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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 in a debate in Davie, Fla.
In 2012, Connie Mack missed 178 votes, "one of the worst voting records" in Congress.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2012
Secure America Now
Secure America Now
stated on September 12, 2012 a TV ad
Says Obama adviser David Plouffe took "large piles of cash" from a joint venture partner of a company owned by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 25, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Says President Barack Obama "gives students the right to repay (federal) loans as a clear, fixed, low percentage of their income for up to 20 years."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • September 7, 2012
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on August 29, 2012 an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times
Says Charlie Crist "was pro-life, pro-gun and vehemently anti-tax."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2012
Bill Zedler
Bill Zedler
stated on July 17, 2012 a Twitter post.
"While (Barack) Obama preaches ‘we are our brother’s keeper,’ his brother and aunt live in real poverty in Kenya."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on August 2, 2012 a TV ad
Says Connie Mack IV has been "a promoter for Hooters with a history of bar room brawling, altercations and road rage."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2012
John Bradley
John Bradley
stated on May 14, 2012 an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman
Says Williamson County Attorney Jana Duty "has never prosecuted a single adult felony case."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 24, 2012
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on April 14, 2012 a TV interview.
Says he represents or has represented about half the San Antonio-rooted district in which he seeks election.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 14, 2012 a TV ad
After they bought GST Steel, "Mitt Romney and his partners loaded it with debt, closed the Kansas City plant and walked away with a healthy profit, leaving hundreds of employees out of work with their pensions in jeopardy."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers, Molly Moorhead • May 16, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website
Says Mitt Romney "has refused to say whether he would have vetoed or signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • May 8, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 17, 2012 a TV ad.
Says Ted Cruz represents a Chinese company found guilty of stealing blueprints from an American manufacturer.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 19, 2012
Texas Democratic Party
Texas Democratic Party
stated on March 3, 2012 a quoted comment.
"In Texas, there are 668 Democratic Hispanic elected officials to the 60 in the Republican Party."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 16, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on February 4, 2012 an interview
"I have a very conservative voting record."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 a television ad
"Romney adviser admits Romneycare was blueprint for Obamacare."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2012
Restore Our Future
Restore Our Future
stated on December 14, 2011 a television ad
Newt Gingrich "was fined $300,000 for ethics violations."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2012
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 31, 2012 a TV interview
"No candidate has run more negative ads in American history than Barack Obama did in 2008, especially in the general.’’
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 the video "When Mitt Romney Came to Town"
Mitt Romney is "tearing down his 3,000-square-foot house to build an 11,000-square-foot house."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on December 6, 2011 a TV airing in Florida
Says he "helped save" the Olympic games.
Mostly True
By Matt Clary • January 6, 2012
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on December 6, 2011 a Web video.
"Traditionally, presidential candidates release their tax returns . . . Mitt Romney still won’t."
Mostly True
By Matt Clary • December 16, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 a video ad
Says Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on his support for President Reagan’s policies.
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • November 29, 2011
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