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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
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 20, 2010 a TV ad.:
Marco Rubio tried to insert "$1.5 million for a rowing institute" into the state budget.
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • September 24, 2010
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 21, 2010 a television ad:
State pension fund staffers "lost billions. Then Sink gave them bonuses."
Mostly False
By Mary Ellen Klas • September 23, 2010
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
stated on September 20, 2010 a campaign mailer.:
Marco Rubio "opposes extending unemployment benefits."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • September 22, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 1, 2010 figures cites on campaign website:
"Florida spends more than $300 million a year just on children repeating pre-K through 3rd grade."
Mostly True
By Laura Figueroa • September 21, 2010
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 16, 2010 statements on the party's website.:
Loranne Ausley "voted six times to tax your savings."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 20, 2010
Allen West
Allen West
stated on September 16, 2010 a campaign website:
Ron Klein "repeatedly voted in favor of amnesty for illegal immigrants."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 17, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 3, 2010 a meeting with reporters in Tallahassee:
"The stimulus has not created one private sector job."
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • September 17, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on September 3, 2010 a TV ad.:
Ed Schultz said Alan Grayson is "what it's all about."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • September 16, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 12, 2010 a TV ad.:
"700 jobs (were) lost because Allen Boyd" voted for the health care bill.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • September 16, 2010
Ron Klein
Ron Klein
stated on September 13, 2010 a campaign ad:
Allen West called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme" and said "this country's got to get on sound footing by destroying it."  
False
By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2010
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