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Patience Roggensack

Patience Roggensack

No Flip

Still thinks judges should decide for themselves

On recusing herself from cases after receiving a campaign contribution

Ed Fallone

Ed Fallone

Half Flip

Early comments at odds with later attack line

On changing the rules governing judicial conflicts of interest

Ed Fallone

Ed Fallone

Mostly True

Individual gifts outpace union PAC money

"The majority of my contributions have been from private individuals" giving $125 on average, "not from PACs, not from groups."

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

Pants on Fire!

Repetition doesn't improve this claim

"Foreign Chinese prostitution money is allegedly behind the groups funding Congressman Sean Duffy’s Republican Majority."

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

False

No evidence it was near that amount

"The Koch brothers alone gave twice as much money to Scott Walker as the total amount of money raised by Tom Barrett."

Mike McCabe

Mike McCabe

False

Less spending, little gravel

Wisconsin's new state budget includes "a 15 percent increase for road construction and yet we’ve got local towns tearing up" paved roads and replacing them with gravel.

Reince Priebus

Reince Priebus

False

All sides spent that much or more combined, but not the unions alone

Public-employee unions spent $30 million in Wisconsin unsuccessfully trying to flip the state Senate to Democratic control.

Herb Kohl

Herb Kohl

Mostly True

One past opponent even wants to take him to dinner

"I’ve been through four campaigns and have not done any negative campaigning."  

Charlie Sykes

Charlie Sykes

Pants on Fire!

Actually, the Prosser side spent more

Says JoAnne Kloppenburg’s side had a "3-to-1 money advantage" in the Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign. 

Russ Feingold

Russ Feingold

Pants on Fire!

With this new math, everyone would be outspent by everyone

"I've been outspent by my opponents every time I've run for U.S. Senate."

Mark Neumann

Mark Neumann

Mostly True

Aside from his own millions, not much cash at all

"My supporters aren't special interest groups in Madison and Milwaukee."

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