Latest Fact-Checks In Ohio

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Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on October 8, 2010 a debate
"If you want to see the jobs that I've saved and created in this storm he helped create, go anywhere in Ohio."
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By Mark Naymik • October 16, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 8, 2010 a debate
Says he's so bipartisan that "12 of my bills were signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton."
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By Stephen Koff • October 16, 2010
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton
stated on September 21, 2010 a television campaign ad
Says Tom Ganley has been "sued over 400 times, for fraud, discrimination and more," and "a judge called Tom Ganley's business practices "deceptive and unconscionable."
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By Tom Feran • October 15, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on October 4, 2010 a news conference
"(Strickland) raised taxes last year to the tune of $840 million."
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By Reginald Fields • October 13, 2010
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on September 22, 2010 a news conference
 "Never once did they (House Republicans) actually cut spending or reduce the state budget. Even when they cut taxes in 2005, they increased spending.  They never paid for their tax cuts."  
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By Aaron Marshall • October 12, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on September 14, 2010 an appearance at The Plain Dealer
On Lee Fisher’s watch, "almost nine out of 10" jobs that Ohio lost were lost to other states, "not to other countries."
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By Stephen Koff • September 27, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 18, 2010 a radio interview
"More than half of our unemployed Ohioans have been out of work for six months or more."
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By Stephen Koff • September 2, 2010
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on August 16, 2010 a video posted online
"The Great Lakes Compact has a loophole. And the loophole is that while you cannot remove the water in a big transport, you can remove it in containers of 5.7 gallons or less."
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By Robert Higgs • September 1, 2010
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on August 17, 2010 a television election ad
"Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen."
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By Jane Kahoun, Sabrina Eaton • August 27, 2010
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on August 19, 2010 a statement posted to his website
"In 2008 (Mandel) was re-elected to a second term, representing a district with a 2:1 Democrat to Republican voter ratio."
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By Joe Guillen • August 20, 2010
Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher
stated on June 16, 2010 a news release
Rob Portman has taken more than $125,000 from "Big Oil."
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By Stephen Koff • August 6, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on July 17, 2010 a news release
"In 2009, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council ranked Ohio 11th in the nation and 1st in the Midwest for overall business climate."
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By Mark Naymik • August 4, 2010
Progress Ohio
Progress Ohio
stated on March 12, 2010 a video posted online in a blog article
"In 2009, Yost spent 2.5 times more money than it took to run the (prosecutor’s) office before he got there."
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By Joe Guillen • July 29, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on July 6, 2010 a campaign speech
"Ohio’s electricity rates are 10 percent below the national average."
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By Reginald Fields • July 27, 2010
Tom Ganley
Tom Ganley
stated on July 6, 2010 a statement posted to his website
"The Arizona law basically parrots the federal immigration law."
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By Sabrina Eaton • July 24, 2010
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