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   {
    "n": 1,
    "claim": "The governor leads Maryland's executive branch.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Article II vests the state's executive power in the governor.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/02art2.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 2,
    "claim": "The lieutenant governor performs duties delegated by the governor.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Article II, Section 1A says the lieutenant governor has duties delegated by the governor.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/02art2.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 3,
    "claim": "Statewide voters may choose up to one jointly listed governor-lieutenant governor ticket.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Article II provides statewide eligibility and joint listing and voting; this also matches the supplied official ballot ground truth.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/02art2.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 4,
    "claim": "Wes Moore and Aruna Miller are the Democratic ticket.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The state candidate list identifies both as Democratic and Miller as related to Moore's candidacy.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/general_candidates/2026_GG_statewide_candidatelist.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 5,
    "claim": "Dan Cox and Rob Krop are the Republican ticket.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The state candidate list identifies both as Republican and Krop as related to Cox's candidacy.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/general_candidates/2026_GG_statewide_candidatelist.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 6,
    "claim": "Andy Ellis and Owen Silverman Andrews are the Green ticket.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The state candidate list identifies both as Green and Andrews as related to Ellis's candidacy.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/general_candidates/2026_GG_statewide_candidatelist.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 7,
    "claim": "Cathy White and Cathy Permut are the Working Class Party ticket.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The state candidate list identifies both as Working Class Party candidates and Permut as related to White's candidacy.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/general_candidates/2026_GG_statewide_candidatelist.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 8,
    "claim": "Wes Moore is an Army veteran.",
    "cited": [
     3
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His official biography describes his Army commission and 2005 deployment to Afghanistan.",
    "evidence_url": "https://governor.maryland.gov/leadership/governor-wes-moore"
   },
   {
    "n": 9,
    "claim": "Moore formerly led the poverty-focused Robin Hood Foundation.",
    "cited": [
     3
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The biography says he served four years as CEO and that the foundation distributed funds to lift families out of poverty.",
    "evidence_url": "https://governor.maryland.gov/leadership/governor-wes-moore"
   },
   {
    "n": 10,
    "claim": "Moore and Miller state priorities of economic growth, lower crime and investment in public schools.",
    "cited": [
     4
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Moore's campaign statement says they must keep growing the economy, driving down crime and investing in public schools.",
    "evidence_url": "https://marylandmatters.org/2026/06/23/moore-cruises-to-renomination-as-republicans-duke-it-out/"
   },
   {
    "n": 11,
    "claim": "Moore and Miller are Maryland's current governor and lieutenant governor.",
    "cited": [
     4
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The article identifies Moore as governor and Miller as lieutenant governor and his running mate.",
    "evidence_url": "https://marylandmatters.org/2026/06/23/moore-cruises-to-renomination-as-republicans-duke-it-out/"
   },
   {
    "n": 12,
    "claim": "Dan Cox describes his occupations as lawyer and small-business owner.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His questionnaire lists 'Attorney at Law, Small Business Owner.'",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 13,
    "claim": "Cox proposes lower taxes and fees, lower electricity bills and tighter control of state spending.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His answers propose tax and fee reductions, electricity-rate relief, spending audits and spending reductions.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 14,
    "claim": "Cox served in Maryland's House of Delegates from 2019 through 2023.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The questionnaire gives service dates of January 9, 2019 through January 11, 2023.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 15,
    "claim": "Cox previously served on the Town of Secretary council.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His political experience lists town council member and president in Secretary, Maryland, from 2007 to 2009.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 16,
    "claim": "Andy Ellis describes himself as a Baltimore analyst and displaced technology worker.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His questionnaire lists Baltimore as his hometown and 'Analyst and displaced tech worker' as his occupation.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 17,
    "claim": "Ellis names banning data centers, moving beyond two-party politics and building an economy serving everyone as priorities.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "He identifies campaign priorities of banning data centers, moving past two parties and building an economy that works for all.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 18,
    "claim": "Ellis served on Baltimore's Charter Review Commission in 2023\u20132024.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The questionnaire lists that commission membership for 2023\u20132024.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 19,
    "claim": "Ellis has held Green Party leadership roles.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His questionnaire says he has served in city, state and national Green Party leadership since 2015.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 20,
    "claim": "Cathy White says she has worked for 40 years as a factory production worker.",
    "cited": [
     6
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Her campaign statement says exactly this.",
    "evidence_url": "https://sites.google.com/view/wcp-md"
   },
   {
    "n": 21,
    "claim": "White calls for an independent working-class political organization addressing jobs, wages, living costs and war.",
    "cited": [
     6
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Her statement advocates a working-class organization and discusses job shortages, low wages, inflation, caregiving costs and opposition to war.",
    "evidence_url": "https://sites.google.com/view/wcp-md"
   },
   {
    "n": 22,
    "claim": "White describes caring for her mother and sister while working full time.",
    "cited": [
     6
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "She says she cared for her mother with Parkinson's and dementia and her sister with Down syndrome while working full time.",
