Latest Fact-checks by Joe Guillen Tom Niehaus stated on January 3, 2013 in an online video: "Unlike the gridlock in Washington, more than 80 percent of the bills we passed during this General Assembly had bipartisan support." Mike DeWine stated on November 14, 2012 in a news conference: "A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone." Voters First Ohio stated on September 25, 2012 in a news story: Says the NAACP's Ohio chapter has endorsed Issue 2. Jon Husted stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview with reporters: A member of the redistricting commission proposed in Issue 2 "could accept a bribe from somebody" and "couldn’t be removed from this commission." Ohio Republican Party stated on September 11, 2012 in an election flier : Says Ohio's Issue 2 will create a redistricting commission that will "have a blank check to spend our money." Protect Your Vote Ohio stated on August 1, 2012 in a news release: "Thousands of politicians from across Ohio – along with their relatives, employees and friends – are still eligible to serve" on the proposed redistricting commission. Mike Dovilla stated on July 27, 2012 in In a campaign mailer: "Mike Dovilla’s big ideas like expanding the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit, which helped bring films like ‘The Avengers’ to Cleveland, have helped make our state No. 1 in the Midwest for job creation." Ohio Republican Party stated on July 10, 2012 in an emailed statement: "Sherrod Brown and his special interest allies in Washington are plotting to spend over $13 million" to defeat Josh Mandel. Dan Ramos stated on June 13, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio House: Lorain "is the poorest urban school district in the state of Ohio." Ron Gerberry stated on April 17, 2012 in a news conference: The last three days of early voting "happen to be the most populated days of voting that we have in early voting." Mike Foley stated on April 25, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio House: Says Ohio law gives tax breaks "to rich people who own private jets." Mike Dovilla stated on April 12, 2012 in a news release: "Tourism accounts for 439,000 jobs in the state of Ohio, and visitors spend $36 billion annually." Eric Kearney stated on March 28, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio Senate: An effort to repeal voting-reform legislation would be "the first time in Ohio history where a bill has been passed to stop a referendum." John Kasich stated on March 2, 2012 in a session with reporters: "The total (state) payroll has gone down. The total amount of the number of workers in the state has gone down. I like the fact that the bulk of that is just by retirements." Jon Husted stated on January 26, 2012 in a public forum: "Every time we put a ballot issue on, it costs a million dollars." Nickie Antonio stated on January 24, 2012 in a news conference: "Statistics bear out that any time a country, a state, makes more restrictive abortion laws ... fatalities go up and abortions actually increase." Ohio Right to Life stated on December 5, 2011 in a news release: "Ohio’s Planned Parenthood operations received millions of taxpayer dollars via federal grants in 2010 and 2011." Armond Budish stated on November 3, 2011 in a news conference: Dem-controlled Ohio House voted "to change the process, to create objective criteria, to modify the Constitution" ... to "take politics out of the efforts to draw legislative boundaries." John Kasich stated on October 31, 2011 in a campaign speech: "They talk about this problem with binding arbitration. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to have somebody from Los Angeles fly into Zanesville and impose a wage settlement on you ... and then they’re on the plane back to Los Angeles." Josh Mandel stated on October 5, 2011 in an email to supporters: The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive." We Are Ohio stated on September 27, 2011 in a television commercial: "Senate Bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need." We Are Ohio stated on September 13, 2011 in a campaign commercial: Says that politicians who approved collective bargaining restrictions for public employees "exploited a loophole exempting themselves from Senate Bill 5." We Are Ohio stated on September 2, 2011 in a campaign commercial: "Issue 2 makes it illegal for us to negotiate for enough firefighters to do the job." Marcia Fudge stated on August 22, 2011 in an e-mail to Democratic supporters: "H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate." Ted Strickland stated on July 26, 2011 in an interview with Politico: "Josh Mandel used to be pro-choice, now he’s anti-choice. He used to be sympathetic towards gay and lesbians and now he’s [not]." Peggy Lehner stated on July 18, 2011 in a radio interview: "There’s actually 600 abortions done after the 20th week of pregnancy every year in Ohio." Kris Jordan stated on June 15, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio Senate: "Fracturing or horizontally fracturing the shale to open up larger pockets of natural gas ... has been used for over 60 years and, as of 2009, over 80,000 wells have been fracked in Ohio." William G. Batchelder stated on May 29, 2011 in an appearance on the Ohio News Network: Says the Ohio Consumers’ Council office employs 74 lawyers and that the funding them is wasteful duplication. Amy Hanauer stated on May 5, 2011 in at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse: "To give a sense of how families are struggling, a record four out of every 10 school kids in Ohio now qualifies for subsidized lunch." John Kasich stated on April 26, 2011 in a radio interview: "Two million federal workers negotiate zippo, zero. There is no collective bargaining for federal employees."
