investment, resulting in nearly $4 billion in economic growth over the next few years."
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By Ryan Hanrahan • December 5, 2018
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on November 7, 2018 a radio interview
Wisconsin has "the number one health care system in the country. Everyone in poverty now has health care"  
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By D.L. Davis • November 30, 2018
Clean Virginia
Clean Virginia
stated on November 16, 2018 website post.
"Virginians pay the 11th-highest power bills in the nation."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • November 27, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 21, 2018 a tweet
Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia."
Half-True
By Kyra Haas, Louis Jacobson • November 26, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 17, 2018 a post on Facebook
Says California Gov. Jerry Brown "vetoed 2016 wildfire management bill while California burned."  
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By Samantha Putterman • November 26, 2018
Paul Vallas
Paul Vallas
stated on November 14, 2018 a press release
Says Susana Mendoza’s assertion that she fought efforts to hike vehicle sticker prices when she was Chicago’s city clerk "is absurd … Mendoza pushed a draconian sticker penalty program."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 18, 2018
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 1, 2018 a radio interview
"Every couple days we have a caravan size group of people apprehended trying to come into the country illegally, or coming to the ports of entry without documentation."
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By D.L. Davis • November 16, 2018
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on November 12, 2018 a tweet
"15,000 troops will not see their families for #Thanksgiving because of @realDonaldTrump’s Scaravan Stunt. Oh yeah, it’s also costing you 200 million dollars."
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By Manuela Tobias • November 15, 2018
Phil Scott
Phil Scott
stated on October 10, 2018 campaign debate
"We had a waiting list in Chittenden County when I came into office of about 700. ... We opened a new treatment hub in St. Albans, and it reduced that number to zero."
Half-True
By Lola Duffort • November 8, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 6, 2018 a Facebook post
Mexico is providing professional charter buses for the migrant caravan.
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By Samantha Putterman • November 8, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2018 in a press conference
"This election marks the largest Senate gains for a president's party in a first midterm election since at least President Kennedy's in 1962."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • November 8, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on October 25, 2018 a debate
Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town."
Half-True
By Titus Wu • November 5, 2018
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on October 2, 2018 a campaign ad
"Nonpartisan experts have consistently ranked Claire one of the most independent senators — right in the middle."  
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By Morgan Keith • November 5, 2018
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on October 26, 2018 a TV ad
Says Ohio U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot "voted to cut health care for kids, affecting up to half the families at Cincinnati’s own Children’s Hospital."
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • November 5, 2018
Dan McCready
Dan McCready
stated on October 10, 2018 a debate
"Mark Harris has said he would cut Social Security and Medicare."
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By Paul Specht • November 2, 2018
Michael Schirling
Michael Schirling
stated on October 2, 2018 Schirling to Boston.com Oct. 2, responding to an SNL skit
"We invite SNL viewers to Vermont to see all that we have to offer, including our increasingly diverse communities... The leaves are changing and so is Vermont."
Half-True
By Anne Wallace Allen • October 31, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on September 25, 2018 a campaign ad
Says he "raised graduation rates to nearly 90 percent."
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By D.L. Davis • October 31, 2018
Ricardo Lara
Ricardo Lara
stated on October 24, 2018 full-page newspaper ads
As California's Insurance Commissioner, "Steve Poizner pledged to block immigrant children from ever getting MediCal health insurance."
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By Chris Nichols, Sami Soto • October 30, 2018
Troy Balderson
Troy Balderson
stated on October 20, 2018 a television interview
"A lot of people are still dealing with lack of access to health care. There are counties out there, in my former Senate district, that didn’t have doctors and providers."  
Half-True
By Stephen Koff • October 30, 2018
Kathy Manning
Kathy Manning
stated on October 23, 2018 a debate
"I'm not taking any corporate PAC money."
Half-True
By Will Doran • October 28, 2018
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