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Silvestre Reyes
stated on February 26, 2012 in a video advertisement.:

Says opponent Beto O’Rourke "wants to legalize drugs."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 7, 2012

Glenford Shibley
stated on December 9, 2011 in a news release:

"Rhode Island is the only state where officers at state-supported [colleges] carry out their duties unarmed."

Mostly True

By Alex Kuffner • March 7, 2012

Ron Wyden
stated on February 9, 2012 in a news release:

"Between 1982 and 2007 the cost of a college education increased 439 percent."

True

By Charles Pope • March 7, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 in a campaign speech:

"When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2012

George LeMieux
stated on February 27, 2012 in a Web ad:

Connie Mack's "only real job in the real world" was as "‘events coordinator’ for Hooters!"

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • March 6, 2012

Pat Stevens
stated on January 24, 2012 in a news article:

The Atlanta area’s water planning district "is now the national leader in conservation."

Mostly False

By Willoughby Mariano • March 6, 2012

Jim Renacci
stated on February 13, 2012 in a town hall-style meeting:

"The top 1 percent (of income earners) paid 36.7 percent (of the taxes). ... The top 50 percent pay 97.7 percent."

True

By Sabrina Eaton • March 6, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on March 2, 2012 in a rally in Cleveland, Ohio:

Says in the 2012 State of the Union address, President Obama "didn't even mention the deficit or debt."

Pants on Fire!

By Molly Moorhead • March 5, 2012

Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2012 in a radio interview:

Wisconsin is called the Badger State because "our ancestors came here with the hopes of living the American dream by mining."

True

March 5, 2012

Michael Doherty
stated on February 28, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:

Says State Comptroller Matthew Boxer "pointed out that many towns are artificially lowering the real estate values that they report to Trenton" in order to "get hundreds of millions of dollars of additional school aid. This is the kind of fraud that needs to be addressed immediately."

Mostly False

By Bill Wichert • March 5, 2012

Marcy Kaptur
stated on February 20, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

"When (Marcy) Kaptur fought for the Democrats' prescription drug benefit for seniors, (Dennis) Kucinich voted no."

False

By Tom Feran • March 5, 2012

Bob McDonnell
stated on February 24, 2012 in a symposium.:

President Obama's "budget would call for about $25 trillion in debt by the end of his term, if he was re-elected."

Mostly False

By Sean Gorman • March 5, 2012

Charlotte Nash
stated on February 15, 2012 in a speech:

"[E]mployment in Gwinnett is up more than 3 percent over last year, and unemployment is the lowest of the five core metro counties."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • March 5, 2012

David Dewhurst
stated on February 22, 2012 in a press release.:

Says Ted Cruz slurred Republican senators including John Cornyn as "graybeards" and "spineless jellyfish."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 5, 2012

Heather Fiorentino
stated on March 1, 2012 in a press release:

Pasco County "opened 22 new schools over six years to keep pace with growth in student population and implement the class size amendment."

Half-True

By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 4, 2012

Heather Fiorentino
stated on January 6, 2012 in a press release:

Pasco County schools have graduation rates "substantially higher than the state average" and dropout rates "below the state average."

True

By Jeffrey S. Solochek • March 4, 2012

Christine Sinicki
stated on February 21, 2012 in a legislative floor speech:

While fighting a move to toughen penalties for workplace gender discrimination, state Sen. Glenn Grothman said "he didn’t believe women belonged in the workplace" but belonged "at home, cooking and cleaning and having babies."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • March 4, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on February 21, 2012 in an interview on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight”:

Says "we had to cut 13 billion dollars in state spending over two years."

False

By Erin O'Neill • March 4, 2012

Bill Haslam
stated on January 30, 2012 in his State of the State address.:

"In 2011, there were more than 28,000 new Tennessee jobs created and over $4 billion in capital investment. Our Jobs4TN plan is working."

Half-True

By Richard Locker • March 4, 2012

Beatrice Lanzi
stated on February 24, 2012 in "an appearance on A Lively Experiment.":

"One out of four of our young people say they are victims of this (dating) violence."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 4, 2012

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