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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 in State of the State address:
Says the state tax burden per citizen in New York is twice as high as in Florida.
Mostly True
January 11, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:
"In the past year, Floridians, not government, created almost 135,000 new private sector jobs. We netted more than 120,000 total jobs in the first 11 months of 2011; the third most of any state in the nation."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 10, 2012
Rob Cornilles
Rob Cornilles
stated on January 3, 2012 in :
"She’s voted for 60 tax increases, hurting the middle class and small businesses."
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • January 10, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:
"My recommended budget includes $1 billion in new state funding for education."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 10, 2012
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:
"At my first ‘Let’s Get to Work Day’ … we sold out;" more than 240 dozen doughnuts by 8:30 a.m.
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 10, 2012
Ronald Rice
Ronald Rice
stated on January 5, 2012 in a state senate budget committee hearing:
Says in Newark "we’re paying 80 percent of the school budget from local property taxes."
False
By Erin O'Neill • January 10, 2012
Nina Turner
Nina Turner
stated on December 30, 2011 in a news release:
Says that after she declared her candidacy for Congress, "the redistricting process was manipulated to allow incumbent politicians to guarantee their re-election."
Mostly False
By Henry J. Gomez • January 10, 2012
Phil Gingrey
Phil Gingrey
stated on December 28, 2011 in an online news story:
When Georgia tightened its voter identification laws, the state sent a van and photographer to the homes of people who needed photo IDs and made them for free. 
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • January 10, 2012
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
Thomas Sgouros Jr.
stated on December 30, 2011 in an appearance on Rhode Island PBS's "A Lively Experiment":
"[If] you apply for a job, the chances are 1 in 7 that you are going to be denied that job unfairly if everybody is forced to use E-Verify."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 10, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 4, 2012 in a town hall meeting in Peterborough, N.H.:
"You can hire lots of bureaucrats.  That’s what the president’s done.  He’s added 135,000 people to the government workforce."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 9, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 4, 2012 in a New Hampshire town hall with voters:
As a result of welfare reform, "poverty levels went down to the lowest level ever for ... African-American children."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • January 9, 2012
Bill Pascrell
Bill Pascrell
stated on November 16, 2011 in a speech on the House floor:
"We haven't had any legislation which took away one gun in the past 20 years from anybody in this country--not one." 
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • January 9, 2012
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on December 17, 2011 in a news release:
Says federal spending has increased 21 percent over the past three years.
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • January 9, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on December 13, 2011 in a post on his campaign website:
"Ballistic tests have confirmed that the death of at least one U.S. Border Patrol agent was caused by" weapons that were part of a federal arms trafficking operation.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • January 9, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 8, 2012 in a Republican debate in New Hampshire.:
Says President Barack Obama "is a socialist."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Adair • January 8, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on January 8, 2012 in an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.:
The EPA was asked about an environmental citation for the city landfill in Nashua, N.H. but "didn’t know" why it was cited.
Mostly True
By Maryalice Gill • January 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:
Says President Barack Obama has opened up no new trade relationships with other nations.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on January 8, 2012 in a Republican presidential primary debate:
Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan provides "pretty much" the same coverage that members of Congress receive.
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Molly Moorhead • January 8, 2012
Jon Huntsman
Jon Huntsman
stated on January 8, 2012 in an NBC-Facebook debate in Concord, N.H.:
Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal went from President Barack Obama's desk to "the garbage can."
False
By Becky Bowers, Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill, Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:
"We're only inches away from no longer being a free economy."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012
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