Latest Fact-Checks In Missouri

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Kurt Schaefer
Kurt Schaefer
stated on November 13, 2016 an ad in the Columbia Daily Tribune
The 2016 and 2017 Missouri budget includes more funding for the University of Missouri than any time in the last 15 years.
Mostly False
By Ellen Cagle • December 19, 2016
Jason Kander
Jason Kander
stated on August 10, 2016 a campaign ad
Roy Blunt "voted to raise his own pay 12 times" while in Congress.
Mostly False
By George Ash • November 6, 2016
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on October 12, 2016 a YouTube video
Democrat Stephen Webber "voted to allow sex offenders to be within 500 feet of childcare centers and playgrounds, and even voted to allow sex offenders to be coaches."
Mostly False
By George Ash • November 6, 2016
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on August 3, 2016 a campaign ad
"On three occasions, judges had to stop Jason Kander from manipulating elections."
Mostly False
By Ellen Cagle • November 6, 2016
Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on September 13, 2016 a campaign ad
Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens "spent another $600,000 on image consultants" to rebrand his charity, The Mission Continues.
Half-True
By Anna Maples • November 6, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on September 30, 2016 a press release
Says Chris Koster "opposes right-to-work efforts because he has taken $8 million from ‘union bosses.’"
Half-True
By Erika Stark • November 3, 2016
One Nation PAC
One Nation PAC
stated on October 1, 2016 a political mailer
"In two terms in the Missouri General Assembly, Jason Kander passed ZERO bills that were signed into law."
Mostly False
By Natalia Alamdari • November 3, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on September 30, 2016 a press release
Chris Koster "opposed protecting the women of Missouri" because he "was one of only four senators to vote against" a bill ending the practice of making rape victims pay for their own rape kits.
Half-True
By Ellen Cagle • November 2, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on September 29, 2016 a press release
Says Chris Koster "fell silent" as attorney general in pursuing a case against a free classified service accused of promoting prostitution after accepting "over $12,000 in campaign contributions' from people affiliated with the service."
Mostly False
By Natalia Alamdari • November 2, 2016
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on June 14, 2016 a campaign ad
Says "he fought Obama at the Supreme Court — and won."
Mostly True
By George Ash • October 7, 2016
Jason Kander
Jason Kander
stated on September 15, 2016 a campaign ad
"In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights."
Mostly True
By Ellen Cagle • October 6, 2016
Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on August 9, 2016 an Instagram post
"A rural hospital in Missouri closes every 8 months. The legislature’s failure to expand Medicaid has brought crisis to many of Missouri’s rural health care providers."
Half-True
By Anna Maples • October 3, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 11, 2016 an interview on Fox & Friends
"We had the Democratic Governors Association and the Obama political machine come into a Republican primary to try and rig the election by spending $1 million against me in the last couple of days."
Mostly True
By Ellen Cagle • September 21, 2016
Catherine Hanaway
Catherine Hanaway
stated on June 6, 2016 Missouri
"Only half of the murders in the city of St. Louis get solved."
True
By Allison Graves • June 14, 2016
Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on April 22, 2016 a tweet
"Closing our state’s wage gap would make a $9 billion difference to Missouri women."
Mostly True
By Conner Smith • May 18, 2016
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on April 18, 2016 a petition against President Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo Bay
"Jason Kander supports [Obama’s] plan to bring the remaining suspected terrorists to U.S. soil."
False
By Mike Jenner • May 9, 2016
Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on April 14, 2016 a tweet
"Closing the tobacco loophole would save Missouri taxpayers $50,000,000"
True
By Andrew Kessel • May 6, 2016
Kiki Curls
Kiki Curls
stated on April 4, 2016 following a Missouri Senate Budget Committee hearing
Missouri "is the state with the lowest paid workers."
Half-True
By Conner Smith • May 2, 2016
Catherine Hanaway
Catherine Hanaway
stated on March 17, 2016 a debate
"As a former federal prosecutor, I prosecuted over 4,000 cases."
True
By Tyler Adkisson • April 25, 2016
Catherine Hanaway
Catherine Hanaway
stated on March 17, 2016 a Republican gubernatorial debate
"We’re the worst state in the country at moving people from welfare to work."
False
By Andrew Kessel • April 18, 2016
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