Latest Fact-Checks By Erin O'Neill

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Raymond Bateman
Raymond Bateman
stated on November 23, 2012 in a column:
Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history."
True
By Erin O'Neill • November 29, 2012
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor:
Says because of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City "much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where the boardwalk used to be."  
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • November 25, 2012
Big Gamble NJ
Big Gamble NJ
stated on November 13, 2012 in a website:
"In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • November 19, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 30, 2012 in an interview on NBC Nightly News:
Says New Jersey is "50th in return of our federal tax dollars."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • November 18, 2012
Tom Kean Jr.
Tom Kean Jr.
stated on October 17, 2012 in an interview with reporters at William Paterson University:
"New Jersey is the only state in the union that spent less on higher education than it did at the beginning of the decade."
False
By Erin O'Neill • October 28, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 16, 2012 in a town hall meeting in West Milford:
"Now remember, property taxes went up 70 percent in the 10 years before I became governor."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • October 22, 2012
Shelley Adler
Shelley Adler
stated on October 10, 2012 in a campaign event:
Says Rep. Jon Runyan "voted to redefine rape."
False
By Erin O'Neill • October 18, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 10, 2012 in a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM:
Says "when I voted against [an increase in the minimum wage], it was in the 80s."
False
By Erin O'Neill • October 15, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV:
Says under U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s watch the nation’s unemployment rate and debt doubled and the federal budget deficit quadrupled.
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 7, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV:
Says the United States has the "highest corporate tax rate in the world."
Mostly True
By Erin O'Neill • October 5, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on September 25, 2012 in a campaign event in New Hampshire:
"The income tax that started at 2 percent under Governor Byrne is now 9 percent."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 3, 2012
Jennifer Beck
Jennifer Beck
stated on September 20, 2012 in an interview with NJToday:
"We have more people working in the state of New Jersey today than we've ever had in our history."
False
By Erin O'Neill • September 27, 2012
John Burzichelli
John Burzichelli
stated on September 19, 2012 in an interview with NJToday:
Says "the governor is going around the state talking about [how] we should fund an income tax cut" that benefits higher income earners and not lower income earners
False
By Erin O'Neill • September 24, 2012
Jon Runyan
Jon Runyan
stated on September 17, 2012 in an interview with Townsquare Media New Jersey:
Says "if we do nothing and continue to let Obamacare siphon off that $700 billion dollars off the top of it, Medicare goes away in less than 10 years -- certain accounts of it -- and it just falls apart at the seams."
False
By Erin O'Neill • September 20, 2012
Menendez Facts
Menendez Facts
stated on September 4, 2012 in a blog:
"Sen. Bob Menendez voted to enact a new tax on the sale of homes of 3.8%."
Pants on Fire!
By Erin O'Neill • September 17, 2012
Jon Bramnick
Jon Bramnick
stated on September 7, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:
"The president promised that if he spent money on a stimulus program that unemployment would go to 5.7 percent or 6 percent. Those were his words."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • September 13, 2012
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on September 5, 2012 in an interview with #waywire:
Says the Republican Party platform says "pull back even more of the rules on campaign finance reform, get rid of McCain-Feingold" while the Democratic Party platform says "we want to find a way to put more fair rules on campaign finance reform."
True
By Erin O'Neill • September 9, 2012
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on August 27, 2012 in an op-ed in Politico:
Says Gov. Chris Christie has embarked on a tour to "demand that New Jersey’s Democratic legislature approve an immediate tax cut that would disproportionately benefit the wealthiest."
False
By Erin O'Neill • September 2, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Says the national health care law puts federal "bureaucrats between an American citizen and her doctor."
False
By Erin O'Neill • August 30, 2012
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Says they said "it was impossible to balance a budget at the same time, with an $11 billion deficit" and "we did it."
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • August 29, 2012
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