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John Cox stated on May 4, 2021 in a campaign press conference:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom “just let 76,000 inmates out of jail."

By Chris Nichols • May 5, 2021

Gavin Newsom stated on August 17, 2018 in a TV interview:

Says John Cox "parroted, parroted Trump — almost verbatim — on the children’s separation issues at the border."

By Chris Nichols • September 12, 2018

John Cox stated on July 30, 2018 in a Fox Business Network interview:

"Fully half the people — our research is showing half the people — in (California) want to leave."

By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2018

Sheila Bynum-Coleman stated on September 5, 2019 in a TV ad.:

Kirk "Cox joined special interests to deny teachers raises."

By Warren Fiske • September 24, 2019

Gavin Newsom stated on May 21, 2018:

Says the California state auditor "found (John) Chiang lost track of $31 billion dollars," as state controller.

By Chris Nichols • June 1, 2018

John Chiang stated on March 23, 2017 in a speech:

"In the first two years and a couple months (as California treasurer), I have saved taxpayers and ratepayers over $5.2 billion."

By Chris Nichols • April 26, 2017

Todd Wilcox stated on May 20, 2016 in a newspaper interview:

"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."

By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016

Kirk Cox stated on June 23, 2014 in a speech.:

"There are more than 46 million Americans living in poverty today -- the largest number in 54 years."

By Sean Gorman • July 11, 2014

John Thrasher stated on July 6, 2010 in a press release sent by the Republican Party of Florida:

"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."

By Laura Figueroa, John Bartosek • July 13, 2010

Kamala Harris stated on February 24, 2019 in a podcast:

Says handing over arrested undocumented youth to ICE "was an unintended consequence" of a 2008 San Francisco policy that she supported.

By Chris Nichols • February 28, 2019

John Cox stated on October 8, 2018 in a campaign debate:

Says Gavin Newsom "didn’t solve the homeless problem at all" as mayor of San Francisco, "and it’s gotten worse."

By Chris Nichols • October 8, 2018

Ted Cruz stated on September 28, 2018 in a debate:

California "is hemorrhaging population."

By Chris Nichols • September 28, 2018

John Cox stated on April 23, 2018 in a campaign TV ad:

GOP candidate for California governor Travis Allen "on the floor vote … refused to join Republicans opposing driver licenses for illegal aliens."

By Chris Nichols • May 29, 2018

John Cox stated on April 23, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Republican candidate for California governor Travis Allen "gave campaign donations to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Barbara Boxer."

By Chris Nichols • May 25, 2018

Travis Allen stated on June 15, 2017 in a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article:

"This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas."

By Chris Nichols • December 15, 2017

John Cox stated on October 21, 2017 in a Capital Public Radio interview:

Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.

By Chris Nichols • November 16, 2017

Delaine Eastin stated on October 16, 2017 in an interview on Capital Public Radio:

Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons."

By Chris Nichols • November 9, 2017

John Cox stated on October 19, 2017 in a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed.:

"It costs nearly five times as much in California to build and maintain a mile of road as it does in the rest of the nation."

By Chris Nichols • November 1, 2017

Antonio Villaraigosa stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:

"In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation."

By Chris Nichols • October 18, 2017

Travis Allen stated on June 22, 2017 in a campaign video:

California taxes are "among the highest in the nation."

By Chris Nichols • July 11, 2017

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El debate entre John Cox y Gavin Newsom en California, chequeado

By Manuela Tobias • October 8, 2018

Fact-checking the California governor’s debate with John Cox and Gavin Newsom

By Kyra Haas, Manuela Tobias • October 8, 2018

John Carter’s claim about board intruding between doctors and patients

By W. Gardner Selby • August 22, 2012

Did Gavin Newsom ‘separate families and deport children’ in San Francisco?

By Chris Nichols • July 12, 2018

Claims abound on California’s ‘highest-in-the-nation’ costs. Not all are factual.

By Chris Nichols • November 16, 2017

Plane crash at DCA with flag in foreground

Did Donald Trump’s firing of aviation officials make the DC crash likelier? Doubtful, experts say

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero • January 30, 2025

Introducing PolitiFact California’s ‘Newsom-Meter’, tracking the campaign promises of Gavin Newsom

By Chris Nichols • January 3, 2019

It’s election time: How have the candidates for California governor fared with the facts?

By Chris Nichols • June 4, 2018

Has Obama endorsed in the California governor’s race? No.

By Chris Nichols • May 21, 2018

It’s debate time: How have the candidates for California governor fared with the facts?

By Chris Nichols • May 7, 2018

Fact-checking TV ads in California governor’s race

By Chris Nichols • April 25, 2018

Do only a fraction of California’s Latino and black students go to four-year colleges?

By Chris Nichols • December 29, 2017

Secret Service officer reaching for gun at WHCD

Are Democrats growing more accepting of political violence?

By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2026

President Trump wants to slash voting by mail. About 1 in 4 Republicans voted that way in 2024

By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2026

GOP talking point holds ACA is haunted by ‘phantom’ enrollees, but the devil’s in the data

By Victoria Knight • October 27, 2025

Utah County Security Center, which includes the Utah County Jail, 09-12-2025

Tyler Robinson: What’s known about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect’s politics, bullet casing etchings

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 12, 2025

Supreme Court with Rainbow flag, 10-8-2019

This Supreme Court case is reshaping LGBTQ+ rights. You probably haven’t heard about it.

By Grace Abels • May 20, 2024

Why are Democrats taking sides in GOP primaries?

By Louis Jacobson, Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2022

Preexisting conditions — a cudgel Democrats are using to batter Republicans in the 2020 campaigns

By Tom Kertscher • October 5, 2020

Is the city of Tallahassee the most corrupt in Florida as President Trump said?

By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2018

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