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 "judge": "sonnet",
 "judge_model": "claude-sonnet-5.5",
 "arm": "E",
 "contest": "gov",
 "wall_seconds": 43.1,
 "body_words": 726,
 "parsed": {
  "claims": [
   {
    "n": 1,
    "claim": "Governor is the state's chief executive, leads state government, signs or vetoes laws.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "MSA: chief executive officer; may sign or veto bills.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/html/01govf.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 2,
    "claim": "The governor 'controls the budget'.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "cited_wrong",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "MSA says the Governor must submit a budget and may veto parts of appropriations bills. The General Assembly passes the budget, so 'controls' overstates this.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/html/01govf.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 3,
    "claim": "The governor 'is second in line to the governorship'.",
    "cited": [
     2
    ],
    "verdict": "contradicted",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "This is nonsensical. The governor holds the office. The Lieutenant Governor is next in line. The cited MSA page says no such thing.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/html/01govf.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 4,
    "claim": "Voters can vote for 1 of 4 ticket pairs.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "The SBE list shows four tickets: Democratic, Republican, Green and Working Class Party.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/General_candidates/2026_GG_statewide_candidatelist.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 5,
    "claim": "Moore is the incumbent, elected in 2022 as Maryland's first Black governor, and is running for a second term.",
    "cited": [
     3
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "MSA bio says he was elected in 2022 as the first Black governor. SBE shows him filed for 2026.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/gov/html/msa18374.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 6,
    "claim": "Moore is a Rhodes Scholar, former U.S. Army paratrooper and former Robin Hood Foundation CEO.",
    "cited": [
     3
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "All three appear in the MSA bio.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/gov/html/msa18374.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 7,
    "claim": "Moore's campaign prioritizes cutting child poverty, supporting middle-class families and investing in public education, under a 'Leave No One Behind' agenda.",
    "cited": [
     5,
     6
    ],
    "verdict": "cited_wrong",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "'Leave No One Behind' is in MSA [3], not [5] or [6]. [5] mentions education and middle/working-class families. 'Cutting child poverty' is not in the readable text of [5] or [6]. [6] stresses work, wages and wealth.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/gov/html/msa18374.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 8,
    "claim": "Moore has served as governor since January 2023.",
    "cited": [
     3
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "MSA: since January 18, 2023.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/gov/html/msa18374.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 9,
    "claim": "Campaign claims Moore turned a budget deficit into a surplus, created nearly 100,000 jobs, and cut taxes for veterans and middle-class families.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "unsupported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The cited page has no such text. It is a short bio with no deficit, surplus, jobs or tax claims. This also affects the 'Where they differ' and 'If you care most about' sections. Labeling it 'his own claims' does not fix a claim the source does not contain.",
    "evidence_url": "https://wesmoore.com/about/"
   },
   {
    "n": 10,
    "claim": "Moore's campaign says violent crime is at historic lows and Baltimore homicides are at a 50-year low.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "unsupported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "Not on the cited page. The page also mentions no jobs or private-investment figures.",
    "evidence_url": "https://wesmoore.com/about/"
   },
   {
    "n": 11,
    "claim": "Moore's campaign says he is making record investments in public education.",
    "cited": [
     5
    ],
    "verdict": "unsupported",
    "severity": "major",
    "note": "The page only says Moore has worked to build pathways supporting education. It has no 'record investments' claim.",
    "evidence_url": "https://wesmoore.com/about/"
   },
   {
    "n": 12,
    "claim": "Aruna Miller is the current lieutenant governor.",
    "cited": [
     4
