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Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Sherrod Brown "voted six times to raise his own pay."
False
By Tom Feran • October 29, 2012
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on August 30, 2012 in East Austin meetup of Texans for Obama.:
"We’re talking right now about a $12 billion hole in our current, so-called balanced" state "budget."
Half-True
By David Barer • October 29, 2012
Tom Kean Jr.
Tom Kean Jr.
stated on October 17, 2012 in an interview with reporters at William Paterson University:
"New Jersey is the only state in the union that spent less on higher education than it did at the beginning of the decade."
False
By Erin O'Neill • October 28, 2012
George Flinn
George Flinn
stated on October 18, 2012 in in campaign mail piece:
Says that "when Congressman (Steve) Cohen took office in 2007, the unemployment rate was at 4.8 percent. The unemployment rate in Shelby County has reached 9.7 percent."
False
By Zack McMillin • October 28, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in a debate:
Rhode Island has taken its federal Medicaid funding and shown it can run the program more cost-effectively than the federal government.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2012
Libraries Yes! Committee
Libraries Yes! Committee
stated on October 21, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:
Says Multnomah County libraries "are open 44 hours per week … the lowest of any library in the four-county region."
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 26, 2012
Libraries Yes! Committee
Libraries Yes! Committee
stated on October 21, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:
Says "the typical homeowner will pay $4 more per month" if library district passes.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • October 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 10, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"Under President Obama: $4,000 tax hike on middle-class families."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 18, 2012 in a debate:
Says U.S. Senate rival Tommy Thompson ran Medicare "into the ground" and "nine years closer to bankruptcy."
False
October 26, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 18, 2012 in debate comments:
Says when he was governor, "most of the Democrats" voted for his billion-dollar property-tax cuts, but U.S. Senate rival Tammy Baldwin "voted against it."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 26, 2012
Keep Austin Healthy PAC
Keep Austin Healthy PAC
stated on October 18, 2012 in a news article posted online Oct. 18, 2012.:
Says the Central Health district's tax rate is the "lowest among the largest counties in Texas, and it will continue to be the lowest" if voters approve a proposed tax increase.  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 26, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 24, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Senate opponent Tommy Thompson "personally made over $3 million" from a federal contract granted to his healthcare company, but left  9/11 first responders "without the care they were promised."  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 26, 2012
Tommy Thompson
Tommy Thompson
stated on October 23, 2012 in a television ad:
Says "Tammy Baldwin had the opportunity to vote to honor the victims of 9/11 and she voted against it."
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • October 26, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in a news release:
"6,400 Ohioans ... lost manufacturing jobs in the month of September."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • October 26, 2012
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on October 12, 2012 in an article:
"One industry in America has increased its employment base in the last four years by 176,000 people: the United States government."
True
By Eric Stirgus • October 26, 2012
Bill Bradbury
Bill Bradbury
stated on October 22, 2012 in a campaign fundraising letter:
"If Buehler were elected, our vote-by-mail system would be at risk."
Pants on Fire!
By Janie Har • October 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 18, 2012 in a campaign speech in Manchester, N.H.:
"We got back every dime used to rescue the banks."
Mostly True
By Jake Berry • October 25, 2012
Let Freedom Ring
Let Freedom Ring
stated on October 15, 2012 in a Web video:
Says GM used taxpayer dollars to prop up operations in China.
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2012
Gonzalo Barrientos
Gonzalo Barrientos
stated on October 22, 2012 in an opinion article in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says 55 percent of council members have come from area where only 10 percent of Austinites live.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • October 25, 2012
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on October 18, 2012 in an ad:
Lois Frankel "spent over $13,000 in taxpayer money on a marble shower in a private bathroom with her own toilet."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2012
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