Tom Niehaus stated on January 3, 2013 in an online video: "Unlike the gridlock in Washington, more than 80 percent of the bills we passed during this General Assembly had bipartisan support." Mike DeWine stated on November 14, 2012 in a news conference: "A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone." Voters First Ohio stated on September 25, 2012 in a news story: Says the NAACP's Ohio chapter has endorsed Issue 2. Jon Husted stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview with reporters: A member of the redistricting commission proposed in Issue 2 "could accept a bribe from somebody" and "couldn’t be removed from this commission." Ohio Republican Party stated on September 11, 2012 in an election flier : Says Ohio's Issue 2 will create a redistricting commission that will "have a blank check to spend our money." Protect Your Vote Ohio stated on August 1, 2012 in a news release: "Thousands of politicians from across Ohio – along with their relatives, employees and friends – are still eligible to serve" on the proposed redistricting commission. Mike Dovilla stated on July 27, 2012 in In a campaign mailer: "Mike Dovilla’s big ideas like expanding the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit, which helped bring films like ‘The Avengers’ to Cleveland, have helped make our state No. 1 in the Midwest for job creation." Ohio Republican Party stated on July 10, 2012 in an emailed statement: "Sherrod Brown and his special interest allies in Washington are plotting to spend over $13 million" to defeat Josh Mandel. Dan Ramos stated on June 13, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio House: Lorain "is the poorest urban school district in the state of Ohio." Ron Gerberry stated on April 17, 2012 in a news conference: The last three days of early voting "happen to be the most populated days of voting that we have in early voting." Mike Foley stated on April 25, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio House: Says Ohio law gives tax breaks "to rich people who own private jets." Mike Dovilla stated on April 12, 2012 in a news release: "Tourism accounts for 439,000 jobs in the state of Ohio, and visitors spend $36 billion annually." Eric Kearney stated on March 28, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio Senate: An effort to repeal voting-reform legislation would be "the first time in Ohio history where a bill has been passed to stop a referendum." John Kasich stated on March 2, 2012 in a session with reporters: "The total (state) payroll has gone down. The total amount of the number of workers in the state has gone down. I like the fact that the bulk of that is just by retirements." Jon Husted stated on January 26, 2012 in a public forum: "Every time we put a ballot issue on, it costs a million dollars." Nickie Antonio stated on January 24, 2012 in a news conference: "Statistics bear out that any time a country, a state, makes more restrictive abortion laws ... fatalities go up and abortions actually increase." Ohio Right to Life stated on December 5, 2011 in a news release: "Ohio’s Planned Parenthood operations received millions of taxpayer dollars via federal grants in 2010 and 2011." Armond Budish stated on November 3, 2011 in a news conference: Dem-controlled Ohio House voted "to change the process, to create objective criteria, to modify the Constitution" ... to "take politics out of the efforts to draw legislative boundaries." John Kasich stated on October 31, 2011 in a campaign speech: "They talk about this problem with binding arbitration. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to have somebody from Los Angeles fly into Zanesville and impose a wage settlement on you ... and then they’re on the plane back to Los Angeles." Josh Mandel stated on October 5, 2011 in an email to supporters: The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive." We Are Ohio stated on September 27, 2011 in a television commercial: "Senate Bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need." We Are Ohio stated on September 13, 2011 in a campaign commercial: Says that politicians who approved collective bargaining restrictions for public employees "exploited a loophole exempting themselves from Senate Bill 5." We Are Ohio stated on September 2, 2011 in a campaign commercial: "Issue 2 makes it illegal for us to negotiate for enough firefighters to do the job." Marcia Fudge stated on August 22, 2011 in an e-mail to Democratic supporters: "H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate." Ted Strickland stated on July 26, 2011 in an interview with Politico: "Josh Mandel used to be pro-choice, now he’s anti-choice. He used to be sympathetic towards gay and lesbians and now he’s [not]." Peggy Lehner stated on July 18, 2011 in a radio interview: "There’s actually 600 abortions done after the 20th week of pregnancy every year in Ohio." Kris Jordan stated on June 15, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio Senate: "Fracturing or horizontally fracturing the shale to open up larger pockets of natural gas ... has been used for over 60 years and, as of 2009, over 80,000 wells have been fracked in Ohio." William G. Batchelder stated on May 29, 2011 in an appearance on the Ohio News Network: Says the Ohio Consumers’ Council office employs 74 lawyers and that the funding them is wasteful duplication. Amy Hanauer stated on May 5, 2011 in at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse: "To give a sense of how families are struggling, a record four out of every 10 school kids in Ohio now qualifies for subsidized lunch." John Kasich stated on April 26, 2011 in a radio interview: "Two million federal workers negotiate zippo, zero. There is no collective bargaining for federal employees."
Tom Niehaus stated on January 3, 2013 in an online video: "Unlike the gridlock in Washington, more than 80 percent of the bills we passed during this General Assembly had bipartisan support."
