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Republican Governors Association

Republican Governors Association

the gubernatorial campaign arm of the Republican Party.

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Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on June 24, 2024 a campaign advertisement:
“On (Josh) Stein’s watch, rapes in North Carolina are up 53%.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • September 17, 2024
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 5, 2022 Email:
Says President Joe Biden “recently said that 48.8% of Wisconsin voters are threats to democracy.”
False
By Madeline Heim • September 9, 2022
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on July 29, 2022 Email:
"Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments."
Mostly False
By Alan Hovorka • August 12, 2022
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 12, 2018 an ad:
Says Andrew Gillum "wants to increase Florida taxes by a billion dollars."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2018
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on July 18, 2018 a TV ad:
Says Richard Cordray "secretly collected hundreds of millions of credit card accounts and mortgages. Worse, Cordray failed to protect our information. It was hacked over 200 times."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 14, 2018
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 23, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
Mary "Burke’s record: 130,000 fewer jobs."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 3, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 23, 2014 television ad:
Jason Carter "actually opposed more funding for education in the Senate."
Mostly True
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • September 24, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on May 29, 2014 In a television ad:
Jason Carter supports using Georgia tax dollars to promote Obamacare    
Mostly False
By April Hunt • June 11, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on March 17, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
Under Mary Burke’s leadership, Commerce Department business-incentive programs had "major shortcomings" and "40 percent of jobs...didn’t materialize."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 3, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on February 13, 2014 a campaign TV ad:
"(Mary) Burke was a senior member of the Doyle administration that left Wisconsin with 130,000 fewer jobs."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 5, 2014
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on May 29, 2013 a gubernatorial campaign TV ad:
"Barbara Buono by the numbers: As a Trenton politician, she voted to raise taxes 154 times. Under her, property taxes up 70 percent. Backed a 16 percent sales tax increase. Utilities, nursing homes, cell phones, parking lots, lottery wins, gyms – She taxed them all. Architect of Corzine’s budget, she drove New Jersey $2 billion into debt. Barbara Buono by the numbers: taking New Jersey backwards."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • June 6, 2013
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on April 24, 2013 a news release reacting to FitzGerald's run for governor:
Accuses Ed FitzGerald of "pay-to-play and corruption politics."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • April 30, 2013
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on October 24, 2012 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 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
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on March 29, 2012 a television ad:
Says "unemployment tripled" in Dane County due to Kathleen Falk’s tax policies
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 12, 2012
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on April 29, 2012 a television ad:
Mayor Tom Barrett’s policies drove unemployment up 27 percent in Milwaukee, pushing it to "one of America’s 10 worst cities for unemployment."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 11, 2012
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on March 22, 2012 a website alert:
"In his very first budget, (Milwaukee) Mayor Tom Barrett broke his pledge to keep a lid on property taxes and has continued increasing taxes and fees ever since."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 5, 2012
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 9, 2010 a website:
Candidate for governor Roy Barnes has been "fighting hard" to let illegal immigrants vote.
Pants on Fire!
By Willoughby Mariano • September 24, 2010
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 14, 2010 a television ad:
Roy Barnes "made Georgia dead last in education" and Georgia "led the nation in job losses."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • September 21, 2010
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 16, 2010 a series of campaign TV ads:
Tom Barrett "voted for the largest tax increase in history ... raising taxes on gas and Social Security."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • September 17, 2010
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Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on August 17, 2010 a TV commercial:
Roy Barnes is like Barack Obama because they're both doing a lot of apologizing.
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • September 15, 2010
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