claim: says alaska sen. mark begich supported president barack obama’s economic policies "97 percent of the time."
author: dan sullivan
evidence_1: apr 14, 2014 ... in 2012, the ohio republican party claimed that democratic u.s. sen sherrod brown voted with obama 95 percent of the time. politifact found that claim to be true. in alaska, one of sen. mark begich's republican opponents claimed begich supported the president's economic policies 97 percent of the ...
evidence_2: mark begich (b. march 30, 1962, in anchorage, ak) is a former democratic member of the u.s. senate from the state of alaska. begich was first elected to the senate in 2008 and lost his re-election bid in ... according to an analysis by congressional quarterly, in 2013 begich voted with president obama 97% of the time.
evidence_3: jul 17, 2014 ... "lisa murkowski and mark begich vote as much as 80 percent of the time together — that's healthy for alaska. i have a great dislike for partisan politics ... begich's republican opponents have tried to emphasize begich's ties to president barack obama and the democratic party. considering this congress' ...
evidence_4: mar 16, 2015 ... presidential support. mark pryor of arkansas and mark begich of alaska were aligned with the president. the nuance — that they'd hardly had a chance to distin- .... the share of roll call votes on which president barack obama took a clear position rose in 2014 to 22.7 percent, the highest level of.
evidence_5: "as alaska's attorney general, (u.s. senate candidate dan) sullivan successfully fought to protect our second amendment rights and passed 'stand your ... says alaska sen. mark begich supported president barack obama's economic policies "97 percent of the time." — politifact national on friday, february 21st, 2014.