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Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 in his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story":
"In 2009, we cut state spending in real terms for the first time in 150 years."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 12, 2011
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on February 23, 2011 in a discussion at a town hall meeting:
"The benefits that were offered to me as a congressman don’t even compare to the benefits that you get as a state employee. I just experienced that myself. They’re not nearly as good."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 12, 2011
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 8, 2011 in his State of the State speech:
There was "some sort of informal commitment to build a (psychiatric) building in downtown Cleveland."
False
By Tom Feran • April 12, 2011
Mark Hass
Mark Hass
stated on March 30, 2011 in in a press release:
"For every one ESD superintendent position, we can pay for three speech pathologists, or three special needs instructors, or three classroom teachers."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • April 11, 2011
David Pepper
David Pepper
stated on March 10, 2011 in an Ohio House committee hearing:
"Many states without collective bargaining, such as Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, have far larger budget deficits than many that do, including Ohio."
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • April 11, 2011
Richard Licht
Richard Licht
stated on April 3, 2011 in TV interview:
Proposed fees for Rhode Island beaches will still be "less than some of the town beaches."
True
By Richard Salit • April 10, 2011
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on March 26, 2011 in a speech.:
"When I took office last year we faced historic budget deficits of $6 billion here in Virginia.  And we closed those deficits by cutting spending."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • April 9, 2011
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on April 3, 2011 in remarks on the House floor:
"Fifty percent of our students who enter higher education need to take remedial courses because they are not prepared for college-level work."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 9, 2011
Roberto DaSilva
Roberto DaSilva
stated on March 21, 2011 in a news release:
"We’re paying out-of-state residential facilities hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more," to house children in state custody
Mostly True
By Peter Lord • April 8, 2011
Bob Graham
Bob Graham
stated on April 3, 2011 in a op-ed in the 'St. Petersburg Times':
"Since 1990, in inflation-adjusted dollars, per-student funding of the (Florida) state university system from general revenue has dropped by about $4,000."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 5, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 7, 2011 in an op-ed:
Says "some [states] with the largest reductions in crime have also lowered their prison population."
True
By Eric Stirgus • April 5, 2011
Jimmie Don Aycock
Jimmie Don Aycock
stated on March 31, 2011 in remarks on the floor of the Texas House:
"Some of the colleges, including A&M, have already guaranteed that they will not increase their tuition."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 4, 2011
James Cenerini
James Cenerini
stated on March 24, 2011 in testimony before the Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee:
When you compare our state pension system "to other systems throughout the country, our benefits are not gold-plated. They are not rich. They are actually average or below average."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 3, 2011
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner
stated on March 31, 2011 in remarks on the House floor:
"Ninety percent of Texans say they do not want the nursing homes to close. It polls higher than anything else."
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 2, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on January 11, 2011 in his book, "Courage to Stand: An American Story":
"From 1960, the year I was born, until the time I became Governor in 2003, the average two-year increase in Minnesota state spending was 21 percent. … we brought that down dramatically, to about 1.7 percent per year."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 1, 2011
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on March 30, 2011 in a television ad:
Says David Prosser = Scott Walker.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 31, 2011
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on March 18, 2011 in a television ad:
Says Jeff Stone = Scott Walker.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • March 30, 2011
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on March 4, 2011 in a newsletter:
"Oregon is the only state out of the 50 states in the USA that continues to pay 100% of the medical benefits for its employees and their families."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • March 28, 2011
Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone
stated on March 3, 2011 in various votes and public statements:
On his support for sharply limiting collective bargaining by public employees.
Half Flip
By Dave Umhoefer • March 25, 2011
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald
stated on March 3, 2011 in a statement at a news conference:
Wisconsin was embroiled in a "constitutional crisis" brought on by the Democratic senators fleeing the state for Illinois to block Gov. Scott Walker's budget-repair bill.  
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • March 24, 2011
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