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Joe Manchin
stated on August 23, 2018 a news release:

"Black lung cases are at a 25-year high."

True

By Douglas Soule • October 23, 2018

Tony Evers
stated on October 9, 2018 a TV ad:

"Wisconsin pays 50% more than Minnesota for the same health care."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • October 22, 2018

Tony Evers
stated on October 10, 2018 a campaign video:

Says Scott Walker supports "a health care plan that would gut protections for pre-existing conditions."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2018

Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 20, 2018 a TV ad:

"2.4 million people in Wisconsin have pre-existing conditions" and Leah Vukmir supports letting insurance companies "deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2018

Leah Vukmir
stated on September 23, 2018 an interview:

Says Tammy Baldwin was the only member of the Wisconsin congressional delegation "to have a report outlining that a doctor was overprescribing opioids" at the Tomah VA, "later a veteran died" and Baldwin "covered it up."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • October 3, 2018

Steve West
stated on September 27, 2018 a page on his campaign website:

"PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES that manufacture vaccines have IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION!"

Mostly False

By Andrew Withers, Dylan Sherman • September 27, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on September 17, 2018 a poll:

"Tony Evers says that tax dollars should pay for the abortions just like they pay for tonsillectomies."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • September 26, 2018

Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 10, 2018 a TV ad:

Says Leah Vukmir was "just about the only legislator who stood with the insurance companies" and "voted against oral chemotherapy."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2018

Jeff Williams
stated on September 12, 2018 a speech:

The new Apple Watch Series 4 includes "the first ECG product offered over-the-counter directly to consumers."

False

By Chris Nichols • September 14, 2018

Kevin McCarthy
stated on August 15, 2018 a speech:

Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing."

Half-True

By Chris Nichols • August 29, 2018

Fox News Channel
stated on August 19, 2018 California:

"California is proposing to legislate what drinks restaurants can serve your kids, only giving two options: milk or water."

Mostly False

By Chris Nichols • August 21, 2018

Bloggers
stated on August 9, 2018 a blog post:

"Science says that being single will kill you faster than obesity."

Mostly False

By Katie Akin • August 20, 2018

Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 26, 2018 a public forum:

Says the Trump administration "has banned the CDC even using the word ‘transgender.’ "

False

By D.L. Davis • August 17, 2018

Steve Troxler
stated on July 10, 2018 a speech:

The Black River’s water quality is "rated at the very top in North Carolina."

Half-True

By Paul Specht • August 1, 2018

Larry Fedora
stated on July 18, 2018 an interview:

"I don’t think it’s been proven that the game of football causes CTE."

Half-True

By Paul Specht • July 26, 2018

Bruce Rauner
stated on June 12, 2018 a speech:

Says "massive floods" led to Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks at the Quincy Veterans’ Home.

False

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 18, 2018

John Chiang
stated on May 12, 2018 a campaign ad:

Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles) ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk."

False

By Chris Nichols • May 16, 2018

JB Pritzker
stated on March 30, 2018 a tweet:

A recent stomach virus outbreak at the beleaguered Quincy Veterans’ Home shows Gov. Bruce Rauner "is letting persistent health issues jeopardize the wellbeing of our nation’s heroes."

Mostly False

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 10, 2018

Michael McCaul
stated on March 26, 2018 an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News:

"1 in 100 people are sociopaths."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2018

Evan Jenkins
stated on March 20, 2018 a press release:

West Virginia "has the highest overdose death rate in the nation."

True

By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2018

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