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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Does NOT Show Democratic Candidate for AZ Governor, Katie Hobbs, In Ballot Counting Center
Does a photograph show the Democratic candidate for governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs, walking through a ballot-counting center in Maricopa County, the state's largest voting district? No, that's not true: A spokesman for Maricopa County t
PolitiFact→ Election denying candidates sought to undo voting rights. Many lost key races
Many election deniers who sought to undo voting rights lost in pivotal races including Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania and Kristina Karamo in Michigan. The 2022 election was a blow – but not necessarily a fatal one – to election denialism.
PolitiFact→ Everytown for Gun Safety – Yes, Arizona Republican governor candidate Kari Lake opposes red flag laws
“Kari Lake is opposed to red flag laws.”
PolitiFact→ Adam Laxalt – Nevada Senate GOP candidate Adam Laxalt falsely claims Biden has ‘dismantled border security’
“Biden and Democrats have dismantled border security.”
PolitiFact→ Liz Cheney – In Arizona, GOP candidates Kari Lake and Mark Finchem won’t commit to accepting election results
Kari Lake and Mark Finchem “have said that they will only honor the results of an election if they agree with it."
PolitiFact→ Maggie Hassan – New Hampshire GOP Senate candidate Don Bolduc has advocated privatizing Medicare and Social Security
"Don Bolduc wants to cut trillions from Medicare and end Social Security."
PolitiFact→ Tom Horne – Republican Arizona school chief candidate said kids are resistant to COVID-19
“Kids are resistant to COVID as opposed to older people.”
Washington Post→ GOP ad falsely tags Democratic candidate with ‘defund police’ label
Trudy Busch Valentine says she wants to boost police funding. But her GOP rival is using guilt by association and misleading video to claim she has a "anti-cop agenda."
FactCheck.org→ Super PAC Ads Distort New York Congressional Candidate’s ‘Help Not Handcuffs’ Quote
The Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican super PAC, is running ads on TV and social media that distort Democratic House candidate Josh Riley’s positions on crime. One ad misleadingly claims that the New York Democrat said he “suppo
FactCheck.org→ Ad from Super PAC Misleadingly Edits Utah Candidate’s Comments About Republican Base
In TV and social media ads, Club for Growth Action misleadingly edited remarks by independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin of Utah to make it appear he said that “the Republican base is racist.” In fact, McMullin said “there is an element o
FactCheck.org→ Unraveling Wisconsin GOP Candidate’s Abortion Position
Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels — who opposes abortion rights —made headlines when he said in a radio interview last month that as governor, he would sign an abortion ban that included exceptions for rape and incest. A Face
PolitiFact→ Kari Lake – Arizona GOP governor candidate Kari Lake misleads on opponent’s abortion law vote
“Katie Hobbs voted for allowing a baby who survives an abortion — that the hospital would refuse medical care and allow the baby to die on a cold metal tray.”
PolitiFact→ The facts about Iowa’s 2nd District congressional candidates and abortion
Those who have followed the near 50-year aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade, a 1973 r
FactCheck.org→ Ad Distorts Abortion Views of Republican House Candidate from Nevada
An ad from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee falsely claims that Nevada Republican House candidate April Becker supports a nationwide abortion ban and “taking away a woman’s right to abortion with no exceptions.” Becker h
PolitiFact→ Adrian Fontes – Republican Arizona secretary of state candidate aims to end mail-in voting option for millions
Mark Finchem “wants to strip Arizona’s citizens of their capacity to vote by mail.”
PolitiFact→ Mark Finchem – False: Arizona secretary of state candidate says ballot harvesting altered election result
Ballot harvesting “altered the outcome” of a city council election in Yuma County, Arizona.
Snopes→ Ohio GOP House Candidate Has Misrepresented Military Service
Campaigning for a northwestern Ohio congressional seat, Republican J.R. Majewski presents himself as an Air Force combat veteran who deployed to Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
PolitiFact→ House Majority PAC – Ad confuses donations Michigan U.S. House candidate received in the past with number of donors
"90% of (state Sen. Tom Barrett's) donors are from special interests"
FactCheck.org→ GOP Ad Mischaracterizes Michigan Candidate’s Response to 2020 Protests
A day after a protest in Grand Rapids inspired by the murder of George Floyd turned violent, Democratic House candidate Hillary Scholten of Michigan pleaded for “peaceful” protests and urged demonstrators “to not resort to violence and destructio
PolitiFact→ Senate Majority PAC – Senate candidate Blake Masters backs 15-week Arizona abortion law with no rape, incest exceptions
Blake Masters does not support abortion exceptions for rape and incest.
