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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Anthony Gemma
Anthony Gemma
stated on August 19, 2010 in a news release following a candidate debate:
"Bill Lynch told three lies in ten seconds"
Mostly True
By Cynthia Needham • August 26, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on August 24, 2010 in his primary victory speech.:
Kendrick Meek claims he's the only candidate who said Sonia Sotomayor "will make an excellent Supreme Court justice."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 25, 2010
Florida First Initiative
Florida First Initiative
stated on August 17, 2010 in in a TV ad.:
"Reporters have uncovered another Scott company accused of criminal acts. But Scott won't come clean."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 20, 2010
John Robitaille
John Robitaille
stated on August 12, 2010 in a campaign news release:
"Mr. Caprio is a career politician who has never worked in the private sector."
False
By Cynthia Needham • August 20, 2010
Mark Sharpe
Mark Sharpe
stated on July 20, 2010 in a campaign mailer:
"Mark Sharpe has lowered property taxes by 17 percent."
Mostly False
By Bill Varian • August 19, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on August 11, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Warren Buffett called credit default swaps financial weapons of mass destruction. And Greene was the first individual to use them."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 18, 2010
Democratic Governors Association
Democratic Governors Association
stated on July 29, 2010 in a statement on a DGA-created website:
Lincoln Chafee "voted with President George W. Bush and the conservative leadership 76% of the time."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 15, 2010
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on August 2, 2010 in in a mailer:
Kathryn Starkey "only attended half of those meetings."  
Mostly True
By Jodie Tillman • August 13, 2010
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on August 2, 2010 in in a mailer:
Kathryn Starkey "aided and abetted the continued taxation on residents’ properties over 70 percent of the time by seconding motions and voting to keep the millage rate the same."
Half-True
By Jodie Tillman • August 13, 2010
Committee to Protect Florida
Committee to Protect Florida
stated on August 2, 2010 in in a mailer:
Kathryn Starkey "joined forces with liberal Democrats on a historic sales tax hike."
False
By Jodie Tillman • August 13, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on July 15, 2010 in a consultant's e-mail to PolitiFact Texas.:
Says Democrat Hank Gilbert "has a criminal conviction for theft, has multiple years of unpaid taxes, has multiple tax liens and fines, unsafe driving convictions (and) has recently been accused of taking a bribe and is on record lying to the press this year about his criminal record."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 13, 2010
Jeff Kottkamp
Jeff Kottkamp
stated on July 31, 2010 in a debate.:
"I've taken on the federal government and won."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 11, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 3, 2010 in referring to a YouTube video:
"Obama admits he is not a citizen."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 5, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on August 3, 2010 in comments to the media.:
Jeff Greene on why he went Cuba.
Full Flop
By Aaron Sharockman • August 4, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on July 31, 2010 in a campaign mail piece.:
"Kendrick Meek was named one of the two most corrupt Democrats in Congress by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 3, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on July 29, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Jeff Greene can buy anything" ...  he owns two mansions.
True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 30, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail.:
When Obama went to Pakistan in 1981, he could not have been traveling as a U.S. citizen.
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Holt • July 30, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail:
A transcript released by Occidental College proves that Barack Obama was an Indonesian citizen.
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Holt • July 30, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail:
Justice Antonin Scalia agreed for the Supreme Court to hear a case about whether Barack Obama is eligible to be President.
Pants on Fire!
By Alex Holt • July 30, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on July 26, 2010 in a television ad:
"Warren Buffett called (Jeff) Greene's scheme 'financial weapons of mass destruction.' "
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 30, 2010
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