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "MSA: Lt. Governor since January 18, 2023.",
    "evidence_url": "https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/ltgov/html/msa15449.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 13,
    "claim": "Cox is a lifelong Marylander, attorney, small-business owner, former Town Council member and State Delegate.",
    "cited": [
     7
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "All of these appear on the About page.",
    "evidence_url": "https://dancoxforgovernor.com/about-dan-cox/"
   },
   {
    "n": 14,
    "claim": "Cox pledges to cut taxes, fees and cost of living, fix the energy crisis and rebuild the Key Bridge.",
    "cited": [
     8
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "These are headings on the Issues page.",
    "evidence_url": "https://dancoxforgovernor.com/issues/"
   },
   {
    "n": 15,
    "claim": "Cox would cut the corporate and income tax rate to 4.9% and reverse added fees.",
    "cited": [
     8
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "Matches the Issues page.",
    "evidence_url": "https://dancoxforgovernor.com/issues/"
   },
   {
    "n": 16,
    "claim": "Cox would bring power plants back online and pursue SMRs and LNG while preserving farmland and a clean Bay.",
    "cited": [
     8
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "Matches the Issues page. Cox calls these 'clean energy methods'.",
    "evidence_url": "https://dancoxforgovernor.com/issues/"
   },
   {
    "n": 17,
    "claim": "Cox says he will fight for safe neighborhoods and support strong, accountable schools that empower parents.",
    "cited": [
     7
    ],
    "verdict": "cited_wrong",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "[7] says families should 'feel safe' and students should get a good education. It does not use 'safe neighborhoods' or 'empower parents'. The Issues page [8] does cover schools (fully funded, resources for teachers). 'Empower parents' is unsupported. The 'safe neighborhoods' wording appears in [8]'s Flock section as 'safe communities'.",
    "evidence_url": "https://dancoxforgovernor.com/issues/"
   },
   {
    "n": 18,
    "claim": "Cox centers 'keeping Marylanders' money in-state'.",
    "cited": [
     8
    ],
    "verdict": "cited_wrong",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "[7] says 'keeping more of our hard-earned money'. 'In-state' is the page's own gloss.",
    "evidence_url": "https://dancoxforgovernor.com/about-dan-cox/"
   },
   {
    "n": 19,
    "claim": "Green ticket (Ellis / Silverman Andrews) is ballot-listed from Baltimore City.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "Both are listed in Baltimore City.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/General_candidates/2026_GG_statewide_candidatelist.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 20,
    "claim": "Working Class Party ticket is 'from Montgomery City'.",
    "cited": [
     1
    ],
    "verdict": "contradicted",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "No 'Montgomery City' exists. White is listed in Montgomery County and Permut in Baltimore City.",
    "evidence_url": "https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/General_candidates/2026_GG_statewide_candidatelist.html"
   },
   {
    "n": 21,
    "claim": "Sources [9]-[21] were link-only and not used.",
    "cited": [],
    "verdict": "supported",
    "severity": "minor",
    "note": "The Sources list shows only [1]-[8]. The third-party sections are empty even though the SBE list links candidate sites (gogreen2026.com, sites.google.com/view/wcp-md). This is a thoroughness gap, not a false claim."
   }
  ],
  "dead_or_fake_urls": [],
  "invented_attribution": [],
  "endorsement": [],
  "equal_treatment_issues": [
   "Moore gets a richer, more favorable-sounding record (jobs, surplus, crime lows). Those figures are not in the cited source, so the asymmetry rests on unsupported material.",
   "Cox's record section is thin. His 'Where they differ' and 'If you care most about' entries lean on his own site.",
   "The Green and WCP tickets get only 'not found'. Their sites are listed in the SBE candidate list and were not consulted.",
   "The 'Where they differ' energy and tax contrasts compare one candidate's detailed pledge with another's unverified claims.",
   "The review notes also mention endorsements and debates, which the page does not include."
  ],
  "rubric": {
   "accuracy": 2,
   "sourcing": 2,
   "balance": 2,
   "usefulness": 3,
   "clarity": 4
  },
  "gate": "fail",
  "gate_reasons": [
   "Major claim contradicted: the governor is described as 'second in line to the governorship'.",
   "Major claims unsupported by the cited source [5]: Moore's deficit/surplus, ~100,000 jobs, tax-cut, crime and education-investment claims. They recur in 'Where they differ' and 'If you care most about'.",
   "Minor errors: 'Montgomery City', 'controls the budget', and Cox's 'safe neighborhoods' and 'empower parents' wording cited to [7]."
