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Jack Conway
Jack Conway
stated on September 14, 2010 a campaign video:
Says Rand Paul thinks drug-dealing, theft, burglary and prostitution should be decriminalized.
False
By Robert Farley • September 27, 2010
Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on September 20, 2010 a statement on his campaign website:
Kilmartin has helped pass laws to "create a witness protection program."
Mostly True
By Cynthia Needham • September 26, 2010
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stated on September 19, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
It's "not true" that since he's been the president, executions in Iran have increased by four times.
False
By Robert Farley • September 23, 2010
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stated on September 19, 2010 ABC's "This Week":
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani "was never sentenced to stoning."
False
By Robert Farley • September 22, 2010
stated on September 21, 2010 a statement on campaign web site:
"Under Tom Barrett’s leadership, violent crime in Milwaukee has decreased by over 20% -- to its lowest levels in more than 20 years."
Pants on Fire!
By Dave Umhoefer • September 22, 2010
J.B. Van Hollen
J.B. Van Hollen
stated on March 18, 2010 written testimony to a Wisconsin Senate committee:
"Over 22,000 unique Internet Protocol addresses -- in Wisconsin alone -- have downloaded child pornography."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 15, 2010
Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on September 1, 2010 a campaign commercial:
"When the mayor of Providence's brother wrote over 100 grand in bad checks to the city, Joe Fernandez didn't have the guts to prosecute him. He let him off the hook."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 10, 2010
Joseph Fernandez
Joseph Fernandez
stated on August 25, 2010 a candidate mailing:
I "kicked crooked cops and government officials off the public pension rolls."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 10, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 1, 2010 a campaign website:
"Florida is enjoying its lowest crime rate in 39 years."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 1, 2010
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 26, 2010 an interview:
Says a highway was closed in El Paso because of bullets flying across the border.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 1, 2010
Florida First Initiative
Florida First Initiative
stated on August 17, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Reporters have uncovered another Scott company accused of criminal acts. But Scott won't come clean."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 20, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 9, 2010 an East Texas campaign stop.:
Says Rick Perry's proposal on driver licenses and high school dropouts has been state law since 1989.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2010
Stephen Archambault
Stephen Archambault
stated on August 12, 2010 a candidate debate:
Rhode Island is "at the top of the country for alcohol-related fatalities."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 19, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on July 15, 2010 a consultant's e-mail to PolitiFact Texas.:
Says Democrat Hank Gilbert "has a criminal conviction for theft, has multiple years of unpaid taxes, has multiple tax liens and fines, unsafe driving convictions (and) has recently been accused of taking a bribe and is on record lying to the press this year about his criminal record."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 13, 2010
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on April 28, 2010 a speech.:
I've shut down pill mills.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 11, 2010
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on July 30, 2010 a statement posted to his website:
"There are currently delays of up to six months in the processing of DNA evidence at the state run crime lab."
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • August 9, 2010
Holly Benson
Holly Benson
stated on July 31, 2010 a candidates' debate:
"Florida is now the No. 1 state in the country for automobile accident fraud."
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • August 5, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 28, 2010 an interview:
Because of violence spreading from Mexico, "you’ve got bullets hitting the city hall in El Paso. You’ve got bombs exploding in El Paso."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 5, 2010
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on July 9, 2010 a press release:
When Atlanta Police Chief George Turner was interim head of the department, overall crime fell 14 percent and violent crime dropped 22.7 percent.
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • August 1, 2010
Jeff Kottkamp
Jeff Kottkamp
stated on July 30, 2010 a position paper on his campaign website:
"Only a few months ago the FBI arrested three Broward County Commissioners for accepting millions of dollars in trade for illegal favors."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2010
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