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Steve Stockman
Steve Stockman
stated on February 22, 2013 a tweet
Says president is ‘spending $2.2 billion to give away "ObamaPhones." ’
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • March 15, 2013
Garnet Coleman
Garnet Coleman
stated on February 10, 2013 an interview for WFAA-TV's "Inside Texas Politics."
Says Texas has the most uninsured people of any state -- 6 million.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 6, 2013
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
stated on February 6, 2013 an editorial.
Says Texas has the nation’s most uninsured residents.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 13, 2013
Texas Federation of Republican Women
Texas Federation of Republican Women
stated on January 17, 2013 an approved resolution.
Says that 9 million to 50 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 1, 2013
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on January 12, 2013 an interview with The Associated Press.
Says Texas will be "majority Hispanic in six years."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 23, 2013
Todd Hunter
Todd Hunter
stated on November 26, 2012 a Texas Tribune interview.
Says real estate taxes were put in place to pay for Obamacare.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 6, 2012
Texas Values
Texas Values
stated on November 19, 2012 an interview aired by Austin’s KTBC-TV, Channel 7
Says legislation supported by gay rights activists would strip "mother" and "father" from future Texas birth certificates.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 30, 2012
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on October 22, 2012 a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters
Says that over the past 20 years, Texas public school spending rose 142 percent and per-pupil spending more than tripled when adjusted for inflation.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • November 12, 2012
Tere McCann
Tere McCann
stated on October 30, 2012 a campaign mailer.
Says opponent Chad Chadwell "wants condom techniques demonstrated to your children."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2012
Gerald Daugherty
Gerald Daugherty
stated on May 10, 2012 a mailed campaign flier
Says he "is the reason we do not pay a toll every time we pass over the bridge at MoPac and William Cannon."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • October 19, 2012
Bill Powers
Bill Powers
stated on September 27, 2012 his "State of the University" address.
"We confer more PhDs each year than any other university in America except Berkeley."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2012
Progress Texas
Progress Texas
stated on September 7, 2012 a newsletter update
Says a voter-adopted constitutional amendment "instructed" a state board headed by Jerry Patterson to put $300 million in investment earnings into a fund supporting public school operations.  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 21, 2012
Mark Strama
Mark Strama
stated on September 5, 2012 remarks to Texas delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
Says Rush Limbaugh made it clear he’d rather see the country fail than President Barack Obama succeed.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2012
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on August 21, 2012 a Facebook post.
Says that when Democrats controlled Congress and the White House, federal spending as a share of the Gross Domestic Product leapt from 18.2 percent in 2001 to 25.2 percent in 2009 -- the largest such increase in any eight-year period since World War II. 
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 31, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on July 31, 2012 a runoff night statement.
Ted Cruz is "unknown to the vast majority of Texans."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 20, 2012
Paul Begala
Paul Begala
stated on August 12, 2012 a Twitter post.
Says Mitt Romney said at a January 2012 debate that under Paul Ryan’s tax plan, "I’d have paid no taxes in the last two years."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 13, 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
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 15, 2012 an interview with Fox News.
Says Texas proved in court that more than 200 dead people voted in the latest Texas election.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 24, 2012
Adan Ballesteros
Adan Ballesteros
stated on July 14, 2012 a political flier
Says Michael Cargill was "arrested and incarcerated in Bell County."
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • July 24, 2012
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 12, 2012 a radio ad.
Every "major newspaper in Texas calls" David Dewhurst "a moderate."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 18, 2012
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