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Todd Staples

Todd Staples

Staples was first elected agriculture commissioner of Texas in 2006 after previously serving in the Texas Senate and House. He unsuccessfully sought the 2014 Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, afterward resigning for another job.

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Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on September 8, 2014 oped commentary:
"To deprive" underprivileged children "of a meat-based protein during school lunch is most likely depriving them of their only source of protein for the day."
Pants on Fire!
By Dylan Baddour • September 21, 2014
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on January 13, 2014 a campaign email blast:
"Savings that I achieved" helped fund cameras on the border. "As a result, more than 21,500 arrests have been made and 46 tons of narcotics confiscated."
Half-True
By Sue Owen • February 6, 2014
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on January 27, 2014 the Texas Debate hosted by KERA-TV, Channel 13, in Dallas:
David Dewhurst is "the first lieutenant governor in history to have a personal security detail."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 31, 2014
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on October 29, 2013 an interview on a Lubbock radio station:
Says David Dewhurst "went out for drinks" during Senate debate on abortion bill.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • October 7, 2013
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on May 12, 2011 a Texas Tribune interview:
Says the Obama administration approved a major disaster declaration for Oklahoma in 2009, when nine of the state’s 77 counties burned for "about three days," while Texas wildfires have been burning for longer without such a declaration.
Mostly True
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 30, 2011
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on December 29, 2010 an op-ed:
"On average, Americans spend less than 10 percent of their disposable income on food. Compare that to folks in Mexico, who spend 22 percent, China, 28 percent and Russia, 37 percent."
Mostly True
January 15, 2011
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on November 11, 2010 a Web post.:
In "the fall of 2009, only 21 percent of Texas high school graduates enrolled in a four-year public university."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 3, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on August 31, 2010 an interview.:
"More people hunt and fish in Texas in a given year than attend the... games of the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Mavericks, the Houston Texans and the Houston Rockets combined."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 25, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on September 16, 2010 a radio interview.:
Says the U.S. Constitution provides for just compensation when land is taken under eminent domain.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 28, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on July 15, 2010 a consultant's e-mail to PolitiFact Texas.:
Says Democrat Hank Gilbert "has a criminal conviction for theft, has multiple years of unpaid taxes, has multiple tax liens and fines, unsafe driving convictions (and) has recently been accused of taking a bribe and is on record lying to the press this year about his criminal record."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 13, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on May 25, 2010 a campaign Web post:
Says EPA regulation of greenhouse gases will endanger 575 Texas dairy facilities, 58 swine operations, 1,300 corn farms and 28,000 beef cattle operations.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2010
Todd Staples
Todd Staples
stated on April 15, 2010 a Tea Party rally in El Paso:
On the National Animal Identification System.
Half Flip
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 20, 2010
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Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 7, 2013 a video advertisement, "Fight":
I am "the only candidate for lieutenant governor to oppose in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 9, 2013
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on January 11, 2010 a speech.:
Says Texas has so few gas-pump inspectors in the field, "the HEBs of this state, the Brookshires of this state, they're calibrating their own gas pumps. The (Texas Department of Agriculture) just sends them the stickers and they calibrate them."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on September 12, 2010 a campaign video.:
Says gas pumps in different parts of Texas are missing state inspection stickers and/or their inspections are out of date--and that's cheating consumers.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on September 24, 2010 a press release.:
Says the Texas Department of Agriculture seeks to purchase up to 300,000 promotional stress balls.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 11, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on March 1, 2010 a press release:
"Todd Staples recently tried to woo his supporters and right-wing base by suggesting the Agriculture Commission cut programs intended to feed the elderly and disabled, many of whom are veterans."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • March 9, 2010
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman
stated on February 12, 2010 a response to League of Women Voters of Texas.:
"The current (agriculture) commissioner allowed tainted beef to be sent to school cafeterias."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 19, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on December 14, 2009 in a press release:
Says a careless attitude and "poor oversight by the Texas Department of Agriculture" led to deaths and illnesses traced to a Texas peanut plant.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 12, 2010
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