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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 14, 2010 a news conference
"We went from losing 3 million jobs in the last six months of the Bush Administration," adding almost 600,000 private sector jobs in the first six months of the year.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2010
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on July 11, 2010 an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press
Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had "52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation" and "revenues were at an all-time high in 2007."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2010
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on July 1, 2010 a conference call with Texas reporters
"Sen. McConnell offered a fully paid two-month extension of unemployment insurance."
True
July 11, 2010
Stephen Archambault
Stephen Archambault
stated on June 28, 2010 a speech at the state Democratic convention
Blue Cross headquarters has "a $30,000 granite table."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 11, 2010
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on June 30, 2010 a campaign video
"At his father's bank, Alexi made tens of millions in risky loans to convicted mobsters. Then, the bank collapsed."
Half-True
July 8, 2010
Daniel Senor
Daniel Senor
stated on July 4, 2010 ABC's 'This Week'
Japan's "interest on its own debt" is "25 percent of its national budget"
False
By Lukas Pleva • July 6, 2010
Bill Clegg
Bill Clegg
stated on June 24, 2010 candidate web page
The U.S. deficit "increases at $3 million per second."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 2, 2010
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
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
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on May 4, 2010 a candidate forum
"Fifty-three percent of teens in Central Falls are getting pregnant."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 25, 2010
Frank Caprio
Frank Caprio
stated on June 10, 2010 speeches and on his campaign website
"If every small business in our state, on average, was able to create one new job we would cut our unemployment rate in half."
Half-True
By Cynthia Needham • June 25, 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
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
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on June 9, 2010 a campaign video
Says the Republican "state convention is actually larger than the Republican National Convention."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 17, 2010
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on June 7, 2010 a video on his campaign website
California's credit rating is "the worst in the country."
True
By Alex Holt • June 11, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on May 21, 2010 a campaign commercial
When Roy Barnes was governor, "Georgia created 235,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • June 5, 2010
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on June 4, 2010 a news release
"This year, we have added an average of 200,000 jobs per month, a majority in the private sector, a stark contrast to the Bush Administration record of losing an average of nearly 750,000 jobs per month in its last three months."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2010
Mark Critz
Mark Critz
stated on May 27, 2010 a speech on the House floor
"The Democratic Congress has already taken significant steps to create jobs and jump-start the economy, resulting in the lowest tax rates in over 50 years and the creation of over 500,000 new jobs so far this year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on May 25, 2010 a speech to young Republicans in Tampa
Florida ranks "45th out of 50 states'' for its regulatory climate for business.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman, Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2010
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