Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Scott Walker
stated on October 14, 2014 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.

By Craig Gilbert, Dave Umhoefer • October 31, 2014

Michelle Nunn
stated on October 7, 2014 a U.S. Senate debate

David Perdue did not support the 2014 farm bill that U.S. Sens. Isakson and Chambliss did.

By April Hunt • October 13, 2014

Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 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."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2014

Wendy Davis
stated on September 19, 2014 a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.

Greg Abbott "heads up a party whose platform calls for the repeal of the Voting Rights Act."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2014

Robert Sarvis
stated on September 1, 2014 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."

By Sean Gorman • September 14, 2014

Kasim Reed
stated on July 15, 2014 a press release

Kasim Reed has kept every promise he made as a candidate.

By April Hunt • August 15, 2014

Rick Scott
stated on June 25, 2014 a campaign commercial

"Candidates for governor routinely disclose" their spouses’ tax returns.

By Joshua Gillin • June 26, 2014

Deborah Kafoury
stated on April 15, 2014 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."

By Dana Tims • May 8, 2014

Occupy Democrats
stated on December 26, 2013 a Facebook post

"Nine out of the 10 poorest states are Red states."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 28, 2014

Karl Rove
stated on March 16, 2014 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."

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014

Rand Paul
stated on March 9, 2014 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."

By Julie Kliegman • March 9, 2014

Wayne Thorburn
stated on January 8, 2014 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.

By Sue Owen • January 30, 2014

Desmond Meade
stated on January 15, 2014 a "BloggingBlackMiami" blog post

Of the approximately 6 million disenfranchised felons in the United States, "one-quarter are Floridians."

By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2014

Kathleen Peters
stated on December 13, 2013 a mailing to 13th Congressional District voters

"Since 2007 David Jolly has given almost $30,000 to keep Democrats in Congress!"

By Joshua Gillin • December 27, 2013

Lloyd Doggett
stated on November 4, 2013 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."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 26, 2013

John Cornyn
stated on August 8, 2013 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.

By W. Gardner Selby • August 16, 2013

Karl Rove
stated on June 26, 2013 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.

By Eric Stirgus • July 15, 2013

Stephen Nodine
stated on June 21, 2013 statements to the media

Says he can be on the ballot for Congress while serving time in jail.

By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2013

Karl Rove
stated on May 18, 2013 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."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 4, 2013

Xavier Becerra
stated on May 19, 2013 a comment on 'Meet the Press'

"We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns."

By Jon Greenberg • May 22, 2013

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