Our top 5 fact-checks and reports for October 2014
We look back at last month’s most popular fact-checks and reports. Topics include Ebola, the Republican platform and Elizabeth Warren.
The Latest from PolitiFact
![Joe Scarborough](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141106212320im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/politifact%2Fmugs%2Fscarborough.jpg)
2014 midterm election spending by "the left and the right are both equal."
— PunditFact
![Herman Cain](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141106212320im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/politifact%2Fmugs%2FHerman_Cain.jpg)
"More people are losing their insurance (due to Obamacare) than are becoming newly insured."
— PunditFact
![Republican Party of Wisconsin](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141106212320im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/politifact%2Fmugs%2FGOP_elephant_1.jpg)
"25,000 businesses have been created since (Scott) Walker took office."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin
![David Cicilline](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141106212320im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/politifact%2Fmugs%2Fd_cicilline_2.jpg)
"We have the third-lowest minimum wage … of developed countries."
— PolitiFact Rhode Island
![David Perdue](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141106212320im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/politifact%2Fmugs%2FDavid_Perdue.jpg)
Says U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn was "handpicked" by President Barack Obama
— PolitiFact Georgia
![Jeanne Shaheen](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141106212320im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/politifact%2Fmugs%2Fshaheenpix.jpg)
Says Scott Brown "voted to reward" companies "to ship jobs overseas."
— PolitiFact New Hampshire
Says Rick Scott "spent $800,000 of your tax dollars upgrading the Governor's Mansion."
— PolitiFact Florida
![American Crossroads](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141106212320im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/politifact%2Fmugs%2Famer_crossroads.jpg)
As a result of Obamacare, "California seniors face benefit cuts of over $1,700."
![Allan Fung](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141106212320im_/http://static.politifact.com.s3.amazonaws.com/politifact%2Fmugs%2Fallan_fung.jpg)
Gina Raimondo "paid 70 million in taxpayer dollars to millionaire hedge fund managers."
— PolitiFact Rhode Island