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Cornyn says investigator earlier pitched in for Obama’s election, vetting vice presidential prospects

June 13, 2012

John Cornyn called for Eric Holder to go, also questioning another government lawyer's independence.

Grady Yarbrough, Democrat, ran twice statewide as Republican

June 11, 2012

Paul Sadler says his Democratic U.S. Senate opponent ran twice for statewide office as a Republican. Indeed.

Perry, Dewhurst and Barack Obama on the links

June 8, 2012

Rick Perry echoes a Dewhurst claim about Obama's golf outings.

Paul Krugman, Texas and Truth-O-Meter

June 7, 2012

Paul Krugman, in Austin to keynote an awards ceremony, is a Nobel-winning economist and columnist. He also has a mixed record, leaning to True, on the Truth-O-Meter.

Romney, in Texas, and Obama job records

June 6, 2012

As presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney swung through Texas, PoiltiFact looked into claims by Romney and Barack Obama about creating jobs.

Flaming claims by David Dewhurst, a political group and Craig James

June 3, 2012

We’ve rated three recent ridiculous claims as Pants on Fire. One was made by a political group, the others by David Dewhurst and Craig James.

Gauging Republican beliefs about Obama

May 31, 2012

Our look at a Texas Democrat’s claim about Republicans and Barack Obama led a reader to point out a poll we’d overlooked.

Texas runoffs mean two more months of fact checks

May 30, 2012

The Associated Press forecasts a Republican runoff in Texas for that party's U.S. Senate nomination. That means about 60 additional days for the Truth-O-Meter to weigh candidate claims. Runoffs occur July 31.

PolitiFact checked more than 30 candidate claims before Texas party primaries

May 28, 2012

We poked into more than 30 claims by, or about, candidates on the Texas party primary ballots, extending from remarks by U.S. Senate candidates through those by hopefuls for Travis County and Williamson County posts.

Reminders dead ahead.

Austin’s KUT and PolitiFact Texas share one-year anniversary

May 23, 2012

With a gooshy cupcake, PolitiFact Texas and Austin’s KUT, 90.5 FM, marked the anniversary of weekly radio segments exploring Texas Truth-O-Meter items.
 

Craig James, fellow Republicans in U.S. Senate race deplore Obama’s leadership

May 17, 2012

Republicans seeking a Texas U.S. Senate seat have questioned Obama's leadership -- with Craig James recently saying the president seeks to ban U.S. firearms. That claim is smoky.

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