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Latest Fact-Checks In Elections

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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 12, 2015 a tweet:
Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board "wanted to consider Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler as valid signatures on recall petitions."
False
By James B. Nelson • October 16, 2015
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on September 18, 2015 a speech:
"Millions of dollars are spent by Planned Parenthood to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives and the Senate."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 8, 2015
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 14, 2015:
Says Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Jason Kander is "attending fancy dinners all over the country."  
Mostly False
By Rachel Brooks • October 2, 2015
Ruth's List Florida
Ruth's List Florida
stated on September 22, 2015 an email to voters:
"Twenty-six men named William have been elected to statewide office and only seven women have had the honor."  
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 28, 2015
Georgia Voice
Georgia Voice
stated on September 17, 2015 a news story:
No openly gay man has ever been elected to the Georgia Legislature.
True
By April Hunt • September 28, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on September 20, 2015 an interview on "This Week.":
"We had a three-hour debate, no discussion about the national debt, very little about the economy."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 20, 2015
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on September 20, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
At this point in 2012, "Rick Perry was ahead at 29.9 percent, and we had seven more leads before it finally settled on Mitt Romney."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2015
Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt
stated on September 13, 2015 a panel discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says history suggests sports will "quickly subsume a lot of the attention span of the country" in the presidential primary.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2015
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on September 6, 2015 a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
"Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2015
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on August 16, 2015 a meme posted on his Facebook page:
"To vote in Mexico every eligible Mexican citizen has to have a tamper-proof photo-ID card with a thumbprint and an embossed hologram."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2015
Bruce Elfant
Bruce Elfant
stated on August 5, 2015 an interview with Dick Ellis, KOKE FM, Austin:
"The United States is about 100th in voter turnout among the industrialized nations, and Texas is near the bottom in terms of voter registration and voter turnout."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 21, 2015
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on August 9, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week.":
"You’re more likely to get struck by lightning in Texas" than find in-person voter fraud.
True
By Christian Belanger • August 18, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2015 a meme:
Scott Walker "had a 2.3 GPA when he was asked to leave Marquette University for cheating."
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 11, 2015
Arthenia Joyner
Arthenia Joyner
stated on July 30, 2015 a letter to Jeb Bush:
Says Jeb Bush "significantly cut early voting prior to the 2008 presidential election."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • August 5, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on July 27, 2015 a Telemundo News interview:
Says in 2002, he "won more Hispanic votes than Anglo votes, 60 percent in the state."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 31, 2015
Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson
stated on July 21, 2015 a column on Redstate.com:
Says Donald Trump "has supported a Canadian-style universal health care system."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 19, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Four times, I said, he (John McCain) is a hero, but you know ... people choose selective pieces."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • July 19, 2015
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on July 13, 2015 a segment on her show:
Despite what Donald Trump claims, "there weren’t 15,000 people who turned out in Phoenix" to see Trump speak.
True
By Katie Sanders • July 15, 2015
Limberbutt McCubbins
Limberbutt McCubbins
stated on July 9, 2015 comments on his website.:
"Limberbutt McCubbins (a five-year-old cat) is a candidate" in the 2016 presidential election.
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 14, 2015
Brianna Keilar
Brianna Keilar
stated on July 12, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Hillary Clinton's "campaign hasn't been clear about when she wiped her server of her work emails."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • July 12, 2015
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