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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on February 27, 2012 a Web ad
Says Connie Mack "failed to pay his child support."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 29, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 31, 2012 a press release
Says Mitt Romney’s campaign "has already spent more on negative ads than John McCain did during his entire presidential run."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2012
Winning Our Future
Winning Our Future
stated on January 12, 2012 the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town"
Mitt Romney has 15 homes.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2012
Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on December 29, 2011 a radio interview
Says there were only "about eight or 10" inflammatory sentences in his newsletters.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Sue Owen • December 31, 2011
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 21, 2011 a biography on his U.S. Senate website
Says his parents "came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover" of Cuba.
False
By Becky Bowers • October 21, 2011
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 11, 2011 a debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.
Says Barack Obama "never worked in the private sector" before he was elected president.
False
By John Gregg • October 18, 2011
Jay Carney
Jay Carney
stated on August 16, 2011 an interview.
Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2011
Tom Leppert
Tom Leppert
stated on July 19, 2011 a campaign statement.
Says opponent David Dewhurst is a "career politician."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2011
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on June 28, 2011 at a campaign stop.
Says U.S. House opponent Michael Williams does not live in and has never voted in the congressional district he’s seeking to represent.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2011
Robert Watson
Robert Watson
stated on April 26, 2011 a speech on the House floor
"I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 8, 2011
Scott Randolph
Scott Randolph
stated on April 4, 2011 comments during an appearance on 'The Rachel Maddow Show' on MSNBC
"We have a guy who is going to be speaker of the House in four years, and his name has been on the ballot one time."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • April 11, 2011
Larry Gause
Larry Gause
stated on March 1, 2011 a flier and campaign website
Says Charlotte Nash "pretends to be a chicken farmer" in order to get property tax exemptions.
False
By Eric Stirgus • March 11, 2011
Rose Ferlita
Rose Ferlita
stated on March 10, 2011 a campaign TV ad
Tampa mayoral opponent Bob Buckhorn "supported forcing police officers to keep their guns locked in the trunks of their cruisers."
False
By Richard Danielson • March 11, 2011
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on February 28, 2011 an interview on a radio show
Says Barack Obama grew up in Kenya.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 2, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2011 a news conference
"The things I said (during the prank call by a blogger posing as GOP contributor David Koch) are the things I’ve said publicly all along" about the Wisconsin budget debate.
False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 24, 2011
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on January 25, 2011 a campaign TV ad
Says he "helped lead an outside audit that’ll save (Milwaukee County) taxpayers over $200 million."
False
January 27, 2011
Steve Southerland
Steve Southerland
stated on January 17, 2011 comments at the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner.
"92 percent" of President Barack Obama's administration has "never worked outside government."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 20, 2011
Dean Wright
Dean Wright
stated on November 30, 2010 a newspaper article.
Says Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams has attended more than 150 tea party gatherings.  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 3, 2011
Paul Begala
Paul Begala
stated on December 6, 2010 a TV interview.
Says Lee Leffingwell has been mayor of Austin, Texas "for about as long as Sarah Palin was governor of Alaska."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 15, 2010
Christopher Little
Christopher Little
stated on October 25, 2010 a TV commercial
Says Peter Kilmartin has "only three years experience in his own law practice."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 29, 2010
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