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Latest Fact-Checks On Nathan Deal

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Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on June 3, 2015 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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