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John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 2, 2012 in a session with reporters:
"The total (state) payroll has gone down. The total amount of the number of workers in the state has gone down. I like the fact that the bulk of that is just by retirements."
Half-True
By Joe Guillen • March 15, 2012
Robert Jacquard
Robert Jacquard
stated on March 6, 2012 in a speech:
"There are a lot of casinos across the country that have gone bankrupt."
True
By Alex Kuffner • March 15, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on March 11, 2012 in an appearance on "Fox News Sunday":
Obama's secretary of energy, Dr. Steven Chu, "has said publicly he wants us to pay European levels (for gasoline), and that would be $9 or $10 a gallon."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • March 14, 2012
Kathleen Falk
Kathleen Falk
stated on February 29, 2012 in an appearance at Marquette University:
Says Gov. Scott Walker cut aid to local schools despite campaigning on trying to restore two-thirds state funding for education
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • March 14, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on March 13, 2012 in a news release:
There are "850,000 Ohio jobs tied to the auto industry."
True
By Henry J. Gomez • March 14, 2012
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on January 26, 2012 in a press release:
The "Democrat majority in the Senate has failed to submit [a] budget in the past 1,000 days."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • March 14, 2012
Chris Telfer
Chris Telfer
stated on March 6, 2012 in a press release:
Says her accomplishments include "a fiscally responsible budget agreement that controls state spending."
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • March 14, 2012
Paul Sadler
Paul Sadler
stated on March 1, 2012 in a Travis County Democratic Party candidate forum:
Says there are four super PACs on the Republican side of the Texas U.S. Senate race.
True
By Sue Owen • March 13, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 10, 2012 in a op-ed posted on his website:
President Barack Obama’s policies have forced "many parts of the country to experience rolling blackouts."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2012
Kathleen Clyde
Kathleen Clyde
stated on January 27, 2012 in a news conference:
"Ohio is not meeting its obligation to update voter registrations when voters change their address with the BMV."
True
By Tom Feran • March 13, 2012
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on February 24, 2012 in an op-ed in the Huffington Post:
"In the last two years, super PACs raised more than $180 million -- with roughly half of it coming from fewer than 200 super-rich people and roughly 20 percent from corporations."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • March 13, 2012
Shaun Donovan
Shaun Donovan
stated on March 5, 2012 in an interview on "The Daily Show":
"It costs about $40,000 a year for a homeless person to be on the streets."
Mostly True
By Molly Moorhead • March 12, 2012
Cory Mason
Cory Mason
stated on February 23, 2012 in a news release:
Says Wisconsin Assembly Republicans voted to repeal a law that ensures "that women cannot get paid less than a man for doing the same job."
Mostly False
March 12, 2012
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on February 24, 2012 in an e-mail newsletter:
"A clear majority of Americans support removing the cost-sharing requirement for prescription contraceptive coverage."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • March 12, 2012
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell
stated on February 24, 2012 in a debate.:
"Seven out of the 10 states with the lowest unemployment rates (have) Republican governors … That approach that Republicans are using is working."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • March 12, 2012
Ted Jackson
Ted Jackson
stated on February 29, 2012 in a letter:
Georgia ranks "last in job growth."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 12, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 25, 2012 in an interview:
Says 94 percent of Wisconsin employers think the state "is heading in the right direction" and a majority say they will "grow their companies in 2012."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • March 11, 2012
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on February 13, 2012 in a campaign video posted on YouTube:
"They're paying a less rate of tax -- these richest people in America -- than they have in the last 80 years."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • March 11, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 26, 2012 in an interview posted online by WFAA-TV in Dallas:
"A hundred percent of all the jobs lost during the recession have been reclaimed in Texas … while the nation is at about 36 percent."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 11, 2012
Stephen Laffey
Stephen Laffey
stated on March 2, 2012 in a radio interview:
Giant companies like Toyota will not locate in a state that has not passed a right-to-work law
False
By Edward Fitzpatrick • March 11, 2012
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