Latest Fact-checks in Arizona Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Debbie Lesko stated on August 30, 2022 in a tweet: Electric vehicles are unaffordable because “the average cost of replacing an electric vehicle battery is over $10,000, while the average cost of replacing the battery of a gas-powered car is $100 to $200.” Arizona Democratic Party stated on September 13, 2022 in a tweet: Abraham Hamadeh misled "about his legal experience.” Nick Myers stated on September 12, 2022 in a debate: Federal aid to tribal governments is “foreign aid.” Mark Finchem stated on October 9, 2022 in a rally: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” Mark Finchem stated on September 22, 2022 in a debate: “I don’t care for mail-in voting. That’s why I go to the polls.” Katie Hobbs stated on October 9, 2022 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation: Kari Lake has “gone on the record saying she supports Arizona's complete abortion ban. She's called it a great law.” Kari Lake stated on October 9, 2022 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation: “Katie Hobbs voted for allowing a baby who survives an abortion — that the hospital would refuse medical care and allow the baby to die on a cold metal tray.” Adrian Fontes stated on September 22, 2022 in a debate: Mark Finchem “wants to strip Arizona’s citizens of their capacity to vote by mail.” Mark Finchem stated on September 22, 2022 in a Secretary of State debate: Ballot harvesting “altered the outcome” of a city council election in Yuma County, Arizona. Tom Horne stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet: Under Kathy Hoffman, “student test scores plummeted. Even before COVID, under the current regime, over half of Arizona students were not proficient in reading or math.” Mark Finchem stated on July 28, 2022 in a speech: Then-Vice President Mike Pence "seized power" from President Donald Trump and undertook "a coup" when he called on federal agencies to stop the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Kathy Hoffman stated on July 28, 2022 in a tweet: “Since 2019, I've successfully lobbied for the funds to add hundreds of school counselors, lowering our student to school counselor ratio by 20%.” Senate Majority PAC stated on September 12, 2022 in an ad: Blake Masters does not support abortion exceptions for rape and incest. Saving Arizona PAC stated on September 8, 2022 in a campaign ad: “Mark Kelly voted against the Keystone pipeline, which caused higher gas prices.” Mark Finchem stated on August 25, 2022 in a radio show: “In Arizona, we have flood the zone with fake ballots.” Mark Kelly stated on August 5, 2022 in an ad: Blake Masters “wants to pass a national ban on abortion.” Blake Masters stated on August 8, 2022 in an interview: On privatizing Social Security. Facebook posts stated on August 3, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Send your postcards to 5 key states to decertify fraud” in the 2020 election. X posts stated on July 28, 2022 in a tweet: Pens provided by Maricopa County are part of a plot to rig the Arizona primary. Blake Masters stated on July 22, 2022 in remarks at a Trump rally in Arizona: Sen. Mark Kelly “voted to legalize abortion up until the moment of birth.” Kari Lake stated on July 7, 2022 in an ad: "Karrin Taylor Robson gave illegals tuition discounts and made us pay for it." Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: Donald Trump gave a speech in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on July 18, 2022. Jim Lamon stated on June 2, 2022 in a statement posted on Twitter: Blake Masters “unironically quoted a Nazi, called World War II an unjust war, called the Unabomber one of his intellectual influencers, and shared an article attacking Israel as the North Korea of the Middle East.” Mark Brnovich stated on May 23, 2022 in a tweet: Increased encounters at the southwest border in April 2022 compared to April 2020 are attributable to changes in border policy. Blake Masters stated on May 14, 2022 in a tweet: “Democrats want open borders so they can bring in and amnesty tens of millions of illegal aliens — that’s their electoral strategy.” Aaron Lieberman stated on April 28, 2022 in an ad: "Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis," while "two federal juries have found" Katie Hobbs "guilty of racial discrimination." The Gateway Pundit stated on April 24, 2022 in a blog post: “A STOLEN ELECTION: State totals minus illegal ballot trafficking numbers give President Trump decisive victories in AZ, GA, MI, PA, and WI.” National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on April 25, 2022 in an ad: Sen. Mark Kelly voted “for benefits to illegals.” Mick McGuire stated on March 24, 2022 in an ad: Ketanji Brown Jackson has "a weak record — defund police, abolish ICE and now a completely open border policy." Kari Lake stated on March 13, 2022 in an interview with 60 Minutes Australia: Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.”
