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Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 8, 2012 an ad
Says Patrick Murphy is trying to "hide his drunken assault of a police officer."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2012
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 4, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
Says House Republicans "tried to change the definition of rape."
Mostly False
September 6, 2012
Texans for Accountable Government
Texans for Accountable Government
stated on July 26, 2012 an email blast.
Says PolitiFact "validated and independently documented" its "criminal history" claims about Adan Ballesteros.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2012
Corey Stewart
Corey Stewart
stated on April 11, 2012 a TV interview.
Prince William County "has cut violent crime in half" since instituting a crackdown on illegal immigration.
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • May 25, 2012
Jana Duty
Jana Duty
stated on April 15, 2012 as quoted in Austin American-Statesman news article.
Says Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley reduces 36 percent of felonies to misdemeanors and hands them off to her.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2012
Rosemary Lehmberg
Rosemary Lehmberg
stated on October 31, 2011 campaign video
Says she "created the first felony deferred prosecution program for nonviolent first-offenders" in Texas.
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 3, 2012
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on December 15, 2011 a television interview
Says Milwaukee County buses are no less safe now than a year or two ago.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 5, 2012
Kyleen Wright
Kyleen Wright
stated on December 6, 2011 a Twitter message.
Says murder is the chief cause of death for pregnant women.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 26, 2011
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on November 18, 2011 a news conference
"At a minimum, 40 percent of those who view child pornography end up molesting children as a result." 
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • November 30, 2011
Frank Ortis
Frank Ortis
stated on November 5, 2011 a meeting
The city of Pembroke Pines doesn't have a vote in a plan to build a detention center in Southwest Ranches.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 10, 2011
Jose Rodriguez
Jose Rodriguez
stated on September 9, 2011 a press release.
Says El Paso was named America’s "Safest Large City" a year after San Antonio, Houston and Dallas had the nation’s highest crime rates.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • October 11, 2011
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
Valerie Vainieri Huttle
stated on September 6, 2011 at a news conference
Says "160,000 kids stay home every day because they are afraid to go to school because of bullying."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • September 15, 2011
Shirley Turner
Shirley Turner
stated on July 12, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
Says unemployment in Trenton is "twice as much as what we see in every other area of the state" and, as a result, "we have seen an increase in crime."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • July 26, 2011
Roberto DaSilva
Roberto DaSilva
stated on May 25, 2011 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
"Ten percent of violent deaths in the U.S. each year are due to strangulation."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 12, 2011
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on January 25, 2011 a news release
"There are nearly 500,000 registered sex offenders across the country and at any one time about 100,000 are unaccounted for."
Mostly False
By Peter Lord • March 3, 2011
Teresa Fedor
Teresa Fedor
stated on December 1, 2010 a speech in the Ohio Senate
"Toledo … is fourth in the nation behind much bigger cities — Miami, Las Vegas, Portland — in number of human trafficking arrests and rescues."
Mostly False
By Aaron Marshall • December 14, 2010
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on October 7, 2010 a campaign commercial
Harry Reid "voted to use taxpayer dollars to pay for Viagra for convicted child molesters and sex offenders."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2010
Florida Police Benevolent Association
Florida Police Benevolent Association
stated on September 27, 2010 a TV ad.
"Rick Scott's prison plan would cut Florida's prison budget in half, close prisons, and release tens of thousands of prisoners early -- murderers, rapists, sex offenders, armed robbers, drug dealers."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 4, 2010
Tom Ganley
Tom Ganley
stated on September 13, 2010 an appearance at The Plain Dealer
Says he took down the mob in Northeast Ohio
Mostly False
By Sabrina Eaton • September 28, 2010
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on April 28, 2010 a speech.
I've shut down pill mills.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 11, 2010
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