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Don Gaetz
Don Gaetz
stated on March 23, 2010 debate on the Senate floor.:
The cost to implement Florida's class size amendment so far has been "$16 billion."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 24, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 18, 2010 a statement on a campaign Web site:
Marco Rubio "supported $800,000 for AstroTurf for a field where he played flag football." 
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 24, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on March 22, 2010 a press conference:
Florida's cost for the Medicaid expansion will be $1.6 billion a year or more.
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 23, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on March 23, 2010 a press release.:
Florida's legal challenge of the federal health care bill is "bipartisan."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 23, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 15, 2010 a campaign press release:
Marco Rubio is a "Miami lobbyist."
Mostly False
By Carol Rosenberg • March 22, 2010
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on March 19, 2010 a news release:
The Democratic health care plan is a "government takeover of nearly 20 percent of our economy."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • March 19, 2010
Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy
Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy
stated on March 15, 2010 an interview:
St. Pete Beach's experiences are a "fair example" of what could happen if Amendment 4 passes.
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 19, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on March 13, 2010 a fundraising e-mail to supporters:
"As Florida's CFO, I shut down Krakow's scam and refunded more than $1.2 million to Josephine and other victims of this con man."
True
By Carol Rosenberg • March 18, 2010
Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy
Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy
stated on March 10, 2010 an Internet ad.:
Because of a local version of Amendment 4, "the taxpayers of St. Pete Beach have had to pay hundreds of thousands in legal bills."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 17, 2010
Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy
Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy
stated on March 10, 2010 an Internet ad.:
St. Pete Beach's local version of Amendment 4 resulted in "seemingly endless lawsuits (that) decimated the city's legal budget and forced the city to raise the property tax rate."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 16, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 17, 2010 a news release:
Rubio admitted he "would have accepted the stimulus money."
Mostly True
By Lukas Pleva • March 16, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 8, 2010 a news account of a speech:
The Obama administration "spent more money on the Cash for Clunkers program than the space program."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 12, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 4, 2010 a press release:
"Crist stays in $2,000 a night luxury hotel suites where he racks up $1,300 in mini-bar charges, and doesn't pay for a dime of it himself."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 12, 2010
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 4, 2010 an interview with Fox News.:
Charges on the Republican Party of Florida credit card were made with "my money."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 11, 2010
George LeMieux
George LeMieux
stated on March 8, 2010 Miami Herald editorial board interview:
"If we just froze spending at 2007 levels ... by 2013 we would balance the budget ... and by 2020 we would cut the national debt in half."
True
By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2010
Jeff Kottkamp
Jeff Kottkamp
stated on February 28, 2010 an op-ed published in Florida newspapers:
"Nearly all of the top 50 prescribers of oxycodone in the United States are in Florida."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • March 9, 2010
Charlie Justice
Charlie Justice
stated on December 18, 2009 a news release:
"The Florida Legislature raised taxes and fees by almost $2 billion" in the 2009 session.
True
By Lee Logan • March 8, 2010
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on March 2, 2010 his State of the State address.:
"Florida's new fingerprint identification system is improving our rate of solving cold cases by 300 percent."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 8, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on March 4, 2010 an interview with interview with the St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald.:
"Nobody has been talking about it (Medicaid fraud), focused on it, or paying attention to it."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 6, 2010
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on March 5, 2010 campaign Web site:
Says Gov. Charlie Crist has called him "a rock star."
True
By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2010
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