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   {
    "n": 1,
    "claim": "Governor leads the executive branch; Lt. Governor has only assigned duties; voters choose one ticket.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Art. II \u00a71 vests executive power in the Governor. \u00a71A limits the Lt. Governor to duties delegated by the Governor. \u00a71B says the two are listed and elected jointly.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/02art2.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 2,
    "claim": "The four tickets and their parties (Moore/Miller D, Cox/Krop R, Ellis/Silverman Andrews Green, White/Permut WCP).",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Matches the State Board of Elections list.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/general_candidates/2026_GG_statewide_candidatelist.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 3,
    "claim": "Moore is an Army veteran and former leader of the Robin Hood Foundation, a poverty-focused nonprofit.",
    "cited": [
     3
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The governor's bio says he was commissioned in the Army, deployed to Afghanistan, and was Robin Hood CEO. It describes the foundation's work as lifting families out of poverty.",
    "evidence_url": "https://governor.maryland.gov/leadership/governor-wes-moore"
   },
   {
    "n": 4,
    "claim": "The Moore/Miller campaign names economic growth, lower crime and investment in public schools.",
    "cited": [
     4
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "Moore's campaign statement says 'keep growing our economy, driving down crime, and investing in our public schools.'",
    "evidence_url": "https://marylandmatters.org/2026/06/23/moore-cruises-to-renomination-as-republicans-duke-it-out/"
   },
   {
    "n": 5,
    "claim": "Moore and Miller are the current governor and lieutenant governor.",
    "cited": [
     4
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The article calls Moore 'Gov.' and Miller 'Lt. Gov.'",
    "evidence_url": "https://marylandmatters.org/2026/06/23/moore-cruises-to-renomination-as-republicans-duke-it-out/"
   },
   {
    "n": 6,
    "claim": "Cox lists his work as a lawyer and small-business owner.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "Occupation: 'Attorney at Law, Small Business Owner'.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 7,
    "claim": "Cox proposes lower taxes and fees, lower electricity bills and tighter control of state spending.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "His answers cover rate relief, a spending audit, and lower taxes and fees.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 8,
    "claim": "Cox served in the House of Delegates 2019\u20132023 and previously on Secretary's town council.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Delegate Jan 2019\u2013Jan 2023. Town of Secretary council member/president 2007\u20132009.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 9,
    "claim": "Ellis is described as an analyst and displaced tech worker from Baltimore.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "Matches his listed occupation and hometown.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 10,
    "claim": "Ellis names banning data centers, moving beyond two parties and an economy that works for everyone as priorities.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "His three stated campaign priorities.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 11,
    "claim": "Ellis served on Baltimore's Charter Review Commission 2023\u20132024 and has held Green Party leadership roles.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "Matches his listed experience.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 12,
    "claim": "White says she has spent 40 years as a factory production worker.",
    "cited": [
     6
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "Her statement says this.",
    "evidence_url": "https://sites.google.com/view/wcp-md"
   },
   {
    "n": 13,
    "claim": "White calls for independent worker political organizing around jobs, wages, living costs and opposition to war.",
    "cited": [
     6
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "Her statement cites jobs, low wages, inflation and war, and calls for a working-class party or organization. 'Living costs' is a fair paraphrase of inflation and care costs.",
    "evidence_url": "https://sites.google.com/view/wcp-md"
   },
   {
    "n": 14,
    "claim": "White's account describes factory work and family caregiving while working full time.",
    "cited": [
     6
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "She was a caregiver for her mother and sister while working full time.",
    "evidence_url": "https://sites.google.com/view/wcp-md"
   },
   {
    "n": 15,
    "claim": "Data centers: Moore favors closer state review and ending tax credits; Cox calls for a statewide pause; Ellis seeks a ban.",
    "cited": [
     5,
     7
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "The debate article supports Moore's executive order for more scrutiny and his push to repeal tax credits. It also supports Cox's 'statewide moratorium'. In his Sun answer Cox calls it 'my effort to ban data centers', so 'pause' understates his own wording. Ellis's ban is supported.",
    "evidence_url": "https://marylandmatters.org/2026/10/06/moore-and-cox-bring-heat-to-debate-but-will-it-alter-the-race/"
   },
   {
    "n": 16,
    "claim": "Cox pledges no tax or fee increases; Ellis proposes higher taxes on wealth and annual income above $250,000.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Cox: 'I will not raise taxes and fees'. His Sun answer reaches the same position. Ellis: 'tax on their wealth and annual income over $250,000'.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 17,
    "claim": "Moore emphasized private investment when asked about raising taxes, without making Cox's pledge.",
    "cited": [
     7
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Matches the debate account.",
    "evidence_url": "https://marylandmatters.org/2026/10/06/moore-and-cox-bring-heat-to-debate-but-will-it-alter-the-race/"
   },
   {
    "n": 18,
    "claim": "Household costs: Moore emphasizes private investment; Cox proposes tax cuts; Ellis supports publicly owned utilities; White highlights wages and caregiving costs.",
    "cited": [
     5,
     6,
     7
    ],
    "verdict": "unsupported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "The Cox, Ellis and White parts are supported. Moore's private-investment remark was an answer about raising taxes and budget gaps, not household costs. No cited source ties it to household affordability.",
    "evidence_url": "https://marylandmatters.org/2026/10/06/moore-and-cox-bring-heat-to-debate-but-will-it-alter-the-race/"
   },
   {
    "n": 19,
    "claim": "Schools: Moore calls for investment; Cox would repeal and restructure the Blueprint; Ellis would fully fund it.",
    "cited": [
     4,
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Cox: 'repeal and restructure the Blueprint'. Ellis: 'committed to fully funding the Blueprint'.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 20,
    "claim": "Ellis proposes ranked-choice voting; White calls for a separate workers' organization.",
    "cited": [
     5,
     6
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "Both are in the cited sources.",
    "evidence_url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/05/20/governor-of-maryland-candidates-2026-election/"
   },
   {
    "n": 21,
    "claim": "White's positions on data centers, taxes and school funding were not found in the sources checked.",
    "cited": [],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "The Sun says White did not complete the questionnaire, and her statement has no such positions. This is an honest disclosure.",
    "evidence_url": "https://sites.google.com/view/wcp-md"
   }
  ],
  "dead_or_fake_urls": [],
  "invented_attribution": [],
  "endorsement": [],
  "equal_treatment_issues": [
   "Depth is uneven. Moore's policy details come only from a campaign statement and a debate. Cox and Ellis have detailed questionnaire answers. The page never says that Moore and White declined the Sun questionnaire.",
   "Cox's data-center stance is labeled a 'pause', while his own written answer says 'ban'. Ellis's is labeled a 'ban'. This slightly blurs the difference between them.",
   "Moore's background comes from his official bio, which is promotional. Cox and Ellis are described from their own questionnaire answers. Source types differ, but no candidate gets loaded language."
  ],
  "rubric": {
   "accuracy": 4,
   "sourcing": 4,
   "balance": 4,
   "usefulness": 4,
   "clarity": 5
  },
  "gate": "pass",
  "gate_reasons": [
   "All cited URLs resolve. No major claim is contradicted or unsupported. No invented attribution or endorsement was found."
  ],
  "summary": "The page's facts about the four tickets, their backgrounds and their stated positions check out against the cited sources, and White's missing policy details are honestly flagged as gaps. Two minor issues: Cox's own wording on data centers is 'ban' rather than 'pause', and Moore's 'private investment' remark was about taxes, not household costs."
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