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Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on August 27, 2010 a campaign video
"Kasich’s trade deals cost Ohio thousands of jobs - 49,000 jobs to Mexico, 91,000 to China."
False
By Tom Feran • September 21, 2010
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 14, 2010 a television ad
Roy Barnes "made Georgia dead last in education" and Georgia "led the nation in job losses."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 21, 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
Bill Flores
Bill Flores
stated on September 26, 2010 a TV ad
Says he created more than 500 American jobs.
Mostly False
September 17, 2010
J.B. Powell
J.B. Powell
stated on September 9, 2010 a news release
Horse racing could boost Georgia's economy by $1 billion a year and create 10,000 to 20,000 jobs.
Mostly False
By Eric Stirgus • September 17, 2010
Patrick Lynch
Patrick Lynch
stated on June 20, 2010 an appearance on Newsmakers
"Deepwater's own testimony . . . is they said they'll create six jobs."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 17, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 25, 2010 a posting on Facebook
Says a "Pro-Stimulus economist admits it is not working … "
Pants on Fire!
By Robert Higgs • September 16, 2010
John Dennis
John Dennis
stated on September 14, 2010 a campaign commercial
Taxpayers pay $18,000 a month for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office in downtown San Francisco. 
True
September 15, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on September 6, 2010 a TV ad.
Says opponent Bill Flores helped run a company that laid off over 3,000 workers and paid off executives with millions.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2010
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on August 23, 2010 an election ad
DeWine "took $1.9 million from big banks," "supported legislation that helped Bernie Madoff make millions" and "protected predatory lenders while families lost their homes."
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • September 14, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on September 8, 2010 an interview
Says Texas U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions said the GOP's goal is to "go back to the same exact policies that were in place before this president took office... policies that crashed the economy."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2010
Mickie Williams
Mickie Williams
stated on September 7, 2010 a presentation
Clayton County has employed 1,300 people over the past seven months through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 14, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 5, 2010 a speech on Labor Day
John Boehner said the jobs of "teachers and nurses and police officers and firefighters" are "'government jobs' that weren't worth saving."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 8, 2010
Mary Jordan
Mary Jordan
stated on September 5, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
Likens Obama's predicament to 1982, saying, "when Reagan just started out, (unemployment was at) exactly the same point. He was two years into his term. The unemployment was well over 10 percent, and it did come out of it."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2010
Kevin Boyce
Kevin Boyce
stated on August 19, 2010 a campaign e-mail
"Our most important work has been creating and retaining almost 55,000 Ohio jobs."
Pants on Fire!
By Joe Guillen • September 7, 2010
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on August 20, 2010 a campaign commercial
After Ronald Reagan cut taxes in 1981 the U.S. enjoyed "exponential growth."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 5, 2010
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on July 19, 2010 an e-mail
Says the federal agency in charge of Medicare and Medicaid will disburse $803 billion in benefits this year, making "it larger than all but 15 of the world's economies."
Half-True
September 4, 2010
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on August 18, 2010 a radio interview
"More than half of our unemployed Ohioans have been out of work for six months or more."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • September 2, 2010
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on August 29, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"
"Forty-five percent of those who've been unemployed, they've been unemployed for six months or longer."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2010
Kernan
Kernan "Kerry" King
stated on August 21, 2010 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers
In Rhode Island "there are 150 different pension plans for public workers."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 30, 2010
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