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Bill White
stated on March 2, 2010 a speech

"There's almost 1 million Texans who are unemployed and that's an all-time record number in our state."

True

March 7, 2010

Bill White
stated on March 4, 2010 a speech

"Debt has almost doubled in Austin under Gov. Perry."

True

March 4, 2010

Debra Medina
stated on January 29, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate

"The governor’s not taking his own fiscal advice. ... In the first fiscal quarter of this year, we’ve seen a 13.5 percent increase in spending, double-digit spending out of the executive branch in the State of Texas."

Half-True

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • February 8, 2010

Democratic National Committee
stated on January 20, 2010 a press release

"Under (Rick Perry’s) watch as governor, over six million Texans have no health care coverage, including one million children, homeowners suffer from the highest insurance rates in the country, and college tuition has skyrocketed 136 percent."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2010

Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate

"The largest tax increase that we have ever had in our state is yours – it is the business margins tax that you signed, governor."

False

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 22, 2010

Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 the Jan. 14 GOP gubernatorial debate

Says Gov. Rick Perry was for Wall Street bailout before he was against it.

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2010

Texas Democratic Party
stated on October 5, 2009 news release

Says Rick Perry's "Pay to Play" politics led him to send $899 million to an offshore call center in Bermuda, driving down enrollment in children's health insurance

False

January 15, 2010

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