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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 4, 2012 a speech at a Cato Institute event
"We are coming up on our 40th anniversary of electing a Republican to the United States Senate. 1972 was the last time New Jersey sent a Republican to the United States Senate."
True
By Erin O'Neill • May 9, 2012
Nia Gill
Nia Gill
stated on May 7, 2012 an interview on NJToday
"There has not been a Democratic woman in Congress from New Jersey in almost four decades."
True
By Bill Wichert • May 9, 2012
Eric Kearney
Eric Kearney
stated on March 28, 2012 a speech in the Ohio Senate
An effort to repeal voting-reform legislation would be "the first time in Ohio history where a bill has been passed to stop a referendum."
True
By Joe Guillen • April 9, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 16, 2012 a Fox News interview.
Says you need a photo ID to purchase Sudafed in Texas.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on March 13, 2012 a news release
There are "850,000 Ohio jobs tied to the auto industry."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • March 14, 2012
Kathleen Clyde
Kathleen Clyde
stated on January 27, 2012 a news conference
"Ohio is not meeting its obligation to update voter registrations when voters change their address with the BMV."
True
By Tom Feran • March 13, 2012
Kathleen Clyde
Kathleen Clyde
stated on February 8, 2012 an email
"'Wrong precinct' rules exacerbate our provisional ballot problems (and) HB 194 does nothing to solve the wrong-precinct problem."
True
By Tom Feran • February 20, 2012
Kathleen Clyde
Kathleen Clyde
stated on January 27, 2012 a news conference
"Ohio has one of the highest provisional ballot rates in the country, and many of them go uncounted each election."
True
By Tom Feran • February 7, 2012
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on June 24, 2011 in editorials and op-ed articles
The Georgia Secretary of State's Office and the Georgia State Elections Board investigate and penalize hundreds of people guilty of election fraud.
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 6, 2012
Eric Holder
Eric Holder
stated on December 13, 2011 a speech
"After filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island, we reached an agreement with state agencies that resulted in more voters being registered in the first full month after our lawsuit than in the entire previous two-year reporting period."
True
By Alex Kuffner • December 29, 2011
Boyd Richie
Boyd Richie
stated on November 15, 2011 an email blast
Says King Street Patriots held a fundraiser featuring an author who believes that registering the poor to vote is un-American.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • December 16, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on November 14, 2011 a radio show
Sherrod Brown "has been running for public office since Richard Nixon was president."
True
By Peter Krouse • December 14, 2011
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on November 22, 2011 a website alert
It’s legal to "sign a recall petition (against Gov. Scott Walker) even if you have already signed another recall petition," but only one signature counts  
True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 2, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 26, 2011 a radio interview
Says "over the last 48 years, every governor at the midterm of his first term or her first term has lost seats in the Legislature, with the exception of Jim McGreevey in 2003."
True
By Erin O'Neill • November 6, 2011
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on November 1, 2011 a press release
Says if elected, he would be the first Mayor who lives east of 82nd.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • November 4, 2011
Brian Newberry
Brian Newberry
stated on October 2, 2011 a television interview
"Legally, it doesn't make any difference" which state district you live in when running for Congress.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 24, 2011 a speech in Orlando at Presidency 5
"At nearly 19 million people, the population of Florida is larger than all the earlier primary and caucus states combined."
True
By Becky Bowers • September 27, 2011
Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
stated on August 22, 2011 a speech at a GOP dinner
Says Republican Sen. John McCain won more votes for president in Cuyahoga County in the 2008 general election than he did in seven states.
True
By Mark Naymik • August 5, 2011
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 20, 2011 an interview on CNN
Says that U.S. Rep. Allen West is "a constituent of mine."
True
By Katie Sanders • July 21, 2011
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on June 20, 2011
"The State Election Board has issued nearly $275,000 in fines to violators of absentee ballot laws."
True
By Eric Stirgus • July 19, 2011
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