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Jeff Weems
Jeff Weems
stated on June 26, 2010 a speech
"I’m running against a groundhog. He saw his shadow on the primary day, and no one has seen him since."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 6, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter
Texas state Reps. Dan Branch and Jim Pitts, lieutenants to House Speaker Joe Straus, "are helping Democrat Ellen Cohen against her Republican challenger, doing events with her in her district."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter
Says state Rep. Jim Keffer, a GOP lieutenant to House Speaker Joe Straus, "did mail pieces for Democrat Mark Strama to help him defeat" a Republican.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter
Says Republican lieutenants to House Speaker Joe Straus "aired radio ads supporting Democrat(ic state Rep.) Mark Homer... helping the Democrat to a narrow win."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
David Barton
David Barton
stated on June 12, 2010 an open letter
"Powerful Houston Democrats Sylvia Garcia (Democrat county commissioner in Harris County) and Elyse Lanie(r) (wife of the former liberal Democrat mayor Bob Lanier) sponsored a Democrat fundraiser for Speaker (Joe) Straus with numerous Democrat officials and high-ranking union officials."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2010
Carol Morgan
Carol Morgan
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech at the Texas Democratic convention
"We’re No. 1 in child hunger."
True
July 3, 2010
John Faulk
John Faulk
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech
Says Houston’s 18th congressional district has been "gentrified" and is home to "more Anglos than African Americans."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2010
John McCain
John McCain
stated on June 27, 2010 comments on 'Meet the Press'
"Phoenix, Arizona, is the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the world."
False
June 28, 2010
Ted Ankrum
Ted Ankrum
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech
Says U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul is "the sixth-richest person in Congress."
Mostly True
June 28, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 17, 2010 a press conference
Gov. Rick Perry broke his promise that he would not accept a $40,000 pay increase.
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 27, 2010
Bryan Underwood
Bryan Underwood
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech
"Ninety-six percent of the last session, (U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar) voted with Nancy Pelosi."
Mostly True
June 26, 2010
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on June 11, 2010
"Social Security, like I told you, is out of money. This year it is borrowing from the general treasury."  
False
June 24, 2010
Jerry Patterson
Jerry Patterson
stated on June 11, 2010 a speech at the Texas Republican Party Convention
"We have a director of homeland security who cannot use and will not use the term 'terrorist attack' but instead substitutes 'man-made disaster.' "
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 21, 2010
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett is "the most liberal man in the United States Congress."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 20, 2010
Libertarian Party of Texas
Libertarian Party of Texas
stated on June 7, 2010 a press release
"The Republican Party lost 1.1 million registered voters since 2008. The Democratic Party lost 1.2 million registered voters… (while) voter registration in the Libertarian Party rose 8 percent."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 19, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 11, 2010 a speech
"Phoenix, Arizona, I'm told, is now the No. 2 kidnapping capital in the world, right behind Mexico City."
False
June 18, 2010
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 9, 2010 a campaign video
Says the Republican "state convention is actually larger than the Republican National Convention."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 17, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 15, 2010 a press release
Since 2000, "the Texas clean air program achieved a 22 percent reduction in ozone and a 46 percent decrease in NOx emissions."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 16, 2010
Republican Party of Texas
Republican Party of Texas
stated on June 4, 2010 an e-mail
"Bill White has a long history of trying to limit or even disenfranchise military voters."
Half-True
June 14, 2010
Thomas Melsheimer
Thomas Melsheimer
stated on June 7, 2010 an op-ed article
"Across the country, more than half of the U.S. attorney seats remain without a prosecutor chosen by Obama."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 10, 2010
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