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Tim Lee
stated on April 10, 2012 in an interview:

Candidate Bill Byrne used campaign funds for work on his "personal car."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • June 1, 2012

Dennis Algiere
stated on May 24, 2012 in a letter to the editor:

"The legislature was never given the opportunity to debate or vote on loaning $75 million to 38 Studios."

True

By Tom Mooney • June 1, 2012

Reince Priebus
stated on May 30, 2012 in an interview:

Because of voter fraud, Republican candidates "need to do a point or two better" to win statewide elections in Wisconsin.

False

May 31, 2012

Lenny Curry
stated on May 9, 2012 in an "Orlando Sentinel" opinion piece:

"More than 250 (voter registration) groups, ranging across the entire political spectrum, have filed with the state and are registering voters right now."

Half-True

By Brittany Alana Davis • May 31, 2012

Mary Nolan
stated on March 30, 2012 in a debate.:

Says Amanda Fritz "manages less than 5 percent of city operations."

True

By Ian K. Kullgren • May 31, 2012

We Are Wisconsin
stated on May 25, 2012 in campaign mail:

Says Gov. Scott Walker "took away $1.6 billion from schools and handed it off as over $2 billion in tax breaks to the rich."

False

May 31, 2012

David Dewhurst
stated on May 29, 2012 in a memo from campaign pollster Mike Baselice.:

Says that from 1992 through 2010, every statewide candidate drawing over 43 percent of the vote in a Republican Texas primary won the resulting runoff.

True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2012

Martin O'Malley
stated on May 27, 2012 in an appearance on Meet the Press:

"When it comes to what little bit of job creation was happening in Massachusetts (when Mitt Romney was governor), it was happening in the public sector at six times the rate that it was happening in the private sector."

Half-True

By Molly Moorhead • May 31, 2012

stated on May 25, 2012 in a debate:

To help balance the 2011-13 budget, Gov. Scott Walker used "a credit card" approach that "pushed over $500 million in debt onto our children and our grandchildren" costing state taxpayers "more than $150 million in interest."

Mostly True

By James B. Nelson • May 31, 2012

Scott Walker
stated on May 11, 2012 in a blog post on campaign website:

Thanks to our policies, "for the first time in state history, we have put millions of dollars into our rainy day fund in consecutive years."

Half-True

By Dave Umhoefer • May 31, 2012

Paul Krugman
stated on May 28, 2012 in a column in The New York Times:

Says "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation as a whole and in New York and Connecticut, the obvious points of comparison."

True

By Bill Wichert • May 31, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Says he "earned the highest possible credit ratings as state treasurer."

Mostly True

By Tom Feran • May 31, 2012

Allen West
stated on May 14, 2012 in a newsletter:

An "Obamacare slush fund" paid to spay and neuter dogs and cats, then counted it as an "anti-obesity campaign."

False

By Amy Sherman • May 30, 2012

Michelle Obama
stated on May 29, 2012 in an interview with NPR:

"Only 2 percent of public high schools in the country offer PE classes."

False

By Louis Jacobson • May 30, 2012

Mahlon Mitchell
stated on May 11, 2012 in an interview:

Access for 12,000 women to use Planned Parenthood -- "not for the right to choose," but for "basic health care" -- was "taken away" by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch.

Mostly True

May 30, 2012

Josh Mandel
stated on May 23, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Says Sen. Sherrod Brown "cast the deciding vote on the government takeover of health care."

False

By Tom Feran • May 30, 2012

Dale Earnhardt Jr.
stated on May 18, 2012 in remarks to reporters:

"The Republican from Georgia [U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston], he hasn’t even been to a NASCAR race."

True

By Willoughby Mariano • May 30, 2012

Jim Moran
stated on May 9, 2012 in a floor speech.:

"According to ATF data, 70 percent of firearms recovered and traced in drug cartel crimes in Mexico originated from the United States."

Mostly True

May 29, 2012

National Rifle Association
stated on May 16, 2012 in a radio ad:

Says Tom Barrett "voted to ban 15 different kinds of guns, even a lot of common deer rifles."

Mostly False

May 29, 2012

Citizens for Transportation Mobility
stated on April 16, 2012 in in an advertisement:

A government analysis shows under a proposed transportation tax, "metro Atlanta will create or support an additional 200,000 new jobs, including jobs that are maintained year over year."

Mostly False

By Willoughby Mariano • May 29, 2012

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