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Jon Tester
Jon Tester
stated on August 3, 2018 on candidate's website
Says Matt Rosendale "consistently supported land use rules that would help developers like him and hurt farmers in Montana."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • August 9, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on July 17, 2018 a TV ad
"Congressman DeSantis voted to cut Social Security and Medicare" and "voted to increase the retirement age."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2018
Sonny Perdue
Sonny Perdue
stated on July 26, 2018 a press release
"America’s hard-working agricultural producers … have taken a disproportionate hit when it comes to illegal retaliatory tariffs."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • August 9, 2018
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 1, 2018 a news release
Says Mahlon Mitchell "received a massive raise on the backs of hard-working firefighters and turned the union into his own personal political slush fund."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 9, 2018
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on July 31, 2018 an interview
"I have always been there with" Donald Trump.  
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 8, 2018
Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on August 1, 2018 an online video
Says Leah Vukmir said: "I’m not endorsing Donald Trump."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 8, 2018
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on July 29, 2018 a TV interview
"There is a big correlation between third grade reading level and whether you go to college or whether you go to prison. And in Florida right now only 56 percent of kids are coming out of third grade at third grade reading level."
Mostly True
By Lucia Geng, Katie Akin • August 7, 2018
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 7, 2018 a since-deleted tweet
Says Winston Churchill said, "The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 7, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on July 25, 2018 a Facebook ad
"Education Secretary Betsy DeVos owes Ohio $5.3 million for campaign finance violations and Mike DeWine's office refuses to collect the fine."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 31, 2018 a TV ad
"New reports show Kevin Nicholson made over $1 million advising companies that shut down Wisconsin plants and laid off 1,900 people."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 7, 2018
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on June 1, 2018 a news release
Says Tammy Baldwin's record includes "opposing harsher punishments for criminals who commit violent crimes near schools."
Half-True
By Jennifer Walter • August 7, 2018
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on August 6, 2018 a tweet
There were "63 murders this weekend" in Chicago and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s legacy is "more murders in his city than ever before."
Pants on Fire!
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 7, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 3, 2018 a video ad made public by the Texas Tribune
Says Beto O’Rourke is "open to abolishing ICE."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 6, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2018 a tweet
"California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean."
False
By Chris Nichols • August 6, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on July 22, 2018 a candidates forum
"Since Scott Walker has been our governor, we’ve gone from 50 percent state funding for the" University of Wisconsin System "to 15 percent."
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 6, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on July 31, 2018 a radio interview
"I've always voted for keeping the government open. I’ve never cast a vote to shut down the government."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 6, 2018
AmericanJournalReview.com
AmericanJournalReview.com
stated on July 20, 2018 a blog post
"James Clapper Flips On Live TV, Admits Obama Behind Entire Russia Witch Hunt! (Video)"
False
By Heaven Taylor-Wynn, John Kruzel • August 6, 2018
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 1, 2018 a radio ad
Says Tony Evers "didn't revoke the license of a teacher caught spreading pornography and commenting on the bodies of middle-school girls."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 6, 2018
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on July 31, 2018 a video on Twitter
"We have the most educated … workforce in the entire nation." 
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 5, 2018
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on August 1, 2018 an interview with One America News Network
"You see the Nazi platform from the early 1930s ... look at it compared to the (Democratic Party) platform of today, you're saying, 'Man, those things are awfully similar.'"
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2018
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