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Alan Hovorka is a 2017 summer intern at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and a contributor to PolitiFact Wisconsin.

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Republican Governors Association
stated on July 29, 2022 in Email:

"Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments."

By Alan Hovorka • August 12, 2022
Francesca Hong
stated on May 18, 2022 in a tweet:

"In the Wisconsin State Assembly this session, more than 75% of GOP bills received a public hearing. Meanwhile, the GOP allowed less than 2% of Democratic bills to have a hearing."

By Alan Hovorka • July 26, 2022
Sarah Godlewski
stated on May 8, 2022 in Newspaper opinion piece:

"Fifty-four percent of Wisconsinites live in a child care desert."

By Alan Hovorka • July 20, 2022
Tom Tiffany
stated on February 18, 2022 in Twitter:

The Biden administration has been "recklessly releasing potentially dangerous Afghans into our communities."

By Alan Hovorka • May 13, 2022
Tony Evers
stated on January 13, 2022 in News release:

Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.”

By Alan Hovorka • February 15, 2022
Derrick Van Orden
stated on December 7, 2021 in Twitter:

Actions by Joe Biden left "10,000 to 15,000 American citizens abandoned to terrorists in Afghanistan."

By Alan Hovorka • January 4, 2022
Patrick Testin
stated on August 29, 2021 in TV interview:

"The vast majority of the (refugees) coming into Fort McCoy are not the SIVs" and some have "no documentation at all."

By Alan Hovorka • October 13, 2021
Eric Toney
stated on September 9, 2021 in News release:

Says he “is the only candidate in the Wisconsin Attorney General race with experience as a prosecutor.”

By Alan Hovorka • September 16, 2021
Eric Toney
stated on August 22, 2021 in TV interview:

"I'm the only front-line prosecutor in this race that's actually used the resources of the Wisconsin Crime Lab in the prosecution of cases."

By Alan Hovorka • September 13, 2021
Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2017 in a TV interview:

"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."

By Alan Hovorka • September 6, 2017