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Republican from Florida

John Thrasher is a Republican state Senator representing District 8 in Northeast Florida and the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.

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Mostly False

Campaign listed donations from a Koch corporation

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Says he has "never received any contributions from the Koch brothers."

— PolitiFact Florida on Wednesday, November 19th, 2014

Pants on Fire!

Florida-based hijackers never held jobs

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Says that had E-Verify been in place in Florida when 9/11 terrorists lived here, "we might have saved the lives of 3,000 Americans."

— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

Mostly False

Cost so small no one can quantify

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Says taxpayer resources are being used "to facilitate private political agendas" through automatic payroll deduction of union dues.

— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

False

Thrasher's off by a hair

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"We will be the first party to elect a bald guy to governor."

— PolitiFact Florida on Monday, September 13th, 2010

True

The "four horsemen" sent Greer packing

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"Attorney General McCollum, Speaker-Designate Cannon, Senate President-Designate Haridopolos and I stood up to Governor Crist and worked to remove Jim Greer as Chairman because of his mismanagement of the party."

— PolitiFact Florida on Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

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PolitiFact Florida exclusive: Rick Scott wouldn't be Florida's first bald governor

John Thrasher said this weekend that, if elected, Rick Scott would be Florida's first bald governor. PolitiFact Florida dropped everything to analyze this critically important detail.