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PolitiFact Missouri staff

Ellen Cagle is an assistant city editor at the Missourian.

Featured Statements

Kurt Schaefer
stated on November 13, 2016 in an ad in the Columbia Daily Tribune:

The 2016 and 2017 Missouri budget includes more funding for the University of Missouri than any time in the last 15 years.

By Ellen Cagle • December 19, 2016
Roy Blunt
stated on August 3, 2016 in a campaign ad:

"On three occasions, judges had to stop Jason Kander from manipulating elections."

By Ellen Cagle • November 6, 2016
Eric Greitens
stated on September 30, 2016 in a press release:

Chris Koster "opposed protecting the women of Missouri" because he "was one of only four senators to vote against" a bill ending the practice of making rape victims pay for their own rape kits.

By Ellen Cagle • November 2, 2016
Jason Kander
stated on September 15, 2016 in a campaign ad:

"In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights."

By Ellen Cagle • October 6, 2016
Eric Greitens
stated on August 11, 2016 in an interview on Fox & Friends:

"We had the Democratic Governors Association and the Obama political machine come into a Republican primary to try and rig the election by spending $1 million against me in the last couple of days."

By Ellen Cagle • September 21, 2016