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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Dan Kohl
Dan Kohl
stated on September 4, 2018 in TV ads:
"I'm not a politician."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 6, 2018
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 29, 2018 in an attack ad:
As Tennessee governor, Phil Bredesen "supported higher taxes on us. Higher gas taxes. Higher sales taxes."    
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2018
M.J. Hegar
M.J. Hegar
stated on August 21, 2018 in an interview on Spectrum Cable's "Capital Tonight":
Says U.S. Rep. John Carter "hasn’t held a town hall in five years."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2018
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on August 8, 2018 in a news conference at the UAW 897 hall in Hamburg. :
Says he’s a "small-town supervisor who has kept a balanced budget, who has increased surpluses, who has led us to the highest credit rating our town has ever had."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 29, 2018
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on May 22, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke "has a criminal record that includes DWI and burglary arrests."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 22, 2018
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on July 31, 2018 in an interview:
"I have always been there with" Donald Trump.  
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 8, 2018
Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on August 1, 2018 in an online video:
Says Leah Vukmir said: "I’m not endorsing Donald Trump."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 8, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 31, 2018 in a TV ad:
"New reports show Kevin Nicholson made over $1 million advising companies that shut down Wisconsin plants and laid off 1,900 people."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 7, 2018
Doug La Follette
Doug La Follette
stated on July 18, 2018 in an interview:
Says he’s been Wisconsin secretary of state "around 25 years."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2018
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on July 19, 2018 in an interview on "Mornings with Maria" on the Fox Business Network:
Says he’s "never voted ‘present’ in the House instead of taking a yes or no position.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 16, 2018 in an interview on Fox News:
Says John Brennan "was a member of the Communist Party during the Cold War."
Mostly False
By Heaven Taylor-Wynn • July 19, 2018
Kendall Scudder
Kendall Scudder
stated on July 2, 2018 in an event hosted by the Funky East Dallas Democrats:
"Bob Hall never successfully passed a bill." 
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 12, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on June 20, 2018 in a debate:
Under Philip Levine, Miami Beach "passed a resolution to ban assault rifles, which was not enforceable and never enforced. He passed a resolution to raise the minimum wage, which actually no one got the benefit of because it was not enforced."  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 9, 2018
President Trump's lawyers
President Trump's lawyers
stated on January 29, 2018 in a memo:
Say President Donald Trump "dictated a short but accurate response to the New York Times article" about the Trump Tower meeting with Russians.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2018
Justin Nelson
Justin Nelson
stated on May 29, 2018 in a tweet:
Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2018
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on May 13, 2018 in a candidates forum:
"I’ve lived" in Milwaukee "all 61 years of my life."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 23, 2018
Tom Palzewicz
Tom Palzewicz
stated on May 14, 2018 in a tweet:
Says Jim Sensenbrenner "has been in office for 40 years" and "he's led on exactly one bill," the Patriot Act.
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Kertscher • May 17, 2018
Randy Bryce
Randy Bryce
stated on May 6, 2018 in an interview:
Says he’s not a politician.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 16, 2018
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on April 30, 2018 in a website campaign statement:
Says he was "instrumental to passing two (recent) pieces of legislation that were a huge victory for firefighters across the state."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • May 7, 2018
Chele Farley
Chele Farley
stated on April 23, 2018 in an interview on Capital Tonight:
"Kirsten Gillibrand has put forward 331 bills since she's been in Congress. Do you know how many of them have been passed into law? Zero!"
Half-True
By Dan Clark • May 4, 2018
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