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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
stated on October 30, 2011 a video posted on YouTube
"You’re paying for...(state Sen. Diane Allen’s) health care, and she took yours away."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • November 7, 2011
Burnt Orange Report
Burnt Orange Report
stated on October 3, 2011 a blog post.
Says Texas Senate hopeful Donna Campbell doesn’t live in the district she’s hoping to win in 2012.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 17, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 14, 2011
Says his hometown of Paint Creek, Texas, "doesn’t even have a ZIP code."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 27, 2011
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 31, 2011 a newspaper interview
Says his Twitter account has 1.3 million followers.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • August 9, 2011
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 11, 2009 a town hall in New Hampshire
Said his mother had to fight with health insurance companies for treatment because of a pre-existing condition.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 21, 2011
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on June 10, 2011 an Internet ad
Says George LeMieux "even compared Marco Rubio to Barack Obama."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 15, 2011
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 18, 2011 his radio program.
Says Rick Perry is "the guy that tracked" down Democratic legislators who fled Texas in 2003.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 28, 2011
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on January 4, 2011 a news conference announcing his candidacy for Milwaukee County executive
"I have fought for our shared values without being an ideologue or a partisan"
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 13, 2011
Alexi Giannoulias
Alexi Giannoulias
stated on October 15, 2010 a TV ad
"Mark Kirk: Lied about going to war. Opposed middle class tax cuts. And said unemployment’s not that big an issue."
Mostly False
October 19, 2010
Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on October 8, 2010 a TV campaign ad
"Pam Bondi told a group of lobbyists she’ll side with corporate special interests as attorney general."
Mostly False
By Laura Figueroa • October 18, 2010
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on October 7, 2010 a video ad.
Says state Rep. Patrick Rose votes 90 percent with liberals, backed the state's largest tax increase, proposed nearly $15 billion in government spending and supported "Obama-style government-run health care system for Texas."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 15, 2010
Bill Flores
Bill Flores
stated on September 26, 2010 a TV ad
Says he created more than 500 American jobs.
Mostly False
September 17, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on August 30, 2010 a press release.
Jim Dunnam "has not lived in the district he represents for years now."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 6, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on September 1, 2010 a press release
Says Rick Perry is a 25-year incumbent.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 3, 2010
Mark Sharpe
Mark Sharpe
stated on July 20, 2010 a campaign mailer
"Mark Sharpe has lowered property taxes by 17 percent."
Mostly False
By Bill Varian • August 19, 2010
Democratic Governors Association
Democratic Governors Association
stated on July 29, 2010 a statement on a DGA-created website
Lincoln Chafee "voted with President George W. Bush and the conservative leadership 76% of the time."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 15, 2010
Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on July 26, 2010 a campaign flier.
Dave Aronberg's career legal experience is "less than two years as Asst. AG/private attorney."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 28, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on July 23, 2010 a campaign flier
Kendrick Meek was "#1 in Florida in taking tobacco cash and then opposed a tax on cigars that would have helped pay for children's health care."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 27, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on July 15, 2010 a campaign mail piece.
"Rick Scott's company is partners with Playboy in a social networking website that has community pages specifically geared towards gay dating."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 19, 2010
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on July 2, 2010 an e-mail to supporters.
Dan Gelber's employment by BP's law firm "could disqualify him from representing Florida against BP as Attorney General."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 15, 2010
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