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Non Partisan Fact Check Group says Space Lied

Lakeville, OH - In the wake of a six-figure attack ad by Democrat Congressman Zack Space, a non-partisan organization, factcheck.org, has released their findings that the ad is false and misleading.  A hearing of the Ohio Elections Commission will be held on June 17th to investigate the claims of the Space attack Ad. 

From factcheck.org:

...Democratic Rep. Zack Space of Ohio has kicked off his TV campaign with an ad that falsely accuses Republican challenger Bob Gibbs of voting to raise his legislative pay raise and misleads voters about Gibbs’ record on taxes.

...But this ad goes too far when it suggests that Gibbs doesn’t have a record of cutting taxes.

...But the fact is that Gibbs does have a record of cutting taxes. For example, he voted for a 2005 bill that when fully implemented in 2011 will cut the state income tax by 21 percent, according to a 2009 Ohio Department of Taxation fact sheet.

"Congressman Space is afraid of facing his record of raising taxes on working families and is hiding behind terribly false TV ads," said Gibbs Spokeswoman Emily Pettigrew.  "It looks like the 18th district knows what to expect from Zack Space in his campaign for re-election; deception."