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Emma Hinchliffe is a Hearst fellow at the Houston Chronicle.

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Julián Castro
stated on June 17, 2016 in comments at Texas Democratic Party convention:

"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."

By Emma Hinchliffe • August 17, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on March 28, 2016 in a campaign email:

"The Obama administration has even joined Islamist governments in sponsoring a U.N. resolution that would shred our First Amendment by threatening to make discussion of radical Islamism potentially illegal."

By Emma Hinchliffe • May 9, 2016
Sylvester Turner
stated on March 4, 2016 in a ceremony to introduce new local transit authority chairman:

"We have been focusing so much, especially the Texas Department of Transportation, on that 97 percent of people in single-occupancy vehicles."

By Emma Hinchliffe • May 6, 2016
Gina Hinojosa
stated on February 26, 2016 in a campaign mailer:

"Texas has a higher incarceration rate than Russia or Iran."

By Emma Hinchliffe • March 23, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on November 21, 2015 in a TV ad that ran mostly in Iowa:

Says Donald Trump and Marco Rubio opposed Cruz’s "efforts to defund Planned Parenthood."

By Emma Hinchliffe • March 16, 2016
Ken Paxton
stated on February 5, 2016 in press release:

"Statistics show 2 to 3 Texas women per week have major complications and 10 women per week seek help at an ER after an abortion."

By Emma Hinchliffe • March 4, 2016
Stephanie Schriock
stated on February 1, 2016 in as quoted by the Texas Tribune:

"Texas is home to millions of Latinas, but the state has never elected a Latina to Congress."

By Emma Hinchliffe • February 29, 2016
Adrian Garcia
stated on February 5, 2016 in a campaign news release:

"Gene Green is the NRA’s favorite Democrat in Congress. ... "It’s no wonder the congressman has a lifetime A rating from the NRA."

By Emma Hinchliffe • February 5, 2016
Jeb Bush
stated on December 28, 2015 in remarks at a Florida campaign stop:

"In Houston, Texas, today, there are no homeless veterans."

By Emma Hinchliffe • January 15, 2016
Cecile Richards
stated on December 15, 2015 in an interview by actress Lena Dunham:

"More than 60 percent of people in America support Planned Parenthood and only 11 percent approve of Congress."

By Emma Hinchliffe • January 2, 2016

Ted Cruz's 'Pants on Fire' claim about U.N. shredding First Amendment

By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2016
Ted Cruz fact check about shrinking Democrats drew our most clicks in November

By Emma Hinchliffe • December 4, 2015
MOSTLY FALSE: Martin O'Malley's claim that immigration reform raises U.S. household incomes $250

By Emma Hinchliffe • November 27, 2015
Ted Cruz sticks to Mostly False claim about shrinking Democratic Party

By W. Gardner Selby • November 17, 2015