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Actual number likely much higher

Dan Patrick

"Since 2011, we have documentation of 1,671 dead bodies we have recovered in Texas, many in Brooks County."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

Reporting wasn't required before 2013

Donna Howard

"There have been zero reported instances of any child born alive after an abortion in Texas."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, April 18th, 2019

This is a constitutional mandate

Dan Patrick

"Like every budget passed by the Senate since I have been lieutenant governor, Senate Bill 1 is within the spending limit set by the Texas Constitution."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

This number alone says very little

Paul Bettencourt

"194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses."

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, April 8th, 2019

This number has been declining

Donna Campbell

Abortion providers perform almost 60,000 procedures in Texas every year.

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, April 5th, 2019

Some prosecutions happened before 2005

Julián Castro

Says that the George W. Bush administration in 2005 revived a long-standing law when it "decided to charge those that crossed the border with criminal violations, rather than civil ones."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, April 5th, 2019

This requires a data dive

John Bucy III

"Right now, 1 in 4 Texas women of reproductive age are uninsured, totaling 1.5 million Texas women."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, March 29th, 2019

Life expectancy is 79

Bob Hall

"We now have several hundred teachers that are over 100 years old and what I've read recently is that a baby born today, their age expectancy is 110, at least."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

He can't know this for sure

John Carter

"I was the first elected Republican in Williamson County history."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, March 22nd, 2019

These certifications are voluntary

Children at Risk

"Right now, only 11 percent of the 15,000 child care providers in Texas are certified as meeting quality standards."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, March 22nd, 2019

A political party can't give more than $5,000

Tweets

Says Beto O'Rourke "gave the remaining $4.5+ mill from his Senate race to (the Texas Democratic Party) a few months ago, & the Party sent the money back to him on the day of his announcement."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, March 20th, 2019

Less money for health care; link to tax cuts isn't direct

Julián Castro

Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."

— PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, March 20th, 2019

Data not as conclusive

Beto O'Rourke

"Nearly half of public school teachers in Texas are working a second or a third job, not for kicks, not for extra spending cash, but just to make ends meet."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, March 19th, 2019

It's unlikely he's a billionaire

Club for Growth

Says Beto O'Rourke's "father-in-law, a billionaire real estate developer who bankrolled a Super PAC to buy Beto a congressional seat…"

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, March 14th, 2019

O'Rourke tried to flee, was unsuccessful

Club for Growth

Says Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, March 14th, 2019

Wasn't referring to all women

Club for Growth

Says Beto O’Rourke perpetuated stereotypes, "casting aspersions on working women whose ‘only qualifications seemed to be large breasts and tight buttocks’."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, March 14th, 2019

O'Rourke abstained from key votes

Club for Growth

Says Beto O’Rourke did his father-in-law’s "bidding on the El Paso City Council, pushing a downtown redevelopment scheme to bulldoze a poor Hispanic neighborhood while enriching developers like his father-in-law."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, March 14th, 2019

Population size matters

Greg Abbott

"On a per capita basis, Irving-Las Colinas has more Fortune 500 companies than any city in the United States of America."

— PolitiFact Texas on Saturday, March 9th, 2019

There's no one right way to calculate this number

Chip Roy

"We amass about $100 million in debt per hour, which means we've blown through 300, 400, 450 million dollars during this charade."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, February 28th, 2019

Polls don't show clear majority

Joaquin Castro

"Most people in my home state of Texas disagree with the president building a wall across our border."

— PolitiFact Texas on Tuesday, February 26th, 2019