PolitiFact→ Mark Finchem – Arizona Republican secretary of state candidate wrong about ‘fake’ mail ballots
“In Arizona, we have flood the zone with fake ballots.”
Truth or Fiction?→ GOP Candidates Scrub Anti-Abortion Positions From Campaign Sites After Kansas Referendum
On August 28 2022, screenshots of tweets claiming that Republican candidates were hastily, and quietly, amending their positions on abortion from vocally supportive of widespread restrictions to a more nebulous stance: Huh. Is forced birth unpopular
FactCheck.org→ Late Ad Misleadingly Claims Republican Candidate for Governor Could ‘Slash’ State Police Funding
Tudor Dixon, a Republican candidate for governor in Michigan, proposes to phase out the state’s individual income tax, though she has not detailed how she would cut state government spending to make up for the lost revenue. Since the tax helps to
AllSides→ Washington GOP House Candidates Attack Each Other on Social Security
https://www.factcheck.org/2022/07/washington-gop-house-candidates-attack-each-other-on-social-security/
FactCheck.org→ Washington GOP House Candidates Attack Each Other on Social Security
Two of the Republicans running for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District seat are attacking each other in TV ads about Social Security that could mislead voters. An ad from Joe Kent falsely claimed that incumbent Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s
PolitiFact→ Sarah Godlewski – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate says 54% of people in Wisconsin lack accessible child care
"Fifty-four percent of Wisconsinites live in a child care desert."
Full Fact→ Polling doesn’t show Penny Mordaunt is the only Conservative leadership candidate who can beat Keir Starmer
Penny Mordaunt’s claim in the ITV Conservative leadership debate is not supported by the polling we’ve seen.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking attacks on GOP Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake in TV ad narrated by drag queen
Fact-checking an ad narrated by a drag queen that makes several attacks on Kari Lake, a GOP candidate for Arizona governor.
Washington Post→ The misleading claim that a Democratic candidate ‘sued’ a group of nuns over contraception coverage
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a gubernatorial hopeful, sued the federal government — not nuns providing charity for the poor.
FactCheck.org→ Georgia Senate Candidate Herschel Walker Spouts Inaccurate ‘Bad Air’ Theory of Climate Change
In speaking about the Green New Deal, Herschel Walker, the former professional football player vying for a Senate seat in Georgia, incorrectly suggested that U.S. climate efforts were pointless because “China’s bad air” would simply move over int
Logically→ An image shows that BJP’s presidential candidate, Draupadi Murmu, visited RSS headquarters in Nagpur to meet Mohan Bhagwat.
Truth or Fiction?→ L.A.’s Mayoral Candidates Mum after Police Attacks on Journalists at Roe v. Wade Protests
Despite ongoing attacks by law enforcement against journalists covering protests, Los Angeles’ mayoral candidates, both running on the Democratic Party ticket, have not weighed in on the accounts of police attacks against journalists during prote
Snopes→ Michigan GOP Candidate Kelley Charged for Capitol Riot Role
Ryan Kelley, 40, was arrested in western Michigan and awaits a court hearing in Grand Rapids, FBI spokeswoman Mara Schneider said.
PolitiFact→ Tim Michels – GOP gubernatorial candidate Michels changes course on Wisconsin Election Commission
On disbanding the Wisconsin Election Commission
PolitiFact→ Gary Black – Georgia GOP candidate (and state ag secretary) gets it wrong on agriculture’s footprint in state
Agriculture “is still the No. 1 sector of the economy” in Georgia.
PolitiFact→ Kathy Barnette – Senate candidate Kathy Barnette tweeted a headline that said, ‘Pedophilia is a cornerstone of Islam’
Says she never tweeted comments linking pedophilia and Islam.
PolitiFact→ USA Freedom Fund – Pennsylvania US Senate candidate Kathy Barnette wanted Obama statue, but never voted for him
“Kathy Barnette wants to build a statue of Barack Obama right next to the one of Abraham Lincoln on Capitol Hill."
Full Fact→ Some voting in local elections can pick more than one candidate
On Thursday 5 May, local elections are being held in England and Wales (as are council elections in Scotland and Assembly elections in Northern Ireland). However, the way the voting system for local elections in England and Wales was explained on the G
PolitiFact→ Ohio Gun Owners – Claim that Ohio US Senate candidate Matt Dolan sought gun grabs for social media posts is False
Matt Dolan sponsored Michael Bloomberg's “red-flag gun confiscation law, letting the people reporting your social media posts send SWAT teams to your house to take your guns."