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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 29, 2018 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 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 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 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 an interview
"I have always been there with" Donald Trump.  
False
August 8, 2018
Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on August 1, 2018 an online video
Says Leah Vukmir said: "I’m not endorsing Donald Trump."  
False
August 8, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on July 31, 2018 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
August 7, 2018
Doug La Follette
Doug La Follette
stated on July 18, 2018 an interview
Says he’s been Wisconsin secretary of state "around 25 years."  
False
July 30, 2018
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on July 19, 2018 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 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 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 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 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 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 a candidates forum
"I’ve lived" in Milwaukee "all 61 years of my life."  
Mostly False
May 23, 2018
Tom Palzewicz
Tom Palzewicz
stated on May 14, 2018 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!
May 17, 2018
Randy Bryce
Randy Bryce
stated on May 6, 2018 an interview
Says he’s not a politician.
Mostly False
May 16, 2018
Mahlon Mitchell
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on April 30, 2018 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 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
Mike Braun
Mike Braun
stated on April 30, 2018 GOP debate
Says Luke Messer and Todd Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama’s trade deals."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • May 4, 2018
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