Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$
Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo served a four-year term as Rhode Island's general treasurer beginning in Jan. 4, 2011 before being elected governor in 2014. She cofounded and served as a general partner of Point Judith Capital. She is a graduate of Yale Law School and a Rhodes Scholar. She is married with two children.

Gina Raimondo Website

Scorecard

true
0% 6 Checks
mostly true
0% 5 Checks
half true
0% 2 Checks
mostly false
0% 2 Checks
false
0% 1 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 1 Checks
For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact

Latest Fact-Checks By Gina Raimondo

Clear
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on September 28, 2016 a television interview
"In other states (where illegal immigrants have been allowed to get driver's licenses) their insurance premiums for everybody have gone down."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2016
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on January 26, 2016 economic development report
"Owen in MA vs. Owen in RI … Advantage:Rhode Island."
True
By Mark Reynolds • February 7, 2016
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on May 27, 2015 news conference
"It’s commercial vehicles, 18 wheelers and above … that cause 90 plus percent of the damages on our highways and bridges."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • July 19, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 a television interview
"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 19, 2015 a news conference
"Contrary to popular belief, we actually don’t have that many public employees…We are well below average in the number of public employees.’’
True
By Katie Mulvaney • March 8, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2015 a presentation
Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 1, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on October 7, 2014 in television commercial
"I fought 38 Studios from the beginning."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on August 26, 2014 a debate
"The pension fund in the city of Providence is only 30 percent funded, about the same level as when he [Taveras] took office."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on August 7, 2014 a campaign ad
"Before I was state treasurer, my Rhode Island business helped create over 1,000 jobs."
True
By Karen Lee Ziner • August 21, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on April 28, 2014 a news release
"Residential property taxes [in Providence] are up nearly 27 percent under Mayor Taveras."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 4, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on April 3, 2014 a website statement
"My Treasury team eliminated a 900-case backlog in the Crime Victim Compensation Program."
True
By John Hill • April 27, 2014
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on October 21, 2013 a fundraising letter.
"Providence has more of its pension fund invested in hedge funds and is less transparent" about it than the state.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on May 29, 2013 an interview with WJAR-TV
"The average student comes out of college hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 6, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on April 8, 2013 a tweet promoting Equal Pay Day
"Women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 18, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on July 10, 2011 an appearance on 10 News Conference
"The average 401(k) in America of a person who's 60 years old is under $100,000."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 24, 2011
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2011 a radio interview
The law has not established whether Rhode Island public employees have property rights to their pensions.
True
By Peter Lord • February 27, 2011
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on July 1, 2010 a video on her web page
The company I created, Point Judith Capital, "is the only venture capital firm in Rhode Island."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 9, 2010
Load More

Latest Fact-Checks About Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on May 27, 2015 news conference
"It’s commercial vehicles, 18 wheelers and above … that cause 90 plus percent of the damages on our highways and bridges."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • July 19, 2015
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on October 9, 2014 a TV commercial
Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • October 31, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on October 21, 2014 a Providence Journal-WPRI-12 debate
"Governor Carcieri has not been campaigning with me."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 24, 2014
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on September 29, 2014 a TV commercial
In the 38 Studios deal, "Wall Street investors took a risk, and went bust."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 12, 2014
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on August 19, 2014 a commercial
Says Gina Raimondo's "venture capital firm secured a secret no-bid contract funded by taxpayers."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2014
Clay Pell
Clay Pell
stated on August 26, 2014 a TV debate
"My campaign alone has created more jobs in the state of Rhode Island than Narragansett Beer."
Mostly True
By Karen Lee Ziner • August 28, 2014
Frank Caprio
Frank Caprio
stated on May 19, 2013 an appearance on "10 News Conference"
Since Gina Raimondo took office, investment fees on the state's pension portfolio "have gone up from about $12 million annually to about $50 million."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 2, 2013
Load More