    "evidence_url": "https://sites.google.com/view/wcp-md"
   },
   {
    "n": 23,
    "claim": "Moore favors closer state scrutiny of data centers and repeal of their tax credits.",
    "cited": [
     7
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The debate report says he signed an order for greater scrutiny and would push to repeal the facilities' tax credits.",
    "evidence_url": "https://marylandmatters.org/2026/10/06/moore-and-cox-bring-heat-to-debate-but-will-it-alter-the-race/"
   },
   {
    "n": 24,
    "claim": "Cox calls for a statewide pause on data centers.",
    "cited": [
     5,
     7
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The debate report says Cox calls for a statewide moratorium; his questionnaire takes an even stronger anti-data-center position.",
    "evidence_url": "https://marylandmatters.org/2026/10/06/moore-and-cox-bring-heat-to-debate-but-will-it-alter-the-race/"
   },
   {
    "n": 25,
    "claim": "Ellis seeks to ban new data centers.",
    "cited": [
     5,
     7
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His questionnaire identifies banning data centers as a priority, and his campaign plan explicitly proposes banning new construction and permitting.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.gogreen2026.com/data-centers"
   },
   {
    "n": 26,
    "claim": "No specific White position on data centers was found in the cited sources.",
    "cited": [
     5,
     7
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "The Sun says White did not complete its questionnaire, and her cited campaign statement does not discuss data centers.",
    "evidence_url": "https://sites.google.com/view/wcp-md"
   },
   {
    "n": 27,
    "claim": "Cox pledges not to raise taxes or fees.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His questionnaire says his deficit plan raises no taxes or fees, and he made the same pledge during the debate.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 28,
    "claim": "Ellis proposes higher taxes on wealth and annual income above $250,000.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His questionnaire says wealthy Marylanders would pay more on wealth and annual income over $250,000.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 29,
    "claim": "When asked about future tax increases, Moore emphasized private investment rather than making Cox's no-increase pledge.",
    "cited": [
     7
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The debate report says Moore focused on private investment when asked whether he would raise taxes, after which Cox contrasted his own pledge.",
    "evidence_url": "https://marylandmatters.org/2026/10/06/moore-and-cox-bring-heat-to-debate-but-will-it-alter-the-race/"
   },
   {
    "n": 30,
    "claim": "No specific White tax plan was found in the cited sources.",
    "cited": [
     5,
     7
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "White did not answer the cited questionnaire, and her cited statement contains no tax plan.",
    "evidence_url": "https://sites.google.com/view/wcp-md"
   },
   {
    "n": 31,
    "claim": "For household costs, Cox proposes tax cuts.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "He proposes reducing corporate and individual income-tax rates and several other taxes and fees.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 32,
    "claim": "For household costs, Ellis supports expanding publicly owned utilities.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "He cites Maryland's publicly owned electric utilities and says he supports expanding that model.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 33,
    "claim": "White highlights low wages and caregiving costs.",
    "cited": [
     6
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Her statement discusses low wages and unaffordable child and elder care.",
    "evidence_url": "https://sites.google.com/view/wcp-md"
   },
   {
    "n": 34,
    "claim": "Moore calls for investment in public schools.",
    "cited": [
     4
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His campaign statement explicitly calls for continued investment in public schools.",
    "evidence_url": "https://marylandmatters.org/2026/06/23/moore-cruises-to-renomination-as-republicans-duke-it-out/"
   },
   {
    "n": 35,
    "claim": "Cox would repeal and restructure the Blueprint school-funding plan.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His questionnaire says, 'I will repeal and restructure the Blueprint.'",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 36,
    "claim": "Ellis would fully fund the Blueprint.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His questionnaire states that he is committed to fully funding it, with more local flexibility.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 37,
    "claim": "No specific White school-funding plan was found in the cited sources.",
    "cited": [
     4,
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "Her cited statement mentions dilapidated schools but does not provide a funding plan.",
    "evidence_url": "https://sites.google.com/view/wcp-md"
   },
   {
    "n": 38,
    "claim": "Moore and Cox run as Democratic and Republican candidates, respectively.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The official candidate list supplies those party affiliations.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/general_candidates/2026_GG_statewide_candidatelist.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 39,
    "claim": "Ellis proposes ranked-choice voting, which lets voters rank candidates.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "His questionnaire explicitly proposes instituting ranked-choice voting; ranking candidates is the defining ballot feature of that system.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 40,
    "claim": "White calls for a separate political organization for workers.",
    "cited": [
     6
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Her statement repeatedly argues that the working class needs its own political organization.",
    "evidence_url": "https://sites.google.com/view/wcp-md"
   },
   {
    "n": 41,
    "claim": "The checked sources contain no detailed White proposals on taxes, electricity or school funding and no independent cost estimates for every ticket's promises.",
    "cited": [],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "This is accurately limited to the sources checked; White's statement lacks those plans, and the cited materials provide no comprehensive independent fiscal comparison.",
    "evidence_url": "https://sites.google.com/view/wcp-md"
   }
  ],
  "dead_or_fake_urls": [],
  "invented_attribution": [],
  "endorsement": [],
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   "Policy depth is uneven: Cox and Ellis supplied detailed questionnaire answers, while Moore is summarized from a short campaign statement and White from a brief personal statement. The page discloses the gaps, but voters receive less directly comparable policy detail for Moore and White."
  ],
  "rubric": {
   "accuracy": 5,
   "sourcing": 4,
   "balance": 3,
   "usefulness": 4,
   "clarity": 5
  },
  "gate": "pass",
  "gate_reasons": [],
  "summary": "The ticket names, parties, records and attributed policy positions are supported by the cited sources, and all seven source URLs resolve. The principal limitation is uneven policy detail because Moore and White did not provide the same questionnaire responses available for Cox and Ellis."
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