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Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on February 8, 2012 a speech announcing her candidacy
Says Scott Walker enacted "the biggest cuts to education in our state’s history."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 19, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 11, 2012 a speech at the CPAC conference
Florida "unemployment has dropped more than 2 percentage points, down from 12 percent to 9.9 percent, the second-largest drop in the nation."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 16, 2012
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on February 7, 2012 an interview on NJTV
Says a 1915 referendum on women’s right to vote "went down in New Jersey. And it took the Legislature to pass it."
True
By Erin O'Neill • February 16, 2012
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
stated on February 9, 2012 news television interview
You may have driven the length of a football field in the five seconds it takes to check a text. 
True
By Janie Har • February 15, 2012
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on February 7, 2012 a radio interview
"Many of the top officials at the Port Authority earn more money than the governors of the states that have jurisdiction over them."
True
By Bill Wichert • February 15, 2012
Richard Licht
Richard Licht
stated on February 5, 2012 a television interview
"We aren't the only state cutting back on public television."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 14, 2012
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on February 3, 2012 an op-ed piece
As Dane County executive, Kathleen Falk raised property taxes by "millions of dollars every year" and approved the second highest increase in the state in 2010.
True
By Dave Umhoefer • February 12, 2012
Presente.org
Presente.org
stated on January 27, 2012 a television ad
"91 percent of Latinos support the DREAM Act, which allows undocumented youth to attend college," but Marco Rubio opposes it.
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 9, 2012
Marc Schare
Marc Schare
stated on February 1, 2012 an Ohio House committee hearing
A bill delaying the start of classes until Labor Day would permit school districts "to shave 5 full weeks off the school year."
True
By Tom Feran • February 9, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on February 4, 2012 a speech in Las Vegas, Nev., on Feb. 4, 2012
"If you take into account all the people who are struggling for work, or have just stopped looking, the real unemployment rate is over 15 percent."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2012
Kathleen Clyde
Kathleen Clyde
stated on January 27, 2012 a news conference
"Ohio has one of the highest provisional ballot rates in the country, and many of them go uncounted each election."
True
By Tom Feran • February 7, 2012
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on June 24, 2011 in editorials and op-ed articles
The Georgia Secretary of State's Office and the Georgia State Elections Board investigate and penalize hundreds of people guilty of election fraud.
True
By Eric Stirgus • February 6, 2012
Kurt Schrader
Kurt Schrader
stated on February 2, 2012 congressional website
In just a few decades, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, other mandatory spending programs, and paying interest due on the debt will eclipse our entire budget.
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By Charles Pope • February 3, 2012
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on January 24, 2012 a blog post.
"The national debt is equal to $48,700 for every American or $128,300 for every U.S. household. It is now equivalent to the size of our entire economy."
True
By Sean Gorman • February 3, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 31, 2012 a television commercial
"One out of every three automobile fatalities can be attributed to alcohol."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 3, 2012
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on January 31, 2012 a news conference
"We've seen more anti-women's choice bills introduced in the first half of this session than we've seen in the last three General Assemblies."
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By Tom Feran • February 3, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union speech
"Today, for the first time in fifteen years, Master Lock’s unionized plant in Milwaukee is running at full capacity."
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By James B. Nelson • February 1, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 29, 2012 an interview
In 1992, Mitt Romney "gave money to Democrats for Congress."
True
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2012
Chain email
Chain email
stated on January 30, 2012 a chain e-mail and blog and Facebook posts
In July 1996, Mitt Romney helped locate the missing teenage daughter of a partner at Bain Capital.
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 22, 2012 an interview on “Meet the Press”
Says the New York Giants "train in New Jersey, they play in New Jersey and most of their players live in New Jersey."
True
By Erin O'Neill • January 29, 2012
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