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Wright’s Misleading Claims About Electricity Prices in Red vs. Blue States
Energy Secretary Chris Wright has blamed high electricity prices in Democrat-led states on climate policies. Prices do tend to be higher in blue states than red states, but climate policies at most explain a modest portion of the price difference.
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As fact-checkers, we watch a lot of ads in the lead-up to elections, and we only write about a fraction of them. Some of them are downright bizarre. As we first started doing 20 years ago -- just for fun -- on Election Day, we're giving out pretend awards to some of the notable ads we came across this campaign cycle.
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Common Themes in the 2026 Midterms
Over the course of this election, we've monitored key toss-up congressional races, fact-checking false claims and distortions of the facts on a host of topics. But some issues have loomed larger than others.
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In Kansas, Both Sides Twist the Facts in Accusations of Protecting Pedophiles
In Kansas’ tight Senate race, ads from Democratic and Republican outside groups are accusing the other party’s candidate of having protected pedophiles. In both cases, the attacks are misleading or unsupported by the evidence.
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Talarico Ad Omits Details of Crystal Mason’s Illegal Voting Case
One of the closing ads from Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race says that Crystal Mason received a five-year prison sentence for illegal voting "because of Ken Paxton’s crackdown on voters of color." But there's more to the story.
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