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Maggie Hassan

Maggie Hassan

New Hampshire Democrat Maggie Hassan was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016. She formerly served as governor and as a state lawmaker in New Hampshire. 

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Latest Fact-Checks By Maggie Hassan

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Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on October 19, 2022 in an ad:
"Don Bolduc wants to cut trillions from Medicare and end Social Security."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 1, 2022
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on March 28, 2017 in a letter:
Says there is a "traditional 60-vote threshold for confirming Supreme Court nominees."
Mostly False
By Ella Nilsen • March 31, 2017
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on November 2, 2016 in a debate:
Kelly Ayotte "voted for a budget that had $90 billion of cuts to Pell Grants."
Mostly False
By Lola Duffort • November 5, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on October 3, 2016 in a debate:
"With her solution, terrorists can still today — and by the way ISIS knows it, they have been advertising it — buy guns online and at gun shows in the United States of America."
Mostly True
By Allie Morris • October 24, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on September 15, 2016 in a speech:
"During her first four years in Washington Sen. Ayotte voted with the Koch brothers nearly 90 percent of the time."
Half-True
By Allie Morris • September 24, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on June 21, 2016 in a campaign statement:
Says Kelly Ayotte "voted again yesterday against a proposal to expand background checks -- (buyers) can continue to simply go online or to gun shows to purchase guns without background checks."
True
By Allie Morris • June 21, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on April 12, 2016 in a press release:
"Kelly Ayotte has voted four times against the federal Paycheck Fairness Act."
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • April 29, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on April 8, 2016 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:
Kelly Ayotte "has voted to defund Planned Parenthood" six times.
Mostly True
By Allie Morris • April 29, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on February 4, 2016 in her State of the State speech :
"Drug overdoses are now the second-most common cause of death in New Hampshire."
False
By Allie Morris • February 22, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on June 16, 2015 in her State of the State speech in Nashua:
Six thousand people have sought addiction treatment through expanded Medicaid.
False
By Clay Wirestone • July 2, 2015
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on February 12, 2015 in her budget address:
Our median household income in 2013 was the highest in the nation.
Mostly True
By Casey McDermott • February 13, 2015
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on January 3, 2013 in her inauguration speech becoming NH governor:
We have the fourth highest in-state tuition for public universities in the country.
True
By Jake Berry • January 25, 2013
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on November 7, 2012 in an interview on the Daily Rundown on MSNBC.:
Says New Hampshire had the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the country during Maggie Hassan’s time in the state Senate.
Half-True
By Jake Berry • November 16, 2012
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Latest Fact-Checks About Maggie Hassan

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stated on November 14, 2022 in a post:
Maggie Hassan won “1,100 votes from town with population under 700.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • November 14, 2022
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stated on May 12, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Not one Democrat showed up to listen to border officials about the dangerous situation at our border. Not one!!! NOT ONE!"
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 22, 2019
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 8, 2016 in an ad:
Maggie Hassan "raised tuition, making it the highest in America."
Mostly False
By Lola Duffort • October 6, 2016
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 8, 2016 in an ad:
Maggie Hassan "missed nearly every university system board meeting."
Mostly True
By Lola Duffort • September 28, 2016
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on May 18, 2016 in a press release:
Says Maggie Hassan was "out of state on 30 days over the last three months."  
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • May 27, 2016
Jennifer Horn
Jennifer Horn
stated on October 21, 2015 in a memo:
In 2008, Maggie Hassan voted against legislation to "prevent sanctuary cities in New Hampshire."
Mostly True
By Allie Morris • November 25, 2015
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 11, 2015 in TV ad:
Gov. Maggie Hassan’s budget proposal "raises taxes on small businesses and increases taxes and fees by $100 million."   
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • August 27, 2015
Jennifer Horn
Jennifer Horn
stated on February 4, 2015 in in a press release:
"The governor must inform the Senate president about his or her absence from the state."
Mostly False
By Allie Morris • March 5, 2015
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on October 24, 2012 in an ad titled “Hiding”:
Gubernatorial candidate Maggie Hassan supported 33 tax and fee increases as Senate Majority Leader.
Half-True
By Jake Berry • November 3, 2012
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on October 16, 2012 in Republican Governor's Association says NH candidate for governor Maggie Hassan pays no taxes:
Says Maggie Hassan pays zero property taxes on her $500,000 home.
Mostly False
By Kevin Landrigan • October 29, 2012
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