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Ben Ferguson
Ben Ferguson
stated on July 2, 2015 comments on CNN:
Says Donald Trump has "given more money to Democratic candidates than Republican candidates."
Mostly False
By Will Cabaniss • July 9, 2015
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on July 5, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
In Florida, "the number of voters who now register as ‘other’ has grown by a million in the last 10 years. Compare that with the Democrats, who only grew by 300,000 and the Republicans who grew by just 200,000."
Mostly True
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 8, 2015
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on June 30, 2015 a tweet:
"Chris Christie has led New Jersey to a record-breaking 9 credit downgrades."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 2, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 4, 2015 a statement:
Says "Hillary Clinton's rejection of efforts to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat not only defies logic, but the will of the majority of Americans."  
Mostly True
By Lucas Daprile • June 29, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech in Houston:
"If you want to vote in" Texas, "you can use a concealed-weapon permit as a valid form of identification, but a valid student ID isn’t good enough."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech:
My support from young voters -- those 18 to 24 --  in November 2014 was "largely unheard of for a Republican."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • June 22, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 18, 2015 remarks to reporters:
On timing of announcement for president.
Full Flop
By Tom Kertscher • June 19, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech:
Says Scott Walker "cut back early voting and signed legislation that would make it harder for college students to vote."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 in a speech at Texas Southern University:
"In Florida, when Jeb Bush was governor, state authorities conducted a deeply flawed purge of voters before the presidential election in 2000" and "in 2004 a plan to purge even more voters was headed off."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech:
"Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters."
Mostly True
By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech:
"In New Jersey, Gov. Christie vetoed legislation to extend early voting."
Mostly True
By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015
Andy Craig
Andy Craig
stated on May 11, 2015 a news release:
"Thanks to restrictive and anticompetitive ballot laws," candidates in November 2014 ran unopposed in nearly half of Wisconsin’s state representative races but in Michigan and Minnesota nearly all races had challengers.
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 3, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 13, 2015 a Facebook post:
Says Marco Rubio said that "felons should not have their voting rights restored" but that "convicted felons should be allowed to own guns after they have done their time."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 27, 2015
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Institute for Women's Policy Research
stated on May 20, 2015 a new report:
Georgia ranks 49th for women serving in elected state and federal offices.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • May 27, 2015
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on May 14, 2015 a tweet:
Democrat "Russ Feingold announced his Wisconsin Senate run today from…California."
Pants on Fire!
By James B. Nelson • May 22, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 27, 2015 an interview:
Says the recall elections that aimed to remove him and other Republican officials from office "cost tens of millions of dollars to run."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 4, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 18, 2015 remarks in New Hampshire:
"About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2015
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on April 14, 2015 a panel discussion on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell":
"The president and vice president can't be from the same state."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 16, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 9, 2015 a news conference:
"When the Constitution was written, (only) 20 to 25 percent of the people in the country could vote."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 16, 2015
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on March 30, 2015 a radio ad:
An April 7, 2015 referendum would take "the choice of chief justice" of the Wisconsin Supreme Court "away from the people."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 3, 2015
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