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Debbie Lesko stated on August 30, 2022 in a tweet: Electric vehicles are unaffordable because “the average cost of replacing an electric vehicle battery is over $10,000, while the average cost of replacing the battery of a gas-powered car is $100 to $200.” Arizona Democratic Party stated on September 13, 2022 in a tweet: Abraham Hamadeh misled "about his legal experience.” Nick Myers stated on September 12, 2022 in a debate: Federal aid to tribal governments is “foreign aid.” Mark Finchem stated on October 9, 2022 in a rally: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.” Mark Finchem stated on September 22, 2022 in a debate: “I don’t care for mail-in voting. That’s why I go to the polls.” Katie Hobbs stated on October 9, 2022 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation: Kari Lake has “gone on the record saying she supports Arizona's complete abortion ban. She's called it a great law.” Kari Lake stated on October 9, 2022 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation: “Katie Hobbs voted for allowing a baby who survives an abortion — that the hospital would refuse medical care and allow the baby to die on a cold metal tray.” Adrian Fontes stated on September 22, 2022 in a debate: Mark Finchem “wants to strip Arizona’s citizens of their capacity to vote by mail.” Mark Finchem stated on September 22, 2022 in a Secretary of State debate: Ballot harvesting “altered the outcome” of a city council election in Yuma County, Arizona. Tom Horne stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet: Under Kathy Hoffman, “student test scores plummeted. Even before COVID, under the current regime, over half of Arizona students were not proficient in reading or math.” Mark Finchem stated on July 28, 2022 in a speech: Then-Vice President Mike Pence "seized power" from President Donald Trump and undertook "a coup" when he called on federal agencies to stop the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Kathy Hoffman stated on July 28, 2022 in a tweet: “Since 2019, I've successfully lobbied for the funds to add hundreds of school counselors, lowering our student to school counselor ratio by 20%.” Senate Majority PAC stated on September 12, 2022 in an ad: Blake Masters does not support abortion exceptions for rape and incest. Saving Arizona PAC stated on September 8, 2022 in a campaign ad: “Mark Kelly voted against the Keystone pipeline, which caused higher gas prices.” Mark Finchem stated on August 25, 2022 in a radio show: “In Arizona, we have flood the zone with fake ballots.” Mark Kelly stated on August 5, 2022 in an ad: Blake Masters “wants to pass a national ban on abortion.” Blake Masters stated on August 8, 2022 in an interview: On privatizing Social Security. Facebook posts stated on August 3, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Send your postcards to 5 key states to decertify fraud” in the 2020 election. X posts stated on July 28, 2022 in a tweet: Pens provided by Maricopa County are part of a plot to rig the Arizona primary. Blake Masters stated on July 22, 2022 in remarks at a Trump rally in Arizona: Sen. Mark Kelly “voted to legalize abortion up until the moment of birth.” Kari Lake stated on July 7, 2022 in an ad: "Karrin Taylor Robson gave illegals tuition discounts and made us pay for it." Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: Donald Trump gave a speech in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on July 18, 2022. Jim Lamon stated on June 2, 2022 in a statement posted on Twitter: Blake Masters “unironically quoted a Nazi, called World War II an unjust war, called the Unabomber one of his intellectual influencers, and shared an article attacking Israel as the North Korea of the Middle East.” Mark Brnovich stated on May 23, 2022 in a tweet: Increased encounters at the southwest border in April 2022 compared to April 2020 are attributable to changes in border policy. Blake Masters stated on May 14, 2022 in a tweet: “Democrats want open borders so they can bring in and amnesty tens of millions of illegal aliens — that’s their electoral strategy.” Aaron Lieberman stated on April 28, 2022 in an ad: "Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis," while "two federal juries have found" Katie Hobbs "guilty of racial discrimination." The Gateway Pundit stated on April 24, 2022 in a blog post: “A STOLEN ELECTION: State totals minus illegal ballot trafficking numbers give President Trump decisive victories in AZ, GA, MI, PA, and WI.” National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on April 25, 2022 in an ad: Sen. Mark Kelly voted “for benefits to illegals.” Mick McGuire stated on March 24, 2022 in an ad: Ketanji Brown Jackson has "a weak record — defund police, abolish ICE and now a completely open border policy." Kari Lake stated on March 13, 2022 in an interview with 60 Minutes Australia: Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.”
