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Get the facts from tonight's Senate debate

Virginia

Ed Gillespie, left, and Mark Warner will debate at 7 p.m.

Nancy Madsen

By Nancy Madsen October 13, 2014

PolitiFact Virginia is ready for the third and final U.S. Senate debate tonight between incumbent Mark Warner, a Democrat, and Republican Ed Gillespie.

We'll be live fact-checking the hour-long debate, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Our tweets, from @PolitiFactVA will help viewers quickly discern when the candidates are telling the truth or twisting the facts.

The debate, organized by the League of Women Voters and AARP Virginia. It will be televised and streamed live by WCVE PBS, WTVR-TV, and C-SPAN. We suggest that you make it a two-screen affair: watch the live-streamed event and follow us on your Twitter feed.

And keep following us after the debate -- we’ll have new fact checks on this race up to Election Day on Nov. 4.

If there’s something you would like to see fact-checked, email us your suggestion.

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stated on November 22, 2014 a Facebook post.:

Graduation rates of players at major football colleges "are still twenty points below their male campus peers and worsened in the past three years."

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stated on November 22, 2014 a Facebook post:

Only 20 colleges and universities "have athletic departments with revenue exceeding expenses."

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stated on November 22, 2014 a Facebook post:

"We have a system now where in 40 states, the highest-paid public employee is the state university’s head football or basketball coach."

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stated on December 2, 2014 a news release.:

"Bill Howell has been the consistent force behind every major tax increase in Virginia in the last decade."

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stated on November 20, 2014 a news release.:

"Every president since Eisenhower has taken executive action to address immigration issues."

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stated on November 12, 2014 a forum:

In rural Virginia, "Sen. Warner ran 8-10 points ahead of a traditional Democrat -- ahead of Senator Kaine, ahead of Governor McAuliffe."

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stated on October 20, 2014 a TV ad.:

Dave Brat said "the best way to fix Social Security would be to give seniors back what they paid in and no more."

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stated on October 28, 2014 a debate:

"In K-12 education, our kids are scoring at the bottom of science and mathematics right now in the industrialized world -- at the bottom."

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false

stated on October 20, 2014 a TV ad.:

Ed Gillespie’s "firm even lobbied for five foreign governments, including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes."

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stated on September 30, 2014 a TV ad.:

Says PolitiFact has ruled that Ed Gillespie’s ads are false and misleading.

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National Rifle Association

stated on September 8, 2014 a mailer.:

Says Mark Warner "has supported restrictions on veterans’ second amendment rights."

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Democratic Party of Virginia

stated on September 16, 2014 a news release.:

"Hospitals have already begun layoffs, a direct result of Republican inaction" on Medicaid expansion.

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stated on September 29, 2014:

On opposing legislation that would take away existing health care plans.

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stated on August 13, 2014 a newsletter.:

Virginia Democrats recently enforced voter ID rules that were "considerably more stringent than those contained in the state law they denounce."

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stated on August 20, 2014 a tweet.:

Pinnacle Overlook in Southwest Virginia is "closer to eight other state capitals than to Richmond."

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Greg Kelly
stated on January 11, 2021 in a TV segment:

Says Joe Biden is on video "admitting to" election fraud in a "confession."

By Bill McCarthy • January 12, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on January 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“The U.S. Department of State … released a statement on their website stating that Donald J. Trump's term ended” on Jan. 11, 2021.

By Noah Y. Kim • January 12, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on January 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Nancy Pelosi is no longer the Speaker of the House

By Samantha Putterman • January 12, 2021
Viral image
stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post:

NPR posted a story about the Capitol breach before it happened.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 12, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on January 9, 2021 in a screenshot:

A second impeachment means Donald Trump loses his lifetime pension, travel allowance, Secret Service detail, and his ability to run for public office.

By Daniel Funke • January 11, 2021
Viral image
stated on January 6, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Mike Pence changed “his Twitter banner photo to Biden and Harris.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 11, 2021
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 8, 2021 in an interview with Ohio reporters:

Summer “protesters outside the White House were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, a full militarized response. While ... rioters were able to breach the Capitol.”

By Jon Greenberg • January 11, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on January 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Video shows man upset because he was added to the no-fly list for storming the Capitol.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 11, 2021
Kim Reynolds
stated on January 7, 2021 in a news conference:

Before COVID-19, “more Iowans (were) working than at any other time in our state history."

By Sarah Watson • January 11, 2021
Bloggers
stated on January 10, 2021 in a story:

"Trump signs Insurrection Act - General Flynn to be appointed vice president."

By Samantha Putterman • January 11, 2021