Mike DeWine stated on November 14, 2012 in a news conference: "A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."
Voters First Ohio stated on September 25, 2012 in a news story: Says the NAACP's Ohio chapter has endorsed Issue 2.
Jon Husted stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview with reporters: A member of the redistricting commission proposed in Issue 2 "could accept a bribe from somebody" and "couldn’t be removed from this commission."
Ohio Republican Party stated on September 11, 2012 in an election flier : Says Ohio's Issue 2 will create a redistricting commission that will "have a blank check to spend our money."
Protect Your Vote Ohio stated on August 1, 2012 in a news release: "Thousands of politicians from across Ohio – along with their relatives, employees and friends – are still eligible to serve" on the proposed redistricting commission.
Mike Dovilla stated on July 27, 2012 in In a campaign mailer: "Mike Dovilla’s big ideas like expanding the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit, which helped bring films like ‘The Avengers’ to Cleveland, have helped make our state No. 1 in the Midwest for job creation."
Ohio Republican Party stated on July 10, 2012 in an emailed statement: "Sherrod Brown and his special interest allies in Washington are plotting to spend over $13 million" to defeat Josh Mandel.
Dan Ramos stated on June 13, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio House: Lorain "is the poorest urban school district in the state of Ohio."
Ron Gerberry stated on April 17, 2012 in a news conference: The last three days of early voting "happen to be the most populated days of voting that we have in early voting."
Mike Foley stated on April 25, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio House: Says Ohio law gives tax breaks "to rich people who own private jets."
Mike Dovilla stated on April 12, 2012 in a news release: "Tourism accounts for 439,000 jobs in the state of Ohio, and visitors spend $36 billion annually."
Eric Kearney stated on March 28, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio Senate: An effort to repeal voting-reform legislation would be "the first time in Ohio history where a bill has been passed to stop a referendum."
John Kasich stated on March 2, 2012 in a session with reporters: "The total (state) payroll has gone down. The total amount of the number of workers in the state has gone down. I like the fact that the bulk of that is just by retirements."
Jon Husted stated on January 26, 2012 in a public forum: "Every time we put a ballot issue on, it costs a million dollars."
Nickie Antonio stated on January 24, 2012 in a news conference: "Statistics bear out that any time a country, a state, makes more restrictive abortion laws ... fatalities go up and abortions actually increase."
Ohio Right to Life stated on December 5, 2011 in a news release: "Ohio’s Planned Parenthood operations received millions of taxpayer dollars via federal grants in 2010 and 2011."
Armond Budish stated on November 3, 2011 in a news conference: Dem-controlled Ohio House voted "to change the process, to create objective criteria, to modify the Constitution" ... to "take politics out of the efforts to draw legislative boundaries."
John Kasich stated on October 31, 2011 in a campaign speech: "They talk about this problem with binding arbitration. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to me to have somebody from Los Angeles fly into Zanesville and impose a wage settlement on you ... and then they’re on the plane back to Los Angeles."
Josh Mandel stated on October 5, 2011 in an email to supporters: The STAR Ohio fund "just received the highest possible credit rating one of these funds can receive."
We Are Ohio stated on September 27, 2011 in a television commercial: "Senate Bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need."
We Are Ohio stated on September 13, 2011 in a campaign commercial: Says that politicians who approved collective bargaining restrictions for public employees "exploited a loophole exempting themselves from Senate Bill 5."
We Are Ohio stated on September 2, 2011 in a campaign commercial: "Issue 2 makes it illegal for us to negotiate for enough firefighters to do the job."
Marcia Fudge stated on August 22, 2011 in an e-mail to Democratic supporters: "H.B. 194, the Voter Suppression Bill, invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate, but also writes in the name of that same candidate."
Ted Strickland stated on July 26, 2011 in an interview with Politico: "Josh Mandel used to be pro-choice, now he’s anti-choice. He used to be sympathetic towards gay and lesbians and now he’s [not]."
Peggy Lehner stated on July 18, 2011 in a radio interview: "There’s actually 600 abortions done after the 20th week of pregnancy every year in Ohio."
Kris Jordan stated on June 15, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio Senate: "Fracturing or horizontally fracturing the shale to open up larger pockets of natural gas ... has been used for over 60 years and, as of 2009, over 80,000 wells have been fracked in Ohio."
William G. Batchelder stated on May 29, 2011 in an appearance on the Ohio News Network: Says the Ohio Consumers’ Council office employs 74 lawyers and that the funding them is wasteful duplication.
Amy Hanauer stated on May 5, 2011 in at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse: "To give a sense of how families are struggling, a record four out of every 10 school kids in Ohio now qualifies for subsidized lunch."
John Kasich stated on April 26, 2011 in a radio interview: "Two million federal workers negotiate zippo, zero. There is no collective bargaining for federal employees."