Josh Mandel: "voted six times to raise his own pay"

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voted six times to raise his own pay

Josh Mandel · A 2012 Mandel campaign statement · October 2, 2012 · Race: U.S. Senator from Ohio

About Sherrod Brown.

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False

PolitiFact, October 29, 2012 · read the check

Our check against the record

The record does not settle it

Checked against No record settles this sentence as worded: the six votes are not identified, and congressional pay adjustments take effect automatically unless Congress votes to block them, so which roll calls count as votes "to raise his own pay" is a characterization the House and Senate records do not make.

The records: Roll call votes · Roll call votes

Context

Mandel's campaign made this claim about Brown's voting record during the 2012 race.

Topics: Congressional pay, 2012 U.S. Senate.

Other claims by Josh Mandel

We need a Senator who shows up to work. Sherrod Brown missed over 350 official votes

A 2012 Mandel campaign statement · October 10, 2012 · PolitiFact: Mostly False
will likely go down as the biggest tax increase in history

A 2012 Mandel campaign statement · June 28, 2012 · PolitiFact: Pants on Fire
sent billions of our tax dollars to foreign countries

A 2012 Mandel campaign television ad · May 23, 2012 · PolitiFact: Pants on Fire
Boyce gave (a lobbyist's) wife a sensitive job in the treasurer's office, a job Boyce admitted he only made available at their mosque.

2010 campaign television advertisement · September 30, 2010 · PolitiFact: False

Every claim filed under Josh Mandel

Sources

Josh Mandel ad claims Sherrod Brown "voted six times to raise his own pay" · PolitiFact · 2012-10-29 · accessed 2026-09-25
Roll call votes · U.S. Senate · accessed 2026-10-15
Roll call votes · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · accessed 2026-10-15

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