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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Bill Peduto
Bill Peduto
stated on June 1, 2017 in in a tweet:
"Fact: Hillary Clinton received 80% of the vote in Pittsburgh."
Mostly True
By Sarah Anne Hughes • June 2, 2017
Gregg Jarrett
Gregg Jarrett
stated on May 30, 2017 in an interview on Fox News:
"You can collude all you want with a foreign government in an election. There's no such statute" (that makes collusion a crime).    
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2017
Samantha Bee
Samantha Bee
stated on May 10, 2017 in TBS show Full Frontal:
"In Florida felonies can be things like buying weed, tampering with an odometer or disturbing a lobster trap. So basically spring break."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2017
Desmond Meade
Desmond Meade
stated on May 10, 2017 in Samantha Bee's Full Frontal show:
"You could lose your rights for life over something as simple as driving with a suspended license" in Florida.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 17, 2017 in a tweet:
"Voter turnout in 2016 was reduced by approx. 200,000 votes because of WI’s photo ID laws."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 24, 2017
Kris Kobach
Kris Kobach
stated on May 14, 2017 in an interview on Fox:
The Department of Homeland Security’s database of legal immigrants has "never" been "bounced against a state’s voter rolls."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2017
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 11, 2017 in a chain email:
Says there are thousands of registered voters over 110 years old in North Carolina, including one who is 219 years old.
False
By Will Doran • May 18, 2017
DCCC
DCCC
stated on May 3, 2017 in a political ad:
Says "Karen Handel’s office budget increased a whopping 42 percent."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 17, 2017
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on May 12, 2017 in Twitter:
"Law firm @POTUS used to show he has no ties to Russia was named Russia Law Firm of the Year for their extensive ties to Russia. Unreal."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • May 16, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 12, 2017 in Twitter:
Says James Clapper "and virtually everyone else" said "there is no collusion" in the Russia investigation findings.
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • May 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2017 in an interview with NBC News:
"This Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should've won."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2017
Michael Untermeyer
Michael Untermeyer
stated on May 10, 2017 in a campaign ad.:
"Michael Untermeyer has been a Democrat for more than 40 years."
Half-True
By Anna Orso • May 12, 2017
Mike Crute
Mike Crute
stated on April 19, 2017 in a radio show:
Says Bernie Sanders "is the most popular politician in America today."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • April 27, 2017
Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier
stated on April 13, 2017 in an interview:
Says President Donald Trump as a candidate mentioned WikiLeaks "over 160 times in speeches" in the last month of the campaign.
Mostly True
By Gabrielle Healy • April 21, 2017
Jay Chaudhuri
Jay Chaudhuri
stated on April 5, 2017 in an interview explaining his bill:
Says the T.R.U.M.P. Act, which would force presidential candidates to release their tax returns to run in North Carolina, "has a lot of support – by a majority of North Carolinians and members of both parties."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • April 19, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 16, 2017 in an interview with CNN's "State of the Union":
"When Trump won, we had the lowest voter turnout in 20 years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2017
Erin Forrest
Erin Forrest
stated on April 2, 2017 in an interview:
"75 percent of the town boards in Wisconsin have no women on them at all."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on March 20, 2017 in a press briefing:
Says Paul Manafort "played a very limited role" in the Trump presidential campaign.
False
By John Kruzel • March 22, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 in a tweet:
"The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process."
False
By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2017
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on February 23, 2017 in a tweet:
"The average margin of victory in the House of Representatives was 37%" for Democrats and Republicans in the 2016 election.
True
By Chris Nichols • March 17, 2017
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