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Latest Fact-Checks In Florida

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Alan Hays
Alan Hays
stated on July 13, 2011 a public hearing about redistricting
"I did not vote to spend money to fight that (Amendment 6 redistricting) lawsuit." 
True
By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2011
Craig Miller
Craig Miller
stated on July 12, 2011 a campaign launch message on his website
"I've created over 40,000 jobs."
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • July 19, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 17, 2011 interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"We have not had unemployment this high for this long since the Great Depression."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • July 19, 2011
Mike Haridopolos
Mike Haridopolos
stated on June 29, 2011 a posting on Twitter
Florida’s proposed Health Care Freedom Act "will allow Floridians to opt out of Obama’s govt. takeover of healthcare!"
False
By Janet Zink • July 13, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 7, 2011 an interview with CBS
"From now on, we have to pay the Russians $50 million an astronaut to send Americans to the space station"
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 13, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on June 30, 2011 a debate
"I sponsored and was the co-sponsor of the only legislation that ever passed that had E-Verify provisions in it back in 2010 when I served in the Legislature."   
False
By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 1, 2011 an e-mail to state employees
"A recent study revealed that, across the nation, taxes would have to be increased by an average of $1,300 a year just to support the currently unsustainable public employee pension systems. In Florida, that dollar figure translates to $813 a year."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • July 12, 2011
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on July 5, 2011 an interview with the "St. Petersburg Times" editorial board
"Let’s say (Republicans) take away half of our delegates. They’re worth more than Iowa’s, New Hampshire’s and almost South Carolina’s combined."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • July 7, 2011
Rod Smith
Rod Smith
stated on June 28, 2011 an e-mail to supporters
"Rick Scott has destroyed over 100,000 jobs."
False
By Becky Bowers • July 1, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2011 comments at a bill signing
"In May we generated more jobs than all the rest of the country combined: 28,000 jobs in May for the state, 54,000 for the entire country."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • July 1, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 17, 2011 a statement
"Since I took office, we’ve created 76,800 jobs."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • July 1, 2011
Will Weatherford
Will Weatherford
stated on June 22, 2011 a redistricting meeting in Panama City
"There is no $30 million pot of money" for redistricting issues, including defending redistricting lawsuits. "Your tax dollars are not being spent on anything like that."  
False
By Amy Sherman • June 28, 2011
Allen West
Allen West
stated on June 20, 2011 a Fox News interview
In the first 24 to 36 hours of the operation in Libya, "you saw $115 million go downrange because a Tomahawk cruise missile is a little over $1 million each."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 27, 2011
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on June 13, 2011 in a radio ad
"Vern Buchanan. His old business was caught illegally funneling over $60,000 in campaign donations to Buchanan to influence his election."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • June 24, 2011
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on June 13, 2011 in a news release
Vern Buchanan "has been completely exonerated" in a Federal Election Commission action.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • June 24, 2011
Common Sense Now
Common Sense Now
stated on June 20, 2011 an ad
Says Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Julio Robaina "has the highest salary among Florida mayors. More than $260,000."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 16, 2011 a Tallahassee press conference
"Almost 10 percent of Canadians came to visit Florida last year ... (Canadians) buy 7.4 percent of our homes in the state."
True
By Katie Sanders • June 21, 2011
The Accountability Project
The Accountability Project
stated on June 10, 2011 a TV ad
Says former Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and current mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez  both drove fancy European cars at taxpayer expense.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 20, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 14, 2011 a blog
Says Allen West violated federal law by scuba diving with U.S. flag.
False
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on June 10, 2011 an Internet ad
Says George LeMieux "falsely attacked Marco Rubio."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 16, 2011
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