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Democrat from Virginia
Tim Kaine is a former governor of Virginia and the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He is running for the Senate seat of retiring Democrat Jim Webb.
Recent statements involving Tim Kaine
George Allen and his colleagues in the Senate "turned the biggest surplus in the history of the United States into the biggest deficit in the history of the United States."
Tim Kaine "reduced higher education funding by 25 percent when he was governor, driving up tuition..."
George Allen cast "the deciding vote" for the 2003 Bush tax cuts.
The national debt increased $16,000 every second George Allen served in the U.S. Senate.
Recent stories featuring Tim Kaine
Truth-squading the Senate debate:
The 90-minute debate gave us just what we wanted for the holidays: a new list of political claims to fact check.
Do people without health insurance die sooner? :
What caught our attention was Kaine’s assertion that 23,000 people die each year due to lack of health insurance.
When we checked, we found credible reports supporting and undercutting that claim, so we’re taking a pass on submitting his statement to the Truth-O-Meter. But we still want to summarize what we found.
Fact-checking the claims about (un)employment:
The job numbers for June are worse than expected; we review some recent Truth-O-Meter items on employment.
Taking the jobs-claim challenge:
We found that none of the last seven Virginia governors has created jobs fast enough to keep up with working-age population growth. Of the nine governors dating back to 1978, only Democrat Chuck Robb met the standard set forth by McAuliffe. Robb led the state from 1982 to 1986.
Senate race puts Truth-O-Meter in late-October mode:
The Truth-O-Meter and the Flop-O-Meter went into late-October mode last week when former Gov. Tim Kaine announced he would run for the seat being vacated by fellow Democrat Jim Webb. Republican George Allen did not take it lightly.
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