Statements we say are Half-True

Wendy Davis

Greg Abbott "has campaigned with a sexual predator who has bragged about having sex with underage girls."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, September 25th, 2014

Wendy Davis

Greg Abbott was "charged with overseeing the state cancer research fund. But he let his wealthiest donors take tens of millions of taxpayer dollars without proper oversight. They showered Abbott with gifts and free vacations."

— PolitiFact Texas on Sunday, August 31st, 2014

Greg Abbott

"The growth rate of women-owned businesses in Texas has nearly doubled that of the nation since President Obama has taken office."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa

"We have less crime in the (Rio Grande) Valley than we do in other major Texas cities."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, August 8th, 2014

Rick Perry

Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, July 31st, 2014

Glenn Beck

Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, July 25th, 2014

Ted Cruz

Says 95 percent of people caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border said in a survey "we are coming because we’ve been promised amnesty."

— PolitiFact Texas on Sunday, June 29th, 2014

Texas Future

"One thousand people a day are moving to Texas, which means there will be 15 million more people over the next 25 years."

— PolitiFact Texas on Sunday, June 22nd, 2014

Lamar Smith

"Last year," Obama "administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping and thousands of drug-related crimes."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

Texas Right to Life

In Texas, "a faceless hospital panel can deny life-sustaining care, giving you only 10 days to find another facility for your mother, dad, or young child, even if the patient is conscious."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, May 30th, 2014

Rick Perry

Since 2000, Texas has reduced "harmful pollutants in the air like nitrogen oxide by 62.5 percent, and ozone by 23 percent--a reduction that is 12 percent greater than the national average."  

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, May 26th, 2014

Dan Patrick

"PolitiFact Texas gave" a David Dewhurst TV ad "a ‘Pants-on-Fire’ rating as an outrageous lie."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, May 1st, 2014

David Dewhurst

Dan Patrick "got caught not paying his taxes" and "pocketed his employees’ payroll taxes."

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, April 28th, 2014

Bob Cole

Capital Metro originally said MetroRail's yearly operating costs would be "about $2.5 million. Last year ... it cost $13 million to operate."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, April 24th, 2014

Kesha Rogers

Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes.

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

ChangeAustin.org

Sarah Eckhardt "refused to take her own pay increases repeatedly."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, March 6th, 2014

Dan Branch

"Worked with Ronald Reagan and helped re-elect him."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, February 21st, 2014

David Alameel

"More than 40,000 troops are still stationed in Afghanistan with no clear objective. Even in the best case, by the end of the year at least 10,000 American soldiers will still be on the ground."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, February 21st, 2014

Todd Staples

"Savings that I achieved" helped fund cameras on the border. "As a result, more than 21,500 arrests have been made and 46 tons of narcotics confiscated."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, February 6th, 2014

Rick Perry

Texas added 6,600 miles of highway from 2001-2012, more than any other state.

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, January 28th, 2014