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Jamie Radtke

Jamie Radtke

True

Most of GOP joined him

George Allen voted to add $3 trillion to the federal debt, voted to raise the debt ceiling four times and voted for the No Child Left Behind Act while he was a senator.

Tim Kaine

Tim Kaine

True

Opponent Allen can make similar claims

Virginia was named "best managed state, best state for business and best state to raise a child" while I was governor. 

Virginia Lottery

Virginia Lottery

Mostly True

No way to be sure before 2008

"Since 1999, all Virginia Lottery profits have been used for public education in the Commonwealth for kindergarten through 12th grade." 

Bob McDonnell

Bob McDonnell

Half-True

UPDATE: Adjusted for inflation

In the past decade, K-12 funding has grown six times faster than the rate of enrollment.

Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus

Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus

True

In the end, less money for classrooms

The House of Delegates budget bill "cuts $50 million from education."

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Pants on Fire!

Time for remedial math at DCCC

Congressman Robert Hurt has a plan to cut education by 40 percent.

Kitty Boitnott

Kitty Boitnott

False

Most got raises for 2008-09 school year

Teachers "are working their third consecutive year -- some longer than that -- without salary increases."

Bob McDonnell

Bob McDonnell

True

With three kids in college, he knows the facts.

"The tuitions in Virginia colleges...have doubled -- 100 percent -- in the last 10 years."

Rick Boucher

Rick Boucher

Mostly False

No evidence Griffith fought for this

"Morgan Griffith fought for a plan that would have taken money away from our schools and given it to Northern Virginia schools instead." 

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