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Live fact-checking from the New Hampshire primaries

National
Jon Greenberg
By Jon Greenberg
February 1, 2016
Louis Jacobson
By Louis Jacobson
February 1, 2016

PolitiFact reporters are on the ground in New Hampshire to see the candidates and analyze their statements first hand. Follow along here.

Our Sources

Listed inside the live blog.

Browse the Truth-O-Meter

More by Louis Jacobson
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2026 in a rally in Perry, Georgia:
For gasoline prices, “You’re still paying lower than (under) Biden and Obama.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2026
Chris Pappas
stated on October 13, 2026 in a debate:
New Hampshire U.S. Senate candidate John E. Sununu “cashed in” with “Big Pharma,” earning “up to $35 million.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2026
Kelly Ayotte
stated on August 23, 2026 in an ad:
New Hampshire Democratic governor candidate Cinde Warmington “was a Purdue Pharma lobbyist. She said that OxyContin was a miracle drug.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2026
JD Vance
stated on October 17, 2026 in un foro con votantes de CBS News:
“La razón principal por la que los precios de la gasolina están tan altos es porque cuando Joe Biden era presidente, alrededor del 20% de la capacidad de refinación estadounidense dejó de operar”.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2026
JD Vance
stated on October 17, 2026 in a CBS News town hall:
“The biggest reason why gas prices are so high is because when Joe Biden was president, we had about 20% of American refining capacity that went offline.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2026
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 1, 2026 in an ad:
New Hampshire U.S. Senate candidate Chris Pappas “lied about dating an Amazon lobbyist, then voted on bills Amazon lobbied on.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2026
Sherrod Brown
stated on September 18, 2026 in an ad:
Sen. Jon Husted voted “to kick 490,000 Ohioans off their healthcare.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2026
Markwayne Mullin
stated on October 1, 2026 in a speech at a rally in Oklahoma:
For President Donald Trump, “there’s no financial gain like the past presidents have had. It’s cost him to be in office.”
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2026
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 16, 2026 in an ad:
Sherrod Brown supports “forcing childhood sex change surgery.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2026
John E. Sununu
stated on September 8, 2026 in his primary night victory speech:
“Chris Pappas voted to raise taxes 68 times. Every tax vote he’s made was to raise taxes.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2026
Chris Pappas
stated on September 15, 2026 in a press release:
New Hampshire Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Sununu “led efforts to privatize Social Security.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2026 in remarks while signing an executive order:
There are vaccines the size of a “bottle of soda … poured into a little child’s body.”
Pants on Fire!
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2026 in a Fox News interview:
Prices are “all coming down now. The food, the groceries, it’s all coming down.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 10, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2026 in una entrevista en Fox News :
En Venezuela, “Estamos ganando cientos de miles de millones de dólares (en ingresos petroleros), y ellos también”.
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2026 in a Fox News interview:
In Venezuela, “We’re making hundreds of billions of dollars (in oil revenue), and so are they.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2026

Live fact-checking from the New Hampshire primaries

Clear
New Deal for All
stated on October 23, 2026 in an ad:
Florida U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody “cast the deciding vote to block the release of the Epstein files.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 28, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2026 in a rally in Youngstown, Ohio:
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton “is trying to double your state income tax.”
False
By Cami Henry-Seymore • October 27, 2026
Social Media
stated on October 20, 2026 in social media posts:
A woman’s account of a message displayed on a Cook County, Illinois, voting machine proves the election is “rigged.”
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • October 27, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2026 in a rally:
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is “a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member.”
Pants on Fire!
By Caleb McCullough • October 27, 2026
Josh Turek
stated on October 7, 2026 in a debate:
“We lead the nation in farm foreclosures now here in Iowa.”
Mostly False
By Riley Dunn • October 27, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2026 in a rally in Perry, Georgia:
For gasoline prices, “You’re still paying lower than (under) Biden and Obama.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2026
Chris Pappas
stated on October 13, 2026 in a debate:
New Hampshire U.S. Senate candidate John E. Sununu “cashed in” with “Big Pharma,” earning “up to $35 million.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2026
David Jolly
stated on October 20, 2026 in a speech:
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds “suggests there were good parts of Jim Crow.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • October 26, 2026
Josh Stein
stated on October 20, 2026 in an X post:
In North Carolina, “thousands more absentee ballots (are) being rejected this election — at a rejection rate twice as high as in 2022.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 23, 2026
WinSenate
stated on October 19, 2026 in an ad:
“After just five years in Washington,” Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson is “$8 million richer.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • October 23, 2026
X posts
stated on October 21, 2026 in X posts:
This video shows a former James Talarico student accusing him of misconduct.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • October 22, 2026
Club for Growth Action
stated on September 14, 2026 in an ad:
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor “repeatedly” violated “a law aimed at stopping members of Congress from insider trading.”
Mostly False
By Loreben Tuquero • October 22, 2026
Kelly Ayotte
stated on August 23, 2026 in an ad:
New Hampshire Democratic governor candidate Cinde Warmington “was a Purdue Pharma lobbyist. She said that OxyContin was a miracle drug.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2026
JD Vance
stated on October 17, 2026 in un foro con votantes de CBS News:
“La razón principal por la que los precios de la gasolina están tan altos es porque cuando Joe Biden era presidente, alrededor del 20% de la capacidad de refinación estadounidense dejó de operar”.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2026
Roger Marshall
stated on October 16, 2026 in an interview with Sean Hannity:
Kansas U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hamilton “wants to shut down the beef industry.”
False
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2026
Ashley Moody
stated on October 6, 2026 in a TV ad:
Florida U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon “backed a $4 trillion tax hike on everyone in this diner,” including a server and older adults.
Half-True
By Maria Briceño • October 20, 2026
Mike Rogers
stated on October 18, 2026 in an interview:
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed “didn’t disavow” the Muslim Brotherhood.
False
By Caleb McCullough • October 19, 2026
JD Vance
stated on October 17, 2026 in a CBS News town hall:
“The biggest reason why gas prices are so high is because when Joe Biden was president, we had about 20% of American refining capacity that went offline.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2026
Social Media
stated on October 12, 2026 in an image:
If an election worker writes anything on your ballot before you put it in the voting machine, “your ballot could be disqualified.”
False
By Paul Specht • October 16, 2026
Mike Collins
stated on October 13, 2026 in in a debate:
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is “all for abortion up until and past birth.”
False
By Maria Briceño • October 16, 2026
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