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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on November 30, 2009 a press release
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison "has voted nine separate times to raise the national debt ceiling."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 27, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 a debate.
"We have over 300 state agencies. Forty-five of those agencies are related to health care."
False
January 25, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a Republican gubernatorial debate
"We lowered the business tax from 4 percent down to 1 percent."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 22, 2010
Debra Medina
Debra Medina
stated on January 14, 2010 a debate.
"The Texas Department of Transportation... misplaced a billion dollars."  
Mostly True
January 22, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 in a Republican gubernatorial debate
"The largest tax increase that we have ever had in our state is yours – it is the business margins tax that you signed, governor."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 22, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 20, 2010 a televised interview
"The No. 1 issue that the American people care about is getting America back to work."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 20, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on November 19, 2009 a TV ad
Health care reform: "Everything about it is going to raise costs, raise taxes and lower the quality of health care."
False
January 20, 2010
Linda Chavez-Thompson
Linda Chavez-Thompson
stated on January 4, 2010 a speech
"Most Texans aren't millionaires."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 20, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a campaign blog entry during the GOP gubernatorial debate
"The Trans-Texas Corridor is dead."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 18, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 the Jan. 14 GOP gubernatorial debate
Says Gov. Rick Perry was for Wall Street bailout before he was against it.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 16, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 14, 2010 a debate.
Says Kay Bailey Hutchison voted for sanctuary cities.
False
January 15, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on January 14, 2010 a debate.
"We definitely lost way more jobs in Texas this year than we gained — we lost 300,000 jobs in Texas alone this year."
True
January 15, 2010
Hector Uribe
Hector Uribe
stated on January 11, 2010 a press release
Says Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson threatened to shoot him.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • January 15, 2010
Texas Democratic Party
Texas Democratic Party
stated on October 5, 2009 news release
Says Rick Perry's "Pay to Play" politics led him to send $899 million to an offshore call center in Bermuda, driving down enrollment in children's health insurance
False
January 15, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 20, 2009 in a press release
"Sen. Hutchison abandoned Republicans and stood with Democrats to ensure health care legislation would pass quickly."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on December 28, 2009 the biography on his campaign Web site
During his tenure as mayor, he "saw Houston’s crime rates drop to the lowest levels in more than 25 years."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 13, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 29, 2009 press release
"More than 1,000 people ... move to Texas every day."
Mostly True
January 13, 2010
Barbara Ann Radnofsky
Barbara Ann Radnofsky
stated on October 22, 2009 in a Web site video
"The attorney general requires that rape victims pay for the rape kit."
Pants on Fire!
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 12, 2010
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on December 2, 2009 a campaign video
Says she has "quadrupled agents to secure our border."
Mostly False
January 12, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2009 a press release
Says approximately 70 percent of jobs created in the United States in November 2007-2008 were in Texas.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 12, 2010
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