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Latest Fact-Checks On Nathan Deal

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Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on June 3, 2015 press conference
"Since 2010, eight children in Georgia have died due to vehicular heatstroke."
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By Nancy Badertscher • June 5, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 the governor's State of the State address
"Since I took office, over 319,000 new private sector jobs have been created in Georgia with nearly 93,000 of those coming in the past 12 months."
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By April Hunt • February 3, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 State of the State address
Since Gov. Nathan Deal office in 2011, the state’s rainy day fund has grown by 643 percent.
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By Nancy Badertscher • January 27, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on September 15, 2014 candidate forum
The state’s overall revenues only returned this year to 2007 levels.
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By Nancy Badertscher • October 8, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on February 26, 2014 a speech
Georgia has saved $20 million through changes in criminal sentencing.
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By Eric Stirgus • March 19, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 15, 2014 a speech
"(M)ore Georgians have jobs than at any other time since October 2008."
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By Eric Stirgus, Nancy Badertscher • January 21, 2014
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 17, 2013 a speech
Since taking office in January 2011, "the ‘rainy day’ fund has increased by 226 percent."
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By Eric Stirgus • January 29, 2013
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 17, 2013 a twitter post
"Spending of government money is 17 percent less than it was a decade ago."
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By Eric Stirgus • January 29, 2013
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 31, 2012 a television commercial
"One out of every three automobile fatalities can be attributed to alcohol."
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By Willoughby Mariano • February 3, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 10, 2012 a speech
"Right now in Georgia, nearly one in three leaving our prisons are re-convicted within three years."
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By Eric Stirgus • January 25, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on September 1, 2011 an interview
"[The state ethics commission] took absolutely the same percent of cuts as most other state agencies. … They were somewhere in the 7 percent range – same as the governor’s office."
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By Chris Joyner • September 21, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 20, 2011 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
Georgia is "one of only about seven states in the country" that has a AAA bond rating.
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By Willoughby Mariano • May 9, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on March 2, 2011 a radio interview
"Georgia still has one of the richest programs in terms of scholarships for students to go to college."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 15, 2011