The latest statements we've reviewed for PolitiFact Ohio
"A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."
Says food stamp growth, while high, lagged the rise in unemployment.
"Our race was the closest U.S. Senate race in Ohio in 36 years -- when Howard Metzenbaum defeated Robert Taft in 1976."
"In the past year alone, Ohio businesses have created more jobs than almost every other state in the country."
Says the tax code is effectively subsidizing "the marketing efforts of fast food and junk food companies by as much as $19 billion over 10 years."
Says Fran DeWine’s made-from-scratch dinner rolls are a delicious favorite in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
"Mitt Romney received exactly zero votes in at least 12 Cuyahoga County precincts."
"In one county alone in Ohio, President Obama received 106,258 votes. But there were only 98,213 eligible voters."
Barack Obama is "only the second Democrat in the last 75 years to win Ohio twice with more than 50 percent of the vote."
Budget analysts say the looming tax hikes and spending cuts would "take us into a recession and kill jobs."
Says a poll shows that "without a name attached, Democrats are just one point behind" Gov. John Kasich.
Says Mike Dovilla supports a plan "that could allow a foreign corporation to take over the Ohio Turnpike"
"We have more hospitals that are children’s hospitals than any other state in the union."
Says Jim Renacci has "consistently voted" for loopholes that "encourage outsourcing of our jobs."
Says that Sherrod Brown is an "Obama rubber stamp" for "supporting the job-killing cap and trade plan."
Says the NAACP's Ohio chapter has endorsed Issue 2.
"There is no war on coal. Period. There are more coal jobs and more coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago, in spite of the talking points and the yard signs."
Sherrod Brown "voted six times to raise his own pay."
"6,400 Ohioans ... lost manufacturing jobs in the month of September."
Says Gov. John Kasich incorrectly claimed Ohio’s economy was 38th in the nation when he took office. "We were sixth in the nation in terms of economic job growth."
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