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It's voting time in Texas and across south (consult your Truth-O-Meter)

Texan Ted Cruz, the first-term senator, speaks at a Dallas night club Monday Feb. 29, 2016 (Photo, The Associated Press). Texan Ted Cruz, the first-term senator, speaks at a Dallas night club Monday Feb. 29, 2016 (Photo, The Associated Press).

Texan Ted Cruz, the first-term senator, speaks at a Dallas night club Monday Feb. 29, 2016 (Photo, The Associated Press).

By W. Gardner Selby February 29, 2016

There's no debating this: The Republican and Democratic primaries in Texas and other states take place Tuesday.

We're thinking you might enjoy checking your presidential preferences against candidate Truth-O-Meter records.

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See the PolitiFact report cards for Republican presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, John Kasich and Ben Carson.

See the PolitiFact report cards for Democratic aspirants Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

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Wondering about the incumbent's fact-check history? Barack Obama's Truth-O-Meter record is here; of late, he's not been checked much. But in January, PolitiFact reached a MOSTLY TRUE rating of Obama's claim that as of then, the U.S. had "the strongest, most durable economy in the world."

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It's voting time in Texas and across south (consult your Truth-O-Meter)