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Can’t tell35% confidence7 sourcesSep 15, 2026James Talarico does not live in the district he represents.Said by AThe sources report that Talarico listed his parents' Austin address on his voter registration and did not update it until September 2024, after buying a home nearby, and his campaign says he lives at a north Austin home he owns. None of the sources states that this home lies outside House District 50, so the claim that he does not live in the district he represents is neither confirmed nor refuted. The claim is also a paraphrase of the post, which says he doesn't live with his mother and that she lives in the district and he doesn't; that reading is graded here as the same assertion.Can’t tell60% confidence2 sourcesSep 15, 2026In the 2016 primary, Jeb Bush raised $78.6 million before dropping out.Said by AThe claim departs from the passage: the post attributes the $78.6 million figure to Cruz, who stayed in the race later, not to Jeb Bush, whom it says raised the most money at the point he dropped out. The sources do not report a $78.6 million figure for Bush, and they report larger Bush fundraising totals (over $100 million to over $150 million including his super PAC), so the figure as attached to Bush cannot be confirmed.Can’t tell40% confidence5 sourcesSep 15, 2026The Senate Leadership Fund has spent $50.2 million in the current Texas race.Said by ANo source reports SLF's Texas spending as of 2026-09-15, so the $50.2 million figure is neither confirmed nor refuted. The nearest data points are a Texas Tribune report (2026-09-22) of 'nearly $70 million' already spent and Politico's $131 million by Oct. 10, which are consistent with a lower mid-September figure but do not establish $50.2 million.Can’t tell30% confidence7 sourcesSep 15, 2026The Texas Senate previously claimed to have engaged in election finance reform.Said by ANone of the sources records the Texas Senate making the claimed 'election finance reform' statement, so the claim can be neither confirmed nor refuted. The closest source, a 2017 Texas Senate ethics-reform passage, is about a different bill and does not contain the quoted assertion. The post says only 'The Senate', so the Texas attribution is an inference from context.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.Can’t tell40% confidence5 sourcesSep 15, 2026Pipe Yard Inc. facilitates the removal and sale of pipelines across three different states.Said by AThe sources support that Pipe Yard Inc. removes pipelines and buys and sells used pipe, with its own website claiming removals 'anywhere in the United States.' None of the sources says the company works in exactly three states, so that specific figure is unverified, and the sources are mostly self-published or aggregator listings. The claim's 'three states' detail comes from the post, and the post's claim that this business is 'entire pipelines' moving across three states is not corroborated by independent records as of 2026-09-15.