Debbie Lesko stated on August 30, 2022 in a tweet: Electric vehicles are unaffordable because “the average cost of replacing an electric vehicle battery is over $10,000, while the average cost of replacing the battery of a gas-powered car is $100 to $200.”
Arizona Democratic Party stated on September 13, 2022 in a tweet: Abraham Hamadeh misled "about his legal experience.”
Nick Myers stated on September 12, 2022 in a debate: Federal aid to tribal governments is “foreign aid.”
Mark Finchem stated on October 9, 2022 in a rally: The Electronic Registration Information Center is “a system that’s funded by George Soros.”
Mark Finchem stated on September 22, 2022 in a debate: “I don’t care for mail-in voting. That’s why I go to the polls.”
Katie Hobbs stated on October 9, 2022 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation: Kari Lake has “gone on the record saying she supports Arizona's complete abortion ban. She's called it a great law.”
Kari Lake stated on October 9, 2022 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation: “Katie Hobbs voted for allowing a baby who survives an abortion — that the hospital would refuse medical care and allow the baby to die on a cold metal tray.”
Adrian Fontes stated on September 22, 2022 in a debate: Mark Finchem “wants to strip Arizona’s citizens of their capacity to vote by mail.”
Mark Finchem stated on September 22, 2022 in a Secretary of State debate: Ballot harvesting “altered the outcome” of a city council election in Yuma County, Arizona.
Tom Horne stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet: Under Kathy Hoffman, “student test scores plummeted. Even before COVID, under the current regime, over half of Arizona students were not proficient in reading or math.”
Mark Finchem stated on July 28, 2022 in a speech: Then-Vice President Mike Pence "seized power" from President Donald Trump and undertook "a coup" when he called on federal agencies to stop the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Kathy Hoffman stated on July 28, 2022 in a tweet: “Since 2019, I've successfully lobbied for the funds to add hundreds of school counselors, lowering our student to school counselor ratio by 20%.”
Senate Majority PAC stated on September 12, 2022 in an ad: Blake Masters does not support abortion exceptions for rape and incest.
Saving Arizona PAC stated on September 8, 2022 in a campaign ad: “Mark Kelly voted against the Keystone pipeline, which caused higher gas prices.”
Mark Finchem stated on August 25, 2022 in a radio show: “In Arizona, we have flood the zone with fake ballots.”
Mark Kelly stated on August 5, 2022 in an ad: Blake Masters “wants to pass a national ban on abortion.”
Facebook posts stated on August 3, 2022 in a Facebook post: "Send your postcards to 5 key states to decertify fraud” in the 2020 election.
X posts stated on July 28, 2022 in a tweet: Pens provided by Maricopa County are part of a plot to rig the Arizona primary.
Blake Masters stated on July 22, 2022 in remarks at a Trump rally in Arizona: Sen. Mark Kelly “voted to legalize abortion up until the moment of birth.”
Kari Lake stated on July 7, 2022 in an ad: "Karrin Taylor Robson gave illegals tuition discounts and made us pay for it."
Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2022 in a Facebook post: Donald Trump gave a speech in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on July 18, 2022.
Jim Lamon stated on June 2, 2022 in a statement posted on Twitter: Blake Masters “unironically quoted a Nazi, called World War II an unjust war, called the Unabomber one of his intellectual influencers, and shared an article attacking Israel as the North Korea of the Middle East.”
Mark Brnovich stated on May 23, 2022 in a tweet: Increased encounters at the southwest border in April 2022 compared to April 2020 are attributable to changes in border policy.
Blake Masters stated on May 14, 2022 in a tweet: “Democrats want open borders so they can bring in and amnesty tens of millions of illegal aliens — that’s their electoral strategy.”
Aaron Lieberman stated on April 28, 2022 in an ad: "Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis," while "two federal juries have found" Katie Hobbs "guilty of racial discrimination."
The Gateway Pundit stated on April 24, 2022 in a blog post: “A STOLEN ELECTION: State totals minus illegal ballot trafficking numbers give President Trump decisive victories in AZ, GA, MI, PA, and WI.”
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on April 25, 2022 in an ad: Sen. Mark Kelly voted “for benefits to illegals.”
Mick McGuire stated on March 24, 2022 in an ad: Ketanji Brown Jackson has "a weak record — defund police, abolish ICE and now a completely open border policy."
Kari Lake stated on March 13, 2022 in an interview with 60 Minutes Australia: Jan. 6 defendants “are being held in prison without being charged.”
