Latest Fact-Checks By Dave Umhoefer

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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 7, 2014 in an interview:
"The president of the United States came in the Tuesday before the election in a ward that went 99% for him in the last election and they couldn't even (increase) the vote there."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 12, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on October 29, 2014 in a campaign news release:
"25,000 businesses have been created since (Scott) Walker took office."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • November 3, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 14, 2014 in an interview:
The gender gap in his support is "not unique to me" and "there’s not a huge gap from where Republicans have been in presidential, gubernatorial and US Senate elections" in recent years.
Mostly True
By Craig Gilbert, Dave Umhoefer • October 31, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 28, 2014 in a speech:
"The nation as a whole has created jobs at a rate that is two times the rate that we have created jobs here in Wisconsin under Gov. Walker."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 30, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 22, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
Says his promise of 250,000 new private sector jobs was a "big goal."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 30, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 20, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
"My opponent supported policies that increased tuition by 18 percent."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 27, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 21, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
Six convictions are connected to an allegation by prosecutors "that Gov. Scott Walker is at the center of a criminal scheme."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 23, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 17, 2014 in a debate:
The projected $1.8 billion state budget shortfall for 2015-’17 "actually comes from an assumption based on zero growth. That just doesn’t happen."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 23, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 17, 2014 in a debate:
"The next state budget will begin with a surplus of over half a billion dollars -- $535 million to be exact."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 22, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 10, 2014 in a debate:
Under Scott Walker’s policies, "the typical Wisconsin family has actually seen their real income drop by nearly $3,000 in the last four years."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2014 in remarks during a campaign stop:
"More than 70,000" job openings are listed on a state jobs website.  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 17, 2014
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on October 5, 2014 in a campaign news release:
"As district attorney, Susan Happ took $180,000" in a "shady" land deal "from a man charged with multiple felony counts of sexual assault before she offered him a deferred prosecution."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 15, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 10, 2014 in a news release:
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Wisconsin's photo ID election law
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 14, 2014
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on October 1, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
"An overwhelming majority of Republican and Democrat law enforcement leaders have endorsed Brad Schimel."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 13, 2014
Nik Kovac
Nik Kovac
stated on September 30, 2014 in a TV interview:
Milwaukee police and firefighters "are routinely getting 4 percent raises annually while everybody else is either getting zero or one percent raises."  
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 9, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 8, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
"In the last year, Wisconsin ranked third in Midwest job growth."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 9, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 23, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
Mary "Burke’s record: 130,000 fewer jobs."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 3, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 22, 2014 in an interview:
"We have 41,000 people right now on the waitlist for financial-based assistance for our tech colleges and universities," most of them for tech schools.
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • October 2, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 18, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
"Thanks to our reforms, the average family will have an extra $322 to spend."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 26, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 14, 2014 in a campaign news release:
Since I took office, "Wisconsin ranks 11th in the nation in total business establishment growth compared to 47th in the years Mary Burke was Commerce secretary."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • September 17, 2014
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