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David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on May 29, 2012 a memo from campaign pollster Mike Baselice.
Says that from 1992 through 2010, every statewide candidate drawing over 43 percent of the vote in a Republican Texas primary won the resulting runoff.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2012
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on May 28, 2012 a column in The New York Times
Says "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation as a whole and in New York and Connecticut, the obvious points of comparison."
True
By Bill Wichert • May 31, 2012
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
stated on May 18, 2012 remarks to reporters
"The Republican from Georgia [U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston], he hasn’t even been to a NASCAR race."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • May 30, 2012
Marcy Kaptur
Marcy Kaptur
stated on May 17, 2012 an interview with C-SPAN
"The region I represent, both currently and in the future, has more automotive plants than the entire state of California."
True
By Sabrina Eaton • May 29, 2012
Bob Gibbs
Bob Gibbs
stated on April 18, 2012 a committee hearing in the House of Representatives
"Water transportation is the most fuel efficient, least polluting, safest, and least expensive means of moving cargo."
True
By Peter Krouse • May 28, 2012
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on May 15, 2012 a questionnaire
Says the city of Portland has one manager for every six "front-line" workers.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • May 25, 2012
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on May 16, 2012 a House floor debate
Says "one in four women and one in seven men have been victims of domestic violence in their lifetime."
True
By Charles Pope • May 25, 2012
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on May 15, 2012 a campaign website
"Over the past five years the federal government has paid out $601 million in retirement and disability benefits to deceased former federal employees."
True
By Tom Mooney • May 23, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on May 4, 2012 a speech at an American Federation for Children event
Says New Jersey’s prison system is "61 percent African-American even though our state is just 13 percent black."
True
By Erin O'Neill • May 21, 2012
Crossroads GPS
Crossroads GPS
stated on May 16, 2012 a TV ad.
Obama promised to cut the deficit by half by the end of his first term but he "hasn't even come close."
True
By Katie Sanders • May 17, 2012
Connie Mack
Connie Mack
stated on May 14, 2012 a Web ad
Says George LeMieux was one of two Republicans who voted for President Barack Obama's jobs bill.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 16, 2012
Terry Gorman
Terry Gorman
stated on April 24, 2012 a House committee hearing
"When these [undocumented] students graduate from college, they're still illegal aliens. They cannot get a job."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 13, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on April 4, 2012 a policy paper.
Says when he was governor, "we expanded participation in Virginia in early childhood programs by nearly 40 percent."
True
By Nancy Madsen • May 11, 2012
Lou Greenwald
Lou Greenwald
stated on April 1, 2012 an interview with on NJTV's "On The Record."
New Jersey has "the highest property taxes in the nation and not by a little. They are the highest property taxes in the nation, more than double the national average."
True
By Caryn Shinske • May 10, 2012
Brigid Shea
Brigid Shea
stated on April 16, 2012 an Austin mayoral debate on KXAN-TV
Says Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell voted for a toll lane on MoPac.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 9, 2012
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
WrongWayRubio.com
WrongWayRubio.com
stated on May 8, 2012 a Twitter messaging campaign
Says that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says troops are leaving Iraq "too fast."
True
By Joshua Gillin • May 8, 2012
John Ludlow
John Ludlow
stated on May 4, 2012 campaign material
Says he "is the only candidate in the race for Clackamas County Chair who will refuse to join the Public Employees Retirement System."
True
By Janie Har • May 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 5, 2012 a speech in Columbus, Ohio
Says Mitt Romney is proposing a "tax cut that gives an average of $250,000 to every millionaire in this country."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2012
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