Latest Fact-Checks In Message Machine 2010

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Dale Peterson
Dale Peterson
stated on May 25, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Says he was "a Marine during Vietnam."
Mostly False
May 26, 2010
Dale Peterson
Dale Peterson
stated on May 25, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Says his opponent Dorman Grace brags on his Facebook page about receiving illegal campaign contributions.  
Half-True
May 26, 2010
Danny Tarkanian
Danny Tarkanian
stated on May 5, 2010 in a Nevada U.S. Senate race campaign commercial:
"Sue Lowden gave Harry Reid's campaigns a thousand dollars in five different elections, helping his Senate dreams come true."
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 21, 2010
Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman
stated on April 16, 2010 in a campaign commerical:
Steve Poizner "increased his department's budget nearly 14 percent."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2010
Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner
stated on April 10, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
California Republican gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman "contributed to, and campaigned, for" Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2010
Steve Poizner
Steve Poizner
stated on April 10, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
"Taxpayer-funded benefits to illegals" in California are "a skyrocketing cost under Obamacare."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2010
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 11, 2010 in a TV ad:
"Minnick voted to let the government fund abortion under Obamacare."
False
May 19, 2010
Meg Whitman
Meg Whitman
stated on May 14, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
California gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner, a Republican, "gave $10,000 to Al Gore's recount" effort in 2000.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 3, 2010 in a Web video:
"Bill White used D.C. connections from his job in the Clinton administration to form a company that did business in the Middle East and defaulted on a $60 million loan."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 16, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 3, 2010 in a Web ad:
"The city of Houston now has more debt per capita than California."
Half-True
May 14, 2010
Allen Boyd
Allen Boyd
stated on April 23, 2010 in a TV ad:
Says that when he first ran for office in the late 1980s, "there were still folks who didn't have phone service. Soon I'd helped ensure that everyone in North Florida could access a dial tone."
Mostly True
By Laura Figueroa • May 14, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on May 2, 2010 in a television ad:
Says he cut 'tax rates five times'
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • May 7, 2010
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
stated on April 27, 2010 in in a web video.:
"In the last 50 years, (the federal government has) only balanced the budget five times."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • May 7, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on April 21, 2010 in a campaign video:
Republican challenger Bill Flores "has never once voted in a general election in our district."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2010
Charlie Justice
Charlie Justice
stated on April 14, 2010 in a web ad.:
Links jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff to Rep. C.W. Bill Young.
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • April 26, 2010
Charlie Justice
Charlie Justice
stated on April 14, 2010 in a Web ad:
"Bill Young uses his campaign money for, among other things, a luxury car."
True
By Lukas Pleva • April 26, 2010
Charlie Justice
Charlie Justice
stated on April 14, 2010 in a web ad.:
U.S. Rep. Bill Young "has accepted $737,000 from lobbyists and recipients of his earmarks."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • April 26, 2010
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