Rep. John Boehner said this week that Congress' job, in light of the election, "is to listen to the American people and follow the will of the American people."
PolitiFact Ohio and PolitiFact.com have been listening to Boehner, rating 31 of his statements for accuracy. They show that the speaker-to-be often speaks the truth.
After a high-spending campaign with mostly his own money, Republican Rick Scott narrowly won election to become Florida's next governor. Here's a look back through our fact-checking eyes at what he said, and what others said about him.
John Kasich"s victory over Gov. Ted Strickland was the culmination of a hard-fought campaign in which both candidates at times taxed the Truth-O-Meter.
PolitiFact Ohio ran eight of Kasich"s statements through the Truth-O-Meter. His average rating was slightly less than Half True.
The No. 1 article on our website of late? A flawed shot at Gov. Rick Perry, who sailed to re-election Tuesday. But this fall's PolitiFact Texas Top 15 reflects statements by and about other political figures too...
The election is over, but politics goes on.
We'll be turning to statements by elected officials, promises made by the winning candidates and that upcoming Milwaukee County Executive's race. Plus we'll roll out the Flip-O-Meter.
To the pols, parties and pundits: We're not going anywhere. To our readers: Stay tuned.
After leading in the polls for months, Republican Marco Rubio handily won election to become Florida's next U.S. senator. Here's a look back through our fact-checking eyes at what he said, and what others said about him.
One thing that's clear this election season: Neither Democrats nor Republicans have a monopoly on truth. To the contrary, their campaign ads suggest that concept is somewhat elusive for both.
Of more than 80 statements PolitiFact Ohio was reviewed since its launch three months ago, nine (so far) were found worthy of the Pants on Fire rating -- five from Democrats and four from Republicans. False ratings were similarly even: six for Democrats and seven for Republicans.
At the other end of the scale, 15 statements from Democrats and 13 from Republicans were found to be True or Mostly True.
We review the ups and downs of the 2010 campaign, a strange journey from "Aqua Buddha" to "Taliban Dan."
For those just getting focused on Tuesday's gubernatorial election, we've rounded up the key charges and counter charges -- and our past rulings on them -- from Friday night's final debate.
PolitiFact Ohio was primed for this fall"s hard-fought governor"s race, ready to examine the candidates" statements on how they would lead the state out of economic hard times and deal with a multibillion-dollar budget hole.
But the two leading candidates, Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and Republican challenger John Kasich, haven"t come through with those details. They have, however, spent lots of time bashing each other.
And when the candidates did focus on the positive and tout their own records, truth didn"t necessarily rule the day.
GOP Gov. Rick Perry and Democratic challenger Bill White have kept the PolitiFact Texas Truth-O-Meter clicking--or would that be reeling?
Hence, an Election Eve flashback to some of their True, False and Pants on Fire statements...
We review the most persistent chain e-mails and why they're just not true.