Latest Fact-Checks By Jim Tharpe

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Jim Marshall
Jim Marshall
stated on October 1, 2010 in campaign video:
Said he "opposed every budget Republican and Democrat."
Half-True
By Jim Tharpe • October 11, 2010
Republican Party of Georgia
Republican Party of Georgia
stated on September 7, 2010 in GOP press release:
"Barnes opposed the creation of the HOPE Scholarship and campaigned against Zell Miller on the issue."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • September 20, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on August 11, 2010 in a television interview:
Said he won the Democratic primary "without one ... negative TV spot."
Mostly True
By Jim Tharpe, Willoughby Mariano • August 17, 2010
Chris Carpenter
Chris Carpenter
stated on July 24, 2010 in radio news story:
"Nobody’s invited us" to the Obama events in Atlanta.
Pants on Fire!
By Jim Tharpe • July 30, 2010
Georgia politicians
Georgia politicians
stated on July 20, 2010 in political campaign:
Georgia is "the Saudi Arabia of pine trees."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • July 25, 2010
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on July 21, 2010 in an interview on WSB-TV :
GOP candidate for governor Nathan Deal "is a former Clinton Democrat."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe, Willoughby Mariano • July 23, 2010
Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on July 6, 2010 in mailer:
Says Democratic opponent is "too Republican to stand up for us."
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • July 14, 2010
Gail Buckner
Gail Buckner
stated on June 27, 2010 in political debate:
"I have filed every disclosure that has ever been required."
True
By Jim Tharpe • July 5, 2010
Jeff Chapman
Jeff Chapman
stated on June 17, 2010 in Jekyll Island gubernatorial debate:
Georgia has "more illegal aliens than the state of Arizona."
True
By Jim Tharpe • June 25, 2010
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on June 9, 2010 in a newspaper article:
Says she was never a  member of the Georgia Log Cabin Republicans.
Pants on Fire!
By Jim Tharpe • June 16, 2010
Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes
stated on February 12, 2010 in a speech:
Georgia could get money for schools by scraping "the gold off the gold dome" of the state Capitol.
Pants on Fire!
By Jim Tharpe • June 15, 2010
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on May 12, 2010 in in a statement published in the Rome News Tribune.:
"Handel endorsed gay adoption" in 2003 when she was running for chairwoman of the Fulton County Commission.
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • June 7, 2010
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