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Martha Laning
stated on April 6, 2016 an interview

On supporting winner of Democratic primary with her superdelegate vote.

Full Flop

By Tom Kertscher • April 12, 2016

John Kasich
stated on April 3, 2016 an interview

"There are no rules governing" the 2016 Republican convention, "the rules have not been set."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • April 8, 2016

Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2016 a blog post

"More people are struck by lightning than commit in-person voter fraud" by impersonation.

True

By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 21, 2016 a campaign speech

Says Donald Trump "wants us to pull out of NATO."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • April 1, 2016

JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 15, 2016 TV ad

Says the GOP is "helping pay for" Justice Rebecca Bradley's campaign and "she recently skipped court to attend an event paid for" by Scott Walker's "lobbyist friends."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • March 31, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 a speech

Wisconsin’s "effective" unemployment rate is 20 percent.

False

By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2016

Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview

Says JoAnne Kloppenburg "has told us she thinks it's her job to promote a more equal society."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2016

Mark Herring
stated on March 29, 2016 a letter

"Since 1900, six (U.S. Supreme Court) justices have been confirmed during election years, including Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was confirmed in the final year of the Reagan Administration."

True

By Sean Gorman, Tom Kertscher • March 29, 2016

Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 a radio interview

Says her representation of an ex-boyfriend "who was then my friend" in a family law case is "something that lawyers do on a regular basis."

False

By Tom Kertscher • March 25, 2016

Wisconsin Alliance for Reform
stated on March 8, 2016 a TV ad

Says Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg agreed to use a technicality to give a convicted sex offender a new hearing because "he didn’t understand the charge."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • March 23, 2016

Mike Honda
stated on March 16, 2016 a column posted on Medium

"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."

True

By Louis Jacobson, Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2016

Gwen Moore
stated on March 16, 2016 a tweet

"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."

True

By Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2016

Bill McCoshen
stated on March 11, 2016 a talk show

Says when Bernie Sanders was in college, Sanders said "something very similar" to what conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley had written as a college student in the 1990s -- that "women have a legitimate role in date rape."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on February 5, 2016 a public forum

Says Barack Obama "has the legal authority to let in really however many refugees he wants, from whatever country."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • March 11, 2016

stated on March 7, 2016 a radio ad

"Republican Bob Donovan" has "run as a Republican time and again."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • March 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 21, 2016 a TV ad

"When the auto industry was going under, car parts companies like" Johnson Controls "begged taxpayers for a bailout, and they got one."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2016 an interview

"There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election."

False

By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 17, 2016 a speech

When Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, "that was the end" of Romney’s chances to win.

False

By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2016

John Oliver
stated on February 14, 2016 a TV show

In Sauk City, Wisconsin, "the ID office" that provides identification for voting "is only open on the fifth Wednesday of every month" -- a total of four days in 2016.

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • February 19, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 a debate

Says Dontre Hamilton, who was killed during a confrontation with a Milwaukee police officer, was "unarmed."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2016

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