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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Scott Brown
Scott Brown
stated on October 28, 2013 speech to the Nashua Rotary Club
"I’m ninth generation from New Hampshire."
Half-True
By Jim Haddadin • December 20, 2013
Sam Houston
Sam Houston
stated on December 13, 2013 a campaign web page
Says he would have "almost twice the actual experience practicing law" Greg Abbott did on becoming attorney general of Texas.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • December 16, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2013 a speech at National Right to Life convention, Grapevine, Texas.
Says Wendy Davis, "born into difficult circumstances," was the daughter of a single mother and a teenage mother herself.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 28, 2013
Frank Caprio
Frank Caprio
stated on May 19, 2013 an appearance on "10 News Conference"
Since Gina Raimondo took office, investment fees on the state's pension portfolio "have gone up from about $12 million annually to about $50 million."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 2, 2013
Ken Lanci
Ken Lanci
stated on May 1, 2013 news release, website
Ken Lanci is a lifelong Clevelander
Half-True
By Tom Feran • May 16, 2013
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on March 28, 2013 a meeting
"In the last two years, I have supported and proposed $155 billion worth of targeting cuts. Dr. Gingrey has presented zero."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • April 9, 2013
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on March 24, 2013 an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press
Says New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says "we can only have three bullets" and "the NRA wants firearms with nukes on them."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • March 26, 2013
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 a U.S. Senate debate
Says Connie Mack initially said he would have voted "yes" for the Paul Ryan budget plan, and then, "you said it was stupid and you would vote no. And then your folks corrected you, and you changed your position again, yes."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 29, 2012
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on October 18, 2012 an ad
Lois Frankel "spent over $13,000 in taxpayer money on a marble shower in a private bathroom with her own toilet."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2012
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on October 18, 2012 an ad
While she was mayor, Lois Frankel took a "police helicopter ride to go to a dinner party."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2012
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 2, 2012 an ad
An Army report stated Allen West "performed illegal acts, merited court martial, faced 11 years in prison.'"
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • October 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 25, 2012 a Web ad
"In Romney's first budget (in Massachusetts), he cut $248.7 million from K-12 education."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • October 8, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV
Says under U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s watch the nation’s unemployment rate and debt doubled and the federal budget deficit quadrupled.
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 7, 2012
YG Action Fund
YG Action Fund
stated on September 28, 2012 a television ad
Says Lois Frankel "took a 40 percent pay raise" as mayor while West Palm Beach "lost jobs."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 28, 2012
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 29, 2012 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa
In Massachusetts under Mitt Romney, "unemployment went down, household incomes went up," and the state "saw its credit rating upgraded."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • August 30, 2012
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on August 11, 2012 a news release
"Paul Ryan got his start in politics, as a young staffer just out of college, working for then-Congressman John Kasich’s Budget Committee."
Half-True
By Henry J. Gomez • August 17, 2012
Gloria Romero Roses
Gloria Romero Roses
stated on July 18, 2012 a mailer
Says Joe Garcia "voted to raise our utility rates."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 13, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 2, 2012 a campaign ad
Says Mitt Romney "paid only 14 percent in taxes — probably less than you."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 13, 2012 an interview on 'Today'
It’s "typical" for a presidential candidate to release 10 or 11 years of tax returns.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 1, 2012
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on July 25, 2012 a Web ad
Says India "gained jobs thanks to Romney."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • July 26, 2012
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