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Scott Surovell
Scott Surovell
stated on January 21, 2014 a floor debate.:
"Eighty-five percent of the states in the United States that had electrocution have now abolished it."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • February 3, 2014
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on January 21, 2014 a web ad.:
"Obamacare passed by just one vote in the Senate. It wouldn’t have passed without Mark Warner’s vote."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • January 27, 2014
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on September 25, 2013 a debate.:
Virginia is "the number one state per capita in screening out people with mental illness from gun purchases."  
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • October 7, 2013
Dave Schwartz
Dave Schwartz
stated on June 17, 2013 a speech.:
"Twenty-four percent of doctors in Virginia currently don’t accept new Medicaid patients because the reimbursement rates are so low."
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By Nancy Madsen • July 12, 2013
E.W. Jackson
E.W. Jackson
stated on June 19, 2013 a speech.:
"In 1960, most black children were raised in two-parent, monogamous families." Today "we have only 20 percent of black children being raised in two-parent, monogamous families..."
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By Sean Gorman • July 1, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 6, 2013 a website post.:
"In our community college system (state) cuts have reduced funding per student by $1,908."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • May 28, 2013
Dwight Jones
Dwight Jones
stated on March 12, 2013 a statement.:
Says under his utility rate plan, "An estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • April 22, 2013
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on March 25, 2013 a radio interview.:
Paul Ryan’s budget "keeps the Obamacare taxes and spending cuts that paid for Obamacare, but then cuts all of the benefits."
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By Nancy Madsen • April 8, 2013
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 18, 2012 a debate.:
Bill Clinton presided over "the biggest expansion of the American economy since World War II."
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By Nancy Madsen • October 29, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 8, 2012 a TV ad.:
"As governor, I cut $5 billion in spending."
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By Warren Fiske • October 24, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 12, 2012 a news release.:
George Allen "voted to end Pell Grants for 84,000 students."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • October 1, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2012 a debate.:
Says former Sen. George Allen voted four times to raise his own pay.
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By Sean Gorman • July 30, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on June 6, 2012 a fundraising letter.:
Virginia women earn "only 79 cents to each dollar earned by men..."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • June 15, 2012
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on May 9, 2012 a floor speech.:
"According to ATF data, 70 percent of firearms recovered and traced in drug cartel crimes in Mexico originated from the United States."
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By Nancy Madsen • May 29, 2012
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on April 5, 2012 a statement:
If Congress froze the current spending level and then cut it by 2 percent annually, "we could balance the budget in five years."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • May 10, 2012
Jamie Radtke
Jamie Radtke
stated on March 28, 2012 a web video:
George Allen "voted for 40,000 earmarks."
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By Nancy Madsen • April 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 28, 2012 a TV ad.:
 "Under President Obama, domestic oil production is at an eight-year high."  
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By Louis Jacobson, Warren Fiske • April 9, 2012
Scott Lingamfelter
Scott Lingamfelter
stated on February 22, 2012 a news release.:
Tim Kaine "reduced higher education funding by 25 percent when he was governor, driving up tuition..."
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By Sean Gorman • April 4, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on March 11, 2012 a TV interview.:
"This bill allows Virginia to join about 23 other states that have an ultrasound procedure" before an abortion.
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By Nancy Madsen • March 21, 2012
George Allen
George Allen
stated on February 6, 2012 an interview.:
The cost of a gas tank fill-up has risen $30 since Barack Obama became president.  
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By Sean Gorman • February 20, 2012
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