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Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on October 22, 2012 a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters:
Says U.S. corporate tax rate is "highest in the world at 35 percent."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • November 1, 2012
Tere McCann
Tere McCann
stated on October 30, 2012 a campaign mailer.:
Says opponent Chad Chadwell "wants condom techniques demonstrated to your children."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2012
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on August 30, 2012 East Austin meetup of Texans for Obama.:
"We’re talking right now about a $12 billion hole in our current, so-called balanced" state "budget."
Half-True
By David Barer • October 29, 2012
Keep Austin Healthy PAC
Keep Austin Healthy PAC
stated on October 18, 2012 a news article posted online Oct. 18, 2012.:
Says the Central Health district's tax rate is the "lowest among the largest counties in Texas, and it will continue to be the lowest" if voters approve a proposed tax increase.  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 26, 2012
Gonzalo Barrientos
Gonzalo Barrientos
stated on October 22, 2012 an opinion article in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says 55 percent of council members have come from area where only 10 percent of Austinites live.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • October 25, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2012 a press conference.:
Says fewer than 30 percent of Texas college students graduate in four years and only 58 percent graduate within six years.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 19, 2012
Rob Moshein
Rob Moshein
stated on October 14, 2012 a letter to the editor.:
Says the University of Texas can afford to build a medical school because it has a $7 billion endowment and its football program had a $50 million profit last year.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 19, 2012
Gerald Daugherty
Gerald Daugherty
stated on May 10, 2012 a mailed campaign flier:
Says he "is the reason we do not pay a toll every time we pass over the bridge at MoPac and William Cannon."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • October 19, 2012
Karen Huber
Karen Huber
stated on September 17, 2012 an Austin American-Statesman news stor:
Says she’s never said "don’t build" Texas 45 Southwest.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 12, 2012
Raymond Frank
Raymond Frank
stated on October 7, 2012 an advertisement.:
Says Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton has accepted $42,000 from strip-club interests and $10,000 from local alcohol distributors.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 11, 2012
Bill Powers
Bill Powers
stated on September 27, 2012 his "State of the University" address.:
"We confer more PhDs each year than any other university in America except Berkeley."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2012
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on September 23, 2012 a breakfast at the Texas Tribune Festival.:
Says Texas lawmakers last year expanded public education’s share of state spending.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2012
Stefani Carter
Stefani Carter
stated on August 30, 2012 in an opinion column in USA Today:
Says black women are "fastest-growing demographic group in ... Texas seeking concealed handgun licenses."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 5, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on October 2, 2012 the U.S. Senate candidate debate at WFAA-TV in Dallas.:
"I never supported" a state income tax for Texas.  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 5, 2012
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on August 31, 2012 a UNITY PAC press release.:
Says Austin voters can approve seven bond propositions "without raising taxes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on September 26, 2012 a press release.:
Says Ted Cruz "has pledged to eliminate" the U.S. Department of Education, which would end federal aid to college students.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 27, 2012
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on September 22, 2012 a panel at the Texas Tribune Festival.:
Texas is "the state that has now gone the longest without electing a Democrat statewide."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 26, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 21, 2012 a tweet.:
Says Barack Obama has added $16 trillion to the national debt.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2012
John Sharp
John Sharp
stated on June 18, 2012 a speech in Austin:
Says scientists predict "sometime in the future, an event that will kill … somewhere between 80 and 90 million people."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • September 25, 2012
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on September 7, 2012 a newsletter update:
Says a voter-adopted constitutional amendment "instructed" a state board headed by Jerry Patterson to put $300 million in investment earnings into a fund supporting public school operations.  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 21, 2012
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