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Michael Sullivan
Michael Sullivan
stated on May 23, 2014 a tweet:
"From the ‘Do As I Say Not As I Do’ department: federal employees owe $3.3 billion in back taxes."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on April 15, 2014 a debate over immigration issues with state Sen. Dan Patrick:
Up "to 45 percent" of illegal immigrants "are not people that physically crossed the southern border or northern border. They are visa overstayers."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 16, 2014 a press release:
"David Dewhurst currently owes more than $1 million to vendors for services provided to his 2012 U.S. Senate campaign."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2014
Linda Koop
Linda Koop
stated on February 25, 2014 a campaign mail flier:
Says Stefani Carter "repeatedly used her campaign contributors’ donations to rent margarita machines for our state house office."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • March 21, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 10, 2014 a tweet:
Women "are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns in Texas."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 20, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014:
Dan Patrick "called for increasing the gas tax and the state sales tax."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on March 2, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Dan Patrick "supported giving a $5,000 taxpayer-funded voucher to every family to buy a car."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2014
Maxey Scherr
Maxey Scherr
stated on January 23, 2014 an interview:
"We have more women living in poverty in this state than almost anywhere else."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2014
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on January 24, 2014 a radio interview:
Barry Smitherman "doesn’t have enough legal experience to apply for most of the jobs at the attorney general’s office."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 26, 2014
Andy Brown
Andy Brown
stated on February 17, 2014 a mailer to voters:
"Travis County now has the highest urban county tax rate in Texas."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 26, 2014
Hugh Fitzsimons
Hugh Fitzsimons
stated on January 19, 2014 a blog post on campaign website:
Female buffalo lead the herd.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • February 11, 2014
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on December 6, 2013 an interview with Texas Monthly:
The "U.S. has the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any Western industrialized country."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on December 12, 2013 as quoted during a school visit:
Says 85 percent of IDEA charter-school students come from low-income families and about 99 percent of its graduates go to college.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 5, 2014
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on January 27, 2014 the Texas Debate hosted by KERA-TV, Channel 13, in Dallas:
David Dewhurst is "the first lieutenant governor in history to have a personal security detail."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 31, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on January 28, 2014 a speech:
"I never gave up custody of my children. I never lost custody of my children."  
Mostly True
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • January 30, 2014
Wayne Thorburn
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.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 30, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 10, 2014 a speech at a Texas Public Policy Foundation forum:
Obama unilaterally announced he was delaying employer mandate "through a blog post by a mid-level bureaucrat at the Department of Treasury."
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 16, 2014
Texans for Reliable Power
Texans for Reliable Power
stated on January 9, 2014 an advertisement:
"Texas is experiencing the fastest population growth in the country," adding "more than 1,000 people a day."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2014
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau
stated on January 7, 2014 a mailing to Austin's Bob Cole:
Federal law requires residents to participate in the U.S. government’s American Community Survey.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on December 12, 2013 a tweet:
In altered photo, says Barack Obama wants "more of Texans’ private data" via health care.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • January 4, 2014
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