  ],
  "summary": "The page gets the basic ballot facts, the candidates' backgrounds and Cox's pledges right, but it wrongly says the governor is 'second in line'. It also credits Wes Moore's campaign page with jobs, budget and crime claims that page does not contain, so treat those as unverified."
 },
 "raw_tail": "https://dancoxforgovernor.com/issues/\"},\n    {\"n\":18,\"claim\":\"Cox centers 'keeping Marylanders' money in-state'.\",\"cited\":[8],\"verdict\":\"cited_wrong\",\"severity\":\"minor\",\"note\":\"[7] says 'keeping more of our hard-earned money'. 'In-state' is the page's own gloss.\",\"evidence_url\":\"https://dancoxforgovernor.com/about-dan-cox/\"},\n    {\"n\":19,\"claim\":\"Green ticket (Ellis / Silverman Andrews) is ballot-listed from Baltimore City.\",\"cited\":[1],\"verdict\":\"supported\",\"severity\":\"minor\",\"note\":\"Both are listed in Baltimore City.\",\"evidence_url\":\"https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/General_candidates/2026_GG_statewide_candidatelist.html\"},\n    {\"n\":20,\"claim\":\"Working Class Party ticket is 'from Montgomery City'.\",\"cited\":[1],\"verdict\":\"contradicted\",\"severity\":\"minor\",\"note\":\"No 'Montgomery City' exists. White is listed in Montgomery County and Permut in Baltimore City.\",\"evidence_url\":\"https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2026/General_candidates/2026_GG_statewide_candidatelist.html\"},\n    {\"n\":21,\"claim\":\"Sources [9]-[21] were link-only and not used.\",\"cited\":[],\"verdict\":\"supported\",\"severity\":\"minor\",\"note\":\"The Sources list shows only [1]-[8]. The third-party sections are empty even though the SBE list links candidate sites (gogreen2026.com, sites.google.com/view/wcp-md). This is a thoroughness gap, not a false claim.\"}\n  ],\n  \"dead_or_fake_urls\": [],\n  \"invented_attribution\": [],\n  \"endorsement\": [],\n  \"equal_treatment_issues\": [\n    \"Moore gets a richer, more favorable-sounding record (jobs, surplus, crime lows). Those figures are not in the cited source, so the asymmetry rests on unsupported material.\",\n    \"Cox's record section is thin. His 'Where they differ' and 'If you care most about' entries lean on his own site.\",\n    \"The Green and WCP tickets get only 'not found'. Their sites are listed in the SBE candidate list and were not consulted.\",\n    \"The 'Where they differ' energy and tax contrasts compare one candidate's detailed pledge with another's unverified claims.\",\n    \"The review notes also mention endorsements and debates, which the page does not include.\"\n  ],\n  \"rubric\": {\"accuracy\": 2, \"sourcing\": 2, \"balance\": 2, \"usefulness\": 3, \"clarity\": 4},\n  \"gate\": \"fail\",\n  \"gate_reasons\": [\n    \"Major claim contradicted: the governor is described as 'second in line to the governorship'.\",\n    \"Major claims unsupported by the cited source [5]: Moore's deficit/surplus, ~100,000 jobs, tax-cut, crime and education-investment claims. They recur in 'Where they differ' and 'If you care most about'.\",\n    \"Minor errors: 'Montgomery City', 'controls the budget', and Cox's 'safe neighborhoods' and 'empower parents' wording cited to [7].\"\n  ],\n  \"summary\": \"The page gets the basic ballot facts, the candidates' backgrounds and Cox's pledges right, but it wrongly says the governor is 'second in line'. It also credits Wes Moore's campaign page with jobs, budget and crime claims that page does not contain, so treat those as unverified.\"\n}\n```\n\n"
}