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Brian Fallon
stated on February 9, 2016 a MSNBC interview:

Nevada is "still a state that is 80 percent white voters."

False

By Riley Snyder • February 17, 2016

JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on February 8, 2016 a TV ad:

Says state Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald twice "supported" incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley.

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 14, 2016 a Republican debate in South Carolina:

Says Jeb Bush "said he would take his pants off and moon everybody ... Nobody reports that."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2016

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stated on February 10, 2016 in a post on Facebook:

Quotes Mark Cuban as saying, "I worry that millions of millennials are voting Democrat this year because they fact-check everything."

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • February 12, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Durham, N.H.:

Says a Sanders campaign ad "never said ... a newspaper endorsed us that did not."

False

By Clay Wirestone, Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 3, 2016 a campaign ad:

Says he was endorsed by the Valley News newspaper.

False

By Clay Wirestone • February 4, 2016

John Fetterman
stated on February 1, 2016 in a Reddit AMA:

"I am the only candidate that has endorsed Bernie Sanders for President. In PA, I've got Bernie's back."

True

By Cassie Owens • February 4, 2016

Paul Saldaña
stated on January 13, 2016 a civic summit hosted by Austin's KLRU-TV:

A Texas law requires every high school to have a voter registrar "and part of their responsibility is to make sure that when children become 18 and become eligible to vote, that they vote."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • January 29, 2016

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 17, 2016 an interview on CNN Reliable Sources:

Says the Democratic Party created a debate schedule "to maximize the opportunity for voters to see our candidates."

False

By Amy Sherman • January 20, 2016

Will Kraus
stated on August 30, 2015 an episode of "This Week in Missouri Politics":

Says Missouri needs a voter I.D. law because "there’s over 16 people in the state of Missouri who have been convicted of some type of voter fraud."

Half-True

By Adam Aton • January 4, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on December 20, 2015 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press".:

"We didn't go out and take" information from the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • December 22, 2015

Alan Grayson
stated on November 25, 2015 an interview on the "Alan Colmes Show" on Fox News:

"Technically, (Ted Cruz is) not even an American."

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2015

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on November 10, 2015 a TV ad:

Says Russ Feingold "wanted to get money out of politics. Now he's profiting from that same dark money."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • November 27, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on November 19, 2015 a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations:

"The Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on October 14, 2015 an interview on Fox News:

The "Democratic Party is getting smaller and smaller and smaller."

Mostly False

By Emma Hinchliffe • November 15, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on November 6, 2015 a series of tweets:

Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board "ignored their duties and did not regularly audit" voters to remove felons "for a span of 16 elections.

Half-True

By Sarah Hauer • November 6, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on October 28, 2015 a speech.:

The Koch Brothers are "spending more money than either the Democratic or Republican parties" in the 2016 elections.

False

By Sean Gorman • November 6, 2015

Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 31, 2015 a campaign email:

"‘Dark money’ spending" in the 2016 election cycle "is 10 times what it was at the same point in the 2012 election cycle," when it topped $308 million.

True

By Tom Kertscher • November 5, 2015

Trevor Noah
stated on November 3, 2015 a broadcast of "The Daily Show":

"Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • November 4, 2015

Chris Danou
stated on October 20, 2015 remarks in Assembly debate:

A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is "creating exceptions in the law for politicians."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • October 22, 2015

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