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Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 5, 2014 in an interview:
In Wisconsin, unions can essentially give "unlimited" contributions to political parties, but business can't give any. 
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 14, 2014 in an interview:
The gender gap in his support is "not unique to me" and "there’s not a huge gap from where Republicans have been in presidential, gubernatorial and US Senate elections" in recent years.
Mostly True
By Craig Gilbert, Dave Umhoefer • October 31, 2014
Michelle Nunn
Michelle Nunn
stated on October 7, 2014 in a U.S. Senate debate:
David Perdue did not support the 2014 farm bill that U.S. Sens. Isakson and Chambliss did.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • October 13, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:
"The FBI is involved in an investigation about people in the Rio Grande Valley who are using cocaine to buy votes."      
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 19, 2014 in a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:
Greg Abbott "heads up a party whose platform calls for the repeal of the Voting Rights Act."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2014
Robert Sarvis
Robert Sarvis
stated on September 1, 2014 in a speech:
"Over 40 of our 100 (House of) Delegates seats go uncontested every year, and over 40 percent of our state senate seats go uncontested every year."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • September 14, 2014
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on July 15, 2014 in a press release:
Kasim Reed has kept every promise he made as a candidate.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • August 15, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 25, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
"Candidates for governor routinely disclose" their spouses’ tax returns.
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • June 26, 2014
Deborah Kafoury
Deborah Kafoury
stated on April 15, 2014 in a campaign website statement:
"When Deborah took office, the (Sellwood Bridge) project had languished for years, with only $11 million in funds. With her leadership the remaining funding was secured that got the project moving forward."
Mostly True
By Dana Tims • May 8, 2014
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on December 26, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 28, 2014
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on March 16, 2014 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
Russian annexation of Crimea "removes a million residents of the Ukraine that have provided the margin of victory for (Viktor) Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow prime minister in his last election."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 9, 2014 in a 'Fox News Sunday' interview:
"The president won the youth vote 3 to 1, but his numbers have dropped 20, 30 percent among the youth."
Mostly True
By Julie Kliegman • March 9, 2014
Wayne Thorburn
Wayne Thorburn
stated on January 8, 2014 in an opinion column in the Austin American-Statesman:
Nearly 90% of Travis County government races will be settled by the time of the Democratic primary.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 30, 2014
Desmond Meade
Desmond Meade
stated on January 15, 2014 in a "BloggingBlackMiami" blog post:
Of the approximately 6 million disenfranchised felons in the United States, "one-quarter are Floridians."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2014
Kathleen Peters
Kathleen Peters
stated on December 13, 2013 in a mailing to 13th Congressional District voters:
"Since 2007 David Jolly has given almost $30,000 to keep Democrats in Congress!"
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • December 27, 2013
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on November 4, 2013 in a guest lecture:
"During the last election, Democrats won over a million votes more than Republicans, but because of the way districts are designed, the Republicans got 33 more members of the House of Representatives than the Democrats did."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 26, 2013
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 8, 2013 in an opinion column.:
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 71.2 percent of Hispanic registered voters in Texas and over 86 percent of African American registered voters participated in the 2012 elections.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 16, 2013
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on June 26, 2013 in an op-ed:
The Hispanic population in Gwinnett and Henry counties has increased by 153 percent and 339 percent, respectively, since 2000 while Republican presidential candidates are getting a smaller percentage of the vote in those counties.
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • July 15, 2013
Stephen Nodine
Stephen Nodine
stated on June 21, 2013 in statements to the media:
Says he can be on the ballot for Congress while serving time in jail.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2013
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on May 18, 2013 in a speech at the convention of the Georgia Republican Party.:
Says that in Texas, Republican nominees "get 40 percent of the Latino vote on average."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 4, 2013
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