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Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on September 30, 2014 a Providence Journal-WPRI debate:
"We have a retiree that is collecting a $17,000 paycheck a month . . . tax free."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 23, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
Mary "Burke’s record: 130,000 fewer jobs."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 3, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 3, 2014 in an interview on CNN:
On the economic stimulus.
Half Flip
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 30, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 22, 2014 an interview:
Under Scott Walker, "right now, we’re 46th in the country in terms of new businesses started."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 21, 2014 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":
"In 2001 and '02 . . . we had the pension system funded at (the) 100% level in that year, and we did for two years at that point."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 28, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2014 a Facebook meme:
Countries with a higher minimum wage than the United States’ $7.25 an hour include Denmark at $21, Australia at $15.81, Germany at $11 and France at $12.35.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2014
Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor
stated on September 7, 2014 a TV interview:
"Every time [the people from Newport Tent] work in a city or town they have a whole different set of permits that they have to get in order to pitch a tent."
True
By Alex Kuffner • September 25, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 10, 2014 an interview:
Says Scott Walker's jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead "Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 19, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 14, 2014 a campaign news release:
Since I took office, "Wisconsin ranks 11th in the nation in total business establishment growth compared to 47th in the years Mary Burke was Commerce secretary."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 17, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on September 15, 2014 a campaign ad:
"New Hampshire has lost more jobs to China than any other state."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 11, 2014 an interview with NPR:
"Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2014
Connie Stokes
Connie Stokes
stated on August 27, 2014 a fundraising email:
Women still do not get paid as much as men, even "for the same work, period."
Half-True
By April Hunt • September 15, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 10, 2014 a radio interview:
Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Karen Lee Ziner • September 12, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 1, 2014 a speech in Milwaukee:
"We cut our deficits by more than half."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 5, 2014
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 20, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
"Scott Walker gave Wisconsin job creation money to his cronies: corporate friends who contributed to his campaigns" and got $570 million in job-development incentives
False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 3, 2014
Larry Elder
Larry Elder
stated on August 20, 2014 comments on CNN:
"If black America were a country, it’d be the 15th wealthiest nation in the world."
False
By Derek Tsang • September 2, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on July 18, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
"Wisconsin’s dead last in Midwest job growth."
True
By Dave Umhoefer, James B. Nelson • August 31, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on August 26, 2014 a debate:
"The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2014
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 14, 2014 various blogs and Internet comments:
Wisconsin is "dead last in income growth" among midwestern states during Gov. Scott Walker’s term.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 28, 2014
Clay Pell
Clay Pell
stated on August 26, 2014 a TV debate:
"My campaign alone has created more jobs in the state of Rhode Island than Narragansett Beer."
Mostly True
By Karen Lee Ziner • August 28, 2014
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