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Crist

Democrat from Florida

Charlie Crist lost his race as a Democratic candidate for governor in 2014. As a Republican, he served as governor from 2007 to 2011. Crist left the Republican Party in 2010 to mount a campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent. Crist lost the race to Marco Rubio. In 2012, he endorsed President Barack Obama and announced that he had registered as a Democrat.

The PolitiFact scorecard

  • True15 (%)(15)
  • Mostly True19 (%)(19)
  • Half True20 (%)(20)
  • Mostly False15 (%)(15)
  • False9 (%)(9)
  • Pants on Fire2 (%)(2)

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Recent statements involving Charlie Crist

True

Sunshine State was not so safe

Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist

"In the mid 1990s, in our state, (Florida was) No. 1 in violent crime in America. ... The only concern I had was for the citizens of Florida, who were subjected to a violent crime every three minutes and 45 seconds."

— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, September 19th, 2016

Mostly False

Technicality doesn't apply to congressional work

Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist

David Jolly "has used money and power to try to … drill off our beaches."

— PolitiFact Florida on Thursday, June 30th, 2016

Half-True

Crist spent money on the manse, too

Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist

Says Rick Scott "spent $800,000 of your tax dollars upgrading the Governor's Mansion."

— PolitiFact Florida on Friday, October 31st, 2014

Mostly False

Veto followed by later funding increases

Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist

"Rick Scott vetoed funding for 30 Florida rape crisis centers. Scott said the centers weren’t needed."

— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, October 28th, 2014

Mostly False

Not immediately on leaving jail

Rick Scott
Rick Scott

Says Charlie Crist wants felons who "commit a heinous crime" such as "intentional permanent disfigurement of a child, you walk out of jail, you immediately get to vote."

— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, October 27th, 2014

Recent stories featuring Charlie Crist

Charlie Crist to run for Congress

Former Gov. Charlie Crist to run in Congressional District 13 in Pinellas County.

Ever-evolving Charlie Crist considers run for redrawn 13th congressional district

The former governor's history in Florida politics is long and complex, just like his record on PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter.

As the House adjourns early over Medicaid battle, we look at claims on the Truth-O-Meter

We fact-checked claims about the budget, polls, health outcomes and jobs related to Medicaid expansion

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As the Legislature has stalled amid an impasse over Medicaid expansion, we look back at our fact-checks about the health care program for the poor.

PolitiFact Florida's top 10 fact-checks for 2014

You'd think in an election year we'd hear more about the gubernatorial candidates, but the Affordable Care Act, undocumented immigrants and birth control were popular topics, too.

With a second term for Rick Scott, we add promises to the Scott-O-Meter

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