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Patrick Rose
Patrick Rose
stated on September 24, 2010 a TV ad.
Says Republican opponent Jason Isaac is peddling a plan meaning Texans "would pay the highest sales taxes in America, up to 14.5 percent."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 9, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 6, 2010 an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.
"The years that I was speaker, the Florida House consistently offered leaner budgets than the governor offered."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • October 8, 2010
Blue Oregon
Blue Oregon
stated on September 30, 2010 a website posting
Says "Rep. Jim Weidner proposed a bill taking away health care for 80,000 of Oregon's children."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 8, 2010
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on October 6, 2010 a statement posted on a website
"Tom Ganley supports a 23 percent national sales tax that would raise taxes on the middle class while giving a huge tax break to millionaires like himself."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • October 6, 2010
Lynn Howe
Lynn Howe
stated on October 5, 2010 a campaign mailer
Says Sal Esquivel wants a 5 percent state sales tax on groceries.
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • October 6, 2010
American Crossroads
American Crossroads
stated on September 22, 2010 an election ad
Says Lee Fisher "wanted a $1.1 billion tax increase which could have driven countless jobs out of state."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • October 5, 2010
Promote Oregon Leadership PAC (Oregon House Republicans)
Promote Oregon Leadership PAC (Oregon House Republicans)
stated on September 27, 2010 an e-mail
Says Will Rasmussen supported a sales tax as recently as last spring.
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 5, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on September 30, 2010 in a chain e-mail
Peter DeFazio "will sneak in a 1 percent tax on all banking transactions."
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • October 1, 2010
Dave Yost
Dave Yost
stated on August 10, 2010 a campaign video
"Pepper ... kicked off a jock tax, imposing a levy on the sports and entertainment industry."
True
By Joe Guillen • September 29, 2010
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on September 27, 2010 a statement on campaign web site
"The Wisconsin Legislature raised taxes more than $5 billion in 2009."
False
September 28, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on September 23, 2010 a campaign ad
Says Zack Space voted for budgets and debt, energy taxes and the stimulus, and "we still lost more than 2.5 million jobs."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2010
Susan Latvala
Susan Latvala
stated on September 14, 2010 a candidates forum in Dunedin
"One of the other inaccuracies ... is that we have raised taxes multiple times and run up the budget. Absolutely not true. One tax increase since I’ve been in office. It was a quarter mill tax in the unincorporated area only."
False
By David DeCamp • September 25, 2010
Future PAC (Oregon House Democrats)
Future PAC (Oregon House Democrats)
stated on September 24, 2010 a campaign mailer
Says Julie Parrish wants to add a sales tax to everything we need to buy including food, clothing, medicine and school supplies.
Mostly False
By Janie Har • September 24, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2010 a televised town hall
"Our tax rates are lower now than they were under Ronald Reagan. They're much lower than they were under Dwight Eisenhower."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 7, 2010 a press release
Says Bill White "didn't pay taxes while earning $133,600 annual salary as deputy secretary of energy."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 21, 2010
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 16, 2010 statements on the party's website.
Loranne Ausley "voted six times to tax your savings."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 20, 2010
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 17, 2010 a statement on campaign web site
"Wisconsin is one of the highest taxed states in the nation."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 19, 2010
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on September 14, 2010 a campaign commerical
Harry Reid has voted "to give special tax breaks to illegal aliens."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2010
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on September 14, 2010 a campaign ad
"Taxes went down under Jerry Brown."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 17, 2010
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 16, 2010 a series of campaign TV ads
Tom Barrett "voted for the largest tax increase in history ... raising taxes on gas and Social Security."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 17, 2010
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