Democratic House candidates are telling voters on TV screens that they support “common-sense rules” for keeping transgender student athletes out of girls’ sports and giving greater control to parents, even going so far as to say they agree with Republicans on the hot-button cultural issue.

But their voting records from their time as state or federal lawmakers tell a different story.

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