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Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on June 22, 2010 a Democratic U.S. Senate debate against Rep. Kendrick Meek:
"If there were not derivatives, there would be no bank loans at all today."
Mostly False
By Lukas Pleva • June 28, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 23, 2010 a campaign mail piece.:
"Bill McCollum has accepted thousands from lobbyists for Planned Parenthood."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • June 25, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on June 22, 2010 a public debate in West Palm Beach:
"My opponent here has accepted money from Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae (and) hosted subprime mortgage seminars."  
Half-True
By Trenton Daniel • June 25, 2010
Florida Conservation Alliance
Florida Conservation Alliance
stated on June 19, 2010 a television commercial:
"Sen. George LeMieux voted to let oil companies off the hook and overturn pollution rules."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2010
Fair Districts Florida
Fair Districts Florida
stated on June 23, 2010 on the Fair Districts Florida website:
"In the last 6 years, there have been 420 elections for State Senator and State Representative. Only three incumbents have been defeated!"
True
By Cristina Silva • June 24, 2010
Stuart Sternberg
Stuart Sternberg
stated on June 21, 2010 a press statement:
The Tampa Bay Rays' "prices have been judged the most affordable in all of professional sports."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 24, 2010
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on June 22, 2010 a debate:
The U.S. spends $4 billion on research and development for energy, while spending $350 billion on oil from foreign countries, "many of whom are our enemies."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 23, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 16, 2010 a press release:
Bill McCollum "served as a lobbyist whose clients enabled mortgages for illegal immigrants."
False
By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on June 22, 2010 a Democratic U.S. Senate debate:
Jeff Greene "is the king of the undercover Credit Default Swap that brought about the destruction of our economy that we have right now."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 22, 2010
Kendrick Meek
Kendrick Meek
stated on June 22, 2010 in a Democratic U.S. Senate debate:
"When I become the nominee, the Democratic nominee, I will be the only pro-choice candidate on the ballot."
Mostly True
By Cristina Silva • June 22, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on June 15, 2010 a press release:
Rick Scott "has heavily invested in a company that is geared to helping illegal aliens transfer money to family and friends out of the country."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 21, 2010
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit
stated on June 18, 2010 a brochure :
The addition of a 1 percent sales tax would cost a typical household in Hillsborough County approximately $12 a month.
Mostly True
By Janet Zink • June 18, 2010
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 26, 2010 an interview on FOX.:
"On the pace that we're on with job creation in the last four months ... we will have created more jobs in this year than in the entire Bush Presidency."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 18, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on June 10, 2010 a speech:
"The minute this proposal for near-beach oil drilling came up, I was against it."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 3, 2010 a CBS4 interview:
"If you read the Arizona (immigration) law, what it says is if you are stopped for violating the law and they have a suspicion that you're illegal, they can ask you if you're legal."
Half-True
By Cristina Silva • June 17, 2010
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on June 16, 2010 an interview on CNN and a posting on Twitter:
The White House has "refused" international help in dealing with the oil spill.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 16, 2010
James Carville
James Carville
stated on June 8, 2010 a fundraising letter:
Alex Sink was "the first official who said that BP should pay $25 million for an ad campaign to promote Florida tourism."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 16, 2010
Florida First Initiative
Florida First Initiative
stated on June 9, 2010 a TV ad:
Of hospitals in Rick Scott’s Columbia/HCA health care company, "A top executive said they even turned away a poor man and left him to die outside their door."
Mostly False
By Cristina Silva • June 15, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on June 6, 2010 an interview with CNN's Candy Crowley.:
"BP is setting up claims offices throughout the state."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 15, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 11, 2010 a campaign press release:
"Gov. Crist's veto also clears the way for taxpayer funding of abortion in Florida."
False
By Robert Farley • June 14, 2010
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