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Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on July 29, 2010 talking with reporters.
"There's no negative advertising in my campaign at all."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • July 29, 2010
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on July 26, 2010 a mailer
Dave Aronberg "was the first to demand that BP create a billion-dollar fund to pay for the devastation."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2010
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on July 26, 2010 an editorial board interview
"There are more pain clinics in Broward County than there are McDonald's in Broward County."
True
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on July 26, 2010 a television ad
Democratic candidate Jeff Greene "ran for Congress as a California Republican."
True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 28, 2010
Dan Gelber
Dan Gelber
stated on July 26, 2010 a campaign flier.
Dave Aronberg's career legal experience is "less than two years as Asst. AG/private attorney."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 28, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on July 23, 2010 a campaign flier
Kendrick Meek was "#1 in Florida in taking tobacco cash and then opposed a tax on cigars that would have helped pay for children's health care."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 27, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 25, 2010 campaign materials.
"My 7-step plan" creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 26, 2010
Maurice Ferre
Maurice Ferre
stated on July 1, 2010 an editorial board meeting
"I think it is unacceptable for the Chinese today to be larger in wind power and in solar panels and photovoltaic manufacturing than all of Europe put together -- forget the United States."
Half-True
By Trenton Daniel • July 23, 2010
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on July 19, 2010 comments on her MSNBC show.
Marco Rubio's "economic proposals will add $3.5 trillion to the federal deficit."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 23, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on July 20, 2010 remarks to reporters.
House Republicans who complained they didn't have enough time to consider a constitutional ban against oil drilling "shoved through a proposal in just a few days to open state waters to oil drilling."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 21, 2010
Maurice Ferre
Maurice Ferre
stated on July 1, 2010 an editorial meeting.
Maurice Ferre says Kendrick Meek "has voted 98.6 percent of the time with the Democrat party."  
True
By Trenton Daniel • July 21, 2010
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on July 15, 2010 a campaign mail piece.
Opponent Holly Benson said that "Just because you're poor doesn't mean you're unhealthy, it just means you have a lot more time to go running."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 20, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on July 15, 2010 a campaign mail piece.
"Rick Scott's company is partners with Playboy in a social networking website that has community pages specifically geared towards gay dating."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 19, 2010
Let's Get To Work
Let's Get To Work
stated on July 14, 2010 in a TV ad.
Bill McCollum "diverted a state plane to his home 53 times. A state auditor called it: likely a misuse of state resources."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 16, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 28, 2010 a Fox News interview
"Forty cents of every dollar being spent by the federal government is being borrowed from my children."
True
July 16, 2010
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on July 2, 2010 an e-mail to supporters.
Dan Gelber's employment by BP's law firm "could disqualify him from representing Florida against BP as Attorney General."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 15, 2010
Ellyn Bogdanoff
Ellyn Bogdanoff
stated on July 13, 2010 a TV ad
"I said no to higher taxes and fees."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 15, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 9, 2010 a press release
"$120,000 will be spent by taxpayers on Charlie Crist's political photo-op special session."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 14, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 14, 2010 Crist campaign website, accessed July 5, 2010
"Gov. Crist has never wavered in his support of the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms."
True
July 14, 2010
John Thrasher
John Thrasher
stated on July 6, 2010 a press release sent by the Republican Party of Florida
"Attorney General McCollum, Speaker-Designate Cannon, Senate President-Designate Haridopolos and I stood up to Governor Crist and worked to remove Jim Greer as Chairman because of his mismanagement of the party."
True
By Laura Figueroa • July 13, 2010
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