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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 in 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 in a Facebook post:

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

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stated on November 22, 2014 in 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 in 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 in a news release.:

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

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stated on November 12, 2014 in 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 in 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 in 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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stated on October 20, 2014 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a tweet.:

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

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