Latest Fact-Checks In New Hampshire

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Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on August 20, 2012 statements during a rally at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH
"Half the kids coming out of college this year … can't find a job, or a job that's consistent with a college degree."
True
By Maryalice Gill • August 27, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 18, 2012 a speech at Windham High School in New Hampshire
"His new running mate, Congressman Ryan, put forward a plan that would let Governor Romney pay less than 1 percent in taxes each year."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • August 24, 2012
Friends of Democracy
Friends of Democracy
stated on August 21, 2012 an advertisement aired in and around New Hampshire
"Your Congressman, Charlie Bass, took over $166,000 from Big Oil."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • August 23, 2012
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on July 29, 2012 an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”
"The president's first major foreign policy speech in Cairo was to apologize for our country."
False
By Maryalice Gill • July 31, 2012
New Boston Republican Committee
New Boston Republican Committee
stated on July 23, 2012 a campaign sign in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
Says Democrats racked up a $1 billion state deficit, while Republicans under Bill O'Brien balanced the budget.
False
By Jake Berry • July 29, 2012
Jackie Cilley
Jackie Cilley
stated on July 16, 2012 a statement during a candidates forum at Nashua City Hall
Says New Hampshire has the third-highest property tax in the country. 
True
By Jake Berry • July 23, 2012
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on July 6, 2012 a Web advertisement titled “College vs. Smokes.”
"Bill O'Brien's Tea Party legislature tried to repeal kindergarten and compulsory education, defund Planned Parenthood and eliminate insurance coverage for birth control."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • July 16, 2012
Ovide Lamontagne
Ovide Lamontagne
stated on July 12, 2012 a Republican gubernatorial debate at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H.
"There are 60,000 fewer jobs today in this state than we had in 2008."
Half-True
By Jake Berry • July 13, 2012
Charles Bass
Charles Bass
stated on June 11, 2012 a speech after he filed to run for reelection at the New Hampshire Statehouse
"America used to be the third easiest country to get established in a business. It's now number 17."
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • July 13, 2012
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on June 7, 2012 a rally outside the N.H. Statehouse.
Says Rep. Charles Bass "supports privatizing Social Security, risking trillions more on Wall Street."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • June 29, 2012
Charles Bass
Charles Bass
stated on June 8, 2012 an email to the press on June 8, 2012
Says Ann Kuster said the debate over America’s debt limit is not an important issue of the day.
False
By Maryalice Gill • June 29, 2012
Frank Guinta
Frank Guinta
stated on June 13, 2012 a statement made after he filed for re-election at the N.H. Secretary of State’s office.
"Now, in the House of Representatives, we have 40 different jobs bills that have passed and almost all of them have been bipartisan."  
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • June 22, 2012
William O'Brien
William O'Brien
stated on June 14, 2012 a letter to The Telegraph
"The latest evidence of Republican success is that since the beginning of the current legislative term, state unemployment has gone down almost 20% to 5% adjusted."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • June 15, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 4, 2012 campaign ad “We’ve heard it all before,” airing in New Hampshire and around the U.S
When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average, and fell to 47th in job creation, fourth from the bottom.  
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • June 14, 2012
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on May 31, 2012 an interview with the editorial board of 'The Telegraph.'
"We spend in tax loopholes annually $1.1 trillion. That's more than we spend on our defense budget in a year, on Medicare or Medicaid in a year."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • June 8, 2012
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on May 8, 2012 an email to the news media
Says the Affordable Care Act was a federal takeover of the student loan industry and ‘profits’ on the loans go to help pay for the health care law.
Mostly False
By Maryalice Gill • June 1, 2012
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 22, 2012 a speech at Keene State College
Says in the last six months of the Bush administration, the U.S. lost 3.5 million jobs, including 760,000 jobs during January 2009 alone.
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • June 1, 2012
William O'Brien
William O'Brien
stated on May 7, 2012 an interview with the Telegraph editorial board
"There’s 400 more people working in health care today in New Hampshire than when we passed the budget."
False
By Jake Berry • May 25, 2012
Charles Bass
Charles Bass
stated on April 3, 2012 an interview with the editorial board of the 'Telegraph.'
"The expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts ... would be the biggest tax increase in the history of the country, about $4.6 trillion over 10 years."
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • May 11, 2012
New Hampshire Republican Party
New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on March 8, 2012 a written statement.
Says former U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter refused to host town hall meetings during her time in Congress.
Mostly False
By Jake Berry • March 23, 2012
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