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stated on January 23, 2015 various social media postings
The Republican Party has not won a presidential election without either a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket since 1928.  
True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 26, 2015
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts
stated on January 25, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president.  
True
By Katie Sanders • January 25, 2015
Ron Hayduk
Ron Hayduk
stated on January 1, 2015 a newspaper commentary
"The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship."
Mostly True
By Katie Mulvaney • January 25, 2015
Jeff Clemens
Jeff Clemens
stated on January 20, 2015 a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing
Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2015
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on January 7, 2015 a tweet
Says Mitch McConnell credits Republicans "for recent economic improvements" even though they took control of the Senate only "days ago."  
Mostly True
January 14, 2015
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on December 7, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 7, 2014
Keisha Lance Bottoms
Keisha Lance Bottoms
stated on November 28, 2014 an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed became a city resident in the last annexation, opening the door to his candidacy.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • December 3, 2014
Jason Stanford
Jason Stanford
stated on November 17, 2014 a commentary
"Texas had the worst voter participation in the country" in the November 2014 elections.
Mostly True
By Dylan Baddour • November 25, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 11, 2014 an interview
In "the past four or five" presidential elections, "people who poll high at the beginning are not the people who end up being the nominees."
Mostly False
November 24, 2014
David Hallock
David Hallock
stated on November 12, 2014 a forum
In rural Virginia, "Sen. Warner ran 8-10 points ahead of a traditional Democrat -- ahead of Senator Kaine, ahead of Governor McAuliffe."
False
By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • November 21, 2014
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 5, 2014 an interview
In Wisconsin, unions can essentially give "unlimited" contributions to political parties, but business can't give any. 
Mostly True
November 21, 2014
Brit Hume
Brit Hume
stated on November 10, 2014 an interview on Fox News
"It is senior citizens, not Hispanics, who are the fastest-growing demographic in this country."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2014
Jose Diaz-Balart
Jose Diaz-Balart
stated on November 9, 2014 a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Every single day in this country, 1,000 people are deported and the vast majority of those people that are deported aren't criminals."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 7, 2014 an interview
"The president of the United States came in the Tuesday before the election in a ward that went 99% for him in the last election and they couldn't even (increase) the vote there."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 12, 2014
Robert Healey
Robert Healey
stated on November 5, 2014 interviews
I spent only $36.29 on my campaign for governor.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 9, 2014
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on November 2, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
The last time Republican U.S. Senate candidates "beat more than two (incumbents) was 1980."
True
By Lauren Carroll • November 2, 2014
Jonathan Karl
Jonathan Karl
stated on November 2, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Kansas has not elected somebody other than a Republican (to the U.S. Senate) since before 'The Wizard of Oz' hit the movie theaters."
True
By Katie Sanders • November 2, 2014
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on October 7, 2014 a U.S. Senate debate
Says U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn was "handpicked" by President Barack Obama
Half-True
By April Hunt • November 1, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 14, 2014 an interview
The gender gap in his support is "not unique to me" and "there’s not a huge gap from where Republicans have been in presidential, gubernatorial and US Senate elections" in recent years.
Mostly True
By Craig Gilbert, Dave Umhoefer • October 31, 2014
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on October 21, 2014 a segment on "The Kelly File"
A new Colorado law "literally allows residents to print ballots from their home computers, then encourages them to turn ballots over to ‘collectors.’ "
False
By Katie Sanders • October 30, 2014
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