Latest Fact-Checks In New Jersey

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Marie Corfield
Marie Corfield
stated on December 30, 2013 a column on BlueJersey.com
Says New Jersey has "the highest unemployment rate in the region" and "stagnant job growth."
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By Caryn Shinske • January 5, 2014
David Rible
David Rible
stated on November 30, 2013 an interview on NJTV's 'On the Record' with Michael Aron program
"This governor has given us continual balanced budgets without raising taxes."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • December 29, 2013
Kim Guadagno
Kim Guadagno
stated on October 8, 2013 a speech to supporters in Carlstadt
Chris Christie "has not increased the taxes on anyone."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • October 13, 2013
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on September 23, 2013 an interview on the John Gambling radio show
"Violent crime is up since the last year of Sharpe James’ administration. This year it’s higher. … The unemployment rate is almost 15 percent. The high school dropout rate is over 50 percent."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • October 10, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on August 23, 2013 a speech to students at the Rutgers New Brunswick campus
Tuition at Rutgers has increased 10 percent since Gov. Chris Christie took office because he "cut funding for higher education."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • September 22, 2013
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on September 10, 2013 an e-mailed campaign letter
Newark is "now home to one-third of all commercial and multi-family development."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • September 15, 2013
BookerFail
BookerFail
stated on August 23, 2013 a U.S. Senate campaign video ad
Says Cory Booker "supports late-term and partial-birth abortion and opposes safety regulations."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • September 1, 2013
Steve Lonegan
Steve Lonegan
stated on August 15, 2013 a radio interview on “Focal Point with Bryan Fischer”
Says under Mayor Cory Booker, Newark has seen "violent crime up five years in a row, murder up five years in a row."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • August 25, 2013
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on August 5, 2013 a Democratic primary U.S. Senate seat campaign TV ad
"We need to pass a carbon tax to stop climate change. Break up the Wall Street banks. And stop the government spying on innocent Americans. Cory Booker doesn’t support any of these ideas."  
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • August 11, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 26, 2013 an interview on the "Ask The Governor" monthly radio call-in program
"Not one tax has been raised since I've been governor."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • June 30, 2013
13th District GOP slate
13th District GOP slate
stated on May 31, 2013 A primary election campaign mailer
"New Jersey’s once-broken pension system is now solvent."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • June 9, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 22, 2013 A gubernatorial campaign television ad
"Jon Corzine, elected governor. Teams up with Barbara Buono. $1.2  billion sales tax increase? Passed. Most spending in state history? Passed. After Buono named budget chair, taxes and fees increase 23 times in just two years. State debt? Up $13.4 billion. Unemployment? Doubled."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • June 2, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on May 22, 2013 a gubernatorial campaign television ad
"To hear Gov. Christie tell it, everything in New Jersey is going just fine. Well I see another New Jersey with 400,000 unemployed. One of the worst jobless rates in the country. Working and middle class families have seen costs soar, from property taxes to college tuition."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • May 26, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 1, 2013 a TV ad
"Four balanced budgets in a row, with no new taxes for anyone. The best job growth in 12 years. Nearly 130,000 new private-sector jobs. Merit pay to reward New Jersey’s best teachers, and the most education funding ever."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • May 12, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 22, 2013 a statement on NJ101.5 FM's "Ask the Governor" program
"If anyone should know irresponsible it should be Senator Buono. She’s the one, her budget left us with a $2 billion budget deficit in fiscal 10 that I had to fix. Her mistakes. And for fiscal year 2011 an $11 billion budget deficit. Her mistakes, along with her partner Jon Corzine."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • April 28, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on March 6, 2013 a keynote speech to a commercial real estate group
Said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them "Corzine jobs losses of 2009."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • March 21, 2013
Jeff Tittel
Jeff Tittel
stated on March 2, 2013 an op-ed column on NJ.com
"DEP has 2,812 employees, the lowest level since the mid-’80s."
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • March 17, 2013
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on February 1, 2013 an appearance on "Bill Maher Overtime"
Says 2012 was the "first year in American history that more minorities are being born than people in the majority."  
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • February 17, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on January 29, 2013 an interview on Fox 5’s Good Day New York
Says the pension and health benefits reform "eliminated collective bargaining for health benefits."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 7, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on February 4, 2013 an interview on the “Late Show with David Letterman”
Says "in Katrina, they approved $60 billion within 10 days of the storm on a voice vote."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 6, 2013
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