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Debbie Jackow
Debbie Jackow
stated on September 27, 2010 a campaign mailer
Debbie Jackow "unlike her opponent ... WILL NOT de-fund the 20/20 land program."
False
By Brian Liberatore • October 10, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 6, 2010 an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.
"The years that I was speaker, the Florida House consistently offered leaner budgets than the governor offered."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • October 8, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 a campaign commercial
Dan Webster "would force victims of rape and incest to bear their attacker's child."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 a campaign commercial
Daniel Webster "is an advocate for a group that teaches that mothers should not work outside the home."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on October 6, 2010 a TV ad.
"Webster sponsored a bill to create a form of marriage that would trap women in abusive relationships."
True
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 5, 2010 a TV ad.
Marco Rubio "wants to raise the Social Security retirement age," and "cut benefits."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • October 6, 2010
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 27, 2010 a campaign ad
"Newspapers say Florida made bad investments, lost hundreds of millions of dollars, billions in pension funds lost. Who was in charge of Florida's investments? Alex Sink."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 6, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 27, 2010 a TV ad.
"Alex Sink funneled three quarters of a million dollars in no-bid contracts to Bank of America."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 5, 2010
We Love USA PAC
We Love USA PAC
stated on September 24, 2010 a website
Ron Klein "sponsored an amendment that specifically allows price gouging."
False
By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2010
Florida Police Benevolent Association
Florida Police Benevolent Association
stated on September 27, 2010 a TV ad.
"Rick Scott's prison plan would cut Florida's prison budget in half, close prisons, and release tens of thousands of prisoners early -- murderers, rapists, sex offenders, armed robbers, drug dealers."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 4, 2010
Tammy Hall
Tammy Hall
stated on September 27, 2010 a campaign mailer
Jobs incentive program "created over 1,200 high-wage jobs since 2009."
False
By Timothy Engstrom • October 3, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 17, 2010 a TV ad
When Tallahassee politicians and bureaucrats tried to run our schools, "I've stood up to them to protect local control."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 30, 2010
J.D. Alexander
J.D. Alexander
stated on September 16, 2010 a news article
"It takes as much energy to make a solar panel as it likely generates in its entire life."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 28, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 25, 2010 a TV ad.
Says Daniel Webster wants to make divorce illegal, even for abused wives.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • September 28, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 25, 2010 a TV ad.
Says Daniel Webster thinks wives should submit to their husbands.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 28, 2010
George Pataki
George Pataki
stated on September 8, 2010 a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
"Florida seniors are exempt" from losing Medicare Advantage under the federal health care bill.
False
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2010
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on September 17, 2010 a press release.
"Over the past year ... our 16 counties have hemorrhaged more than 6,000 jobs with no apparent end in sight."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 27, 2010
Bob Hackworth
Bob Hackworth
stated on September 14, 2010 a candidates forum in Dunedin
"The downsizing of Pinellas County government resulted in about 1,200 people being laid off in a 12 percent unemployment market. … I can tell you that every one of them was hired from the time that Ms. Latvala went into office in 2000."
False
By David DeCamp • September 25, 2010
Susan Latvala
Susan Latvala
stated on September 14, 2010 a candidates forum in Dunedin
"One of the other inaccuracies ... is that we have raised taxes multiple times and run up the budget. Absolutely not true. One tax increase since I’ve been in office. It was a quarter mill tax in the unincorporated area only."
False
By David DeCamp • September 25, 2010
Allen West
Allen West
stated on September 21, 2010 a candidate forum
"If you look at the application for a security clearance, I have a clearance that even the president of the United States cannot obtain because of my background."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2010
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