State Politics

The claim that former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper was in New York at a climate event when Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina is false. Records confirm Cooper attended a New York Times event on September 25, 2024, while the hurricane did not make landfall in North Carolina until September 27, 2024, at which time Cooper was in North Carolina.

The claim that Andrew Constance has no local government employment experience is accurate. His professional background consists of 18 years as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and various state ministerial roles, but he has not previously held a position within local government administration.

Governor Gavin Newsom did veto a bill, Assembly Bill 1729, which sought to provide state departments with more authority to set their own telework policies, thereby loosening the governor's existing return-to-office mandate.

New York has frequently led the nation in both numeric and percentage population decline in recent years according to U.S. Census Bureau data, particularly during the 2021-2023 period. However, population trends are dynamic, and rankings can shift depending on the specific timeframe and whether the metric is total population change or domestic migration.

Governor Ron DeSantis accurately stated that Florida currently holds a 1.5 million voter registration advantage for Republicans. However, his claim that the state moved from a 'Democrat majority' is inaccurate, as Democrats held a plurality, not a majority, of registered voters in 2020.