Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 20, 2016 a tweet
"Ted Cruz is mathematically out of winning the race."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • April 20, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 29, 2016 an interview
Ten times, no Republican candidate for president had enough delegates to claim the nomination before the party’s convention, and seven of those times "somebody who was not the leader of delegates was selected as the nominee of the party."
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April 15, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on April 3, 2016 an interview
"There are no rules governing" the 2016 Republican convention, "the rules have not been set."  
Mostly True
April 8, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 5, 2016 an interview on ABC's "the View"
"I have 2 and a half million more votes than he (Sanders) does."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 22, 2016 a campaign speech
"Today, the United States has, sadly, one of the lowest voter turnouts of any major country on earth."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • March 23, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview on Fox Business News
Superdelegates "have never been a determining factor in who our nominee is since they've been in place since 1984."  
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By Amy Sherman • March 22, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 22, 2016 a television interview
"70 percent of Americans believe that we are on the wrong path."
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By Sarah Hauer • March 22, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 20, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Donald "Trump got, you know, $1.8 billion worth of free media. I got, like, none."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 20, 2016
New Hampshire Republican Party
New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on February 16, 2016 an online petition
"Given the results of the primary, the vote of one New Hampshire superdelegate is equal to the votes of about 10,000 grassroots activists."
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By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2016
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on March 4, 2016 a Columbia/Boone County League of Women Voters Town Hall
"Seventy percent of Missourians support voter photo ID legislation."
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By Katie Moeller • March 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.
"President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 21, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"About 70 percent of Republicans nationwide ... don't think Donald Trump is the right guy" to take on Hillary Clinton in November.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • February 21, 2016
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on February 14, 2016 a TV show
In Sauk City, Wisconsin, "the ID office" that provides identification for voting "is only open on the fifth Wednesday of every month" -- a total of four days in 2016.
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February 19, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 13, 2016 a Republican debate
"In New Hampshire, I spent $3 million. Jeb Bush spent $44 million. He came in five, and I came in number one."
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By Nick Reid • February 19, 2016
JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on February 8, 2016 a TV ad
Says state Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald twice "supported" incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley.
Mostly True
February 14, 2016
Chris Danou
Chris Danou
stated on October 20, 2015 remarks in Assembly debate
A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is "creating exceptions in the law for politicians."
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October 22, 2015
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on September 18, 2015 a speech
"Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate."  
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October 8, 2015
Ruth's List Florida
Ruth's List Florida
stated on September 22, 2015 an email to voters
"Twenty-six men named William have been elected to statewide office and only seven women have had the honor."  
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By Joshua Gillin • September 28, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on September 20, 2015 an interview on "This Week."
"We had a three-hour debate, no discussion about the national debt, very little about the economy."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 20, 2015
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on September 20, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
At this point in 2012, "Rick Perry was ahead at 29.9 percent, and we had seven more leads before it finally settled on Mitt Romney."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2015
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