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Chris Christie
stated on July 2, 2012 in a speech before the state Legislature:

Says "our 12 month job increase was the sixth highest in the nation."

Half-True

By Bill Wichert • July 4, 2012

Albio Sires
stated on June 20, 2012 in a speech on the House floor:

"Just in the past 10 years, college tuition has increased 28 percent."

Mostly True

By Bill Wichert • July 2, 2012

Jennifer Beck
stated on June 25, 2012 in a speech on the state Senate floor:

"New Jersey's citizens are working at the highest rate in three years."

False

By Erin O'Neill • July 1, 2012

Jon Runyan
stated on June 28, 2012 in a press release:

Says there are "$500 billion in Medicare cuts required to pay for this flawed [health care law]."

Mostly False

By Erin O'Neill • June 29, 2012

Michael Doherty
stated on May 14, 2012 in a news release:

"There is little if any evidence that the use of red light cameras in New Jersey has reduced the number or severity of accidents at the intersections where they are used."

True

By Caryn Shinske • June 28, 2012

Paul Sarlo
stated on June 25, 2012 in a speech on the State Senate floor:

"The state's unemployment rate is fifth-highest in the country, a full point above the nationwide rate and higher than all of our...neighboring states."

True

By Bill Wichert • June 27, 2012

Vincent Prieto
stated on June 17, 2012 in an interview on My9 News' “New Jersey Now”:

Says Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed budget is "the biggest spending budget in the history of the state of New Jersey. It is the largest in the nation at this point in time."

False

By Erin O'Neill • June 25, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on June 15, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:

Says New Jersey’s job growth in May represents "25 percent of all the jobs created in the country."

False

By Bill Wichert • June 24, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on June 14, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:

"(Assembly Democrats) wanted to raise the gas tax by $2.4 billion. We said no to that....They’re down on the ground. They’re sweating. They’re twitching. It’s ugly, ‘cause I keep saying no."

Mostly False

By Bill Wichert • June 21, 2012

Lou Greenwald
stated on June 6, 2012 in a tweet:

"In 2011, NJ economy ranked 47th--at the bottom with Alabama, Mississippi & Wyoming. Under Christie, NJ is falling behind."

Mostly True

By Bill Wichert • June 19, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on June 8, 2012 in an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”:

Says Joe Kyrillos "voted to raid the state's pension funds by $2.8 billion that is costing New Jersey taxpayers still today to the tune of nearly $15 billion dollars to repay that money."

False

By Erin O'Neill • June 17, 2012

Joseph Kyrillos
stated on June 6, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:

Says Robert Menendez is "the king of raising money from Wall Street, over a million dollars, one of the leaders in the United States Senate. I haven’t raised any Wall Street money at all."

Mostly False

By Bill Wichert • June 14, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on June 6, 2012 in a town hall meeting:

"When I was U.S. Attorney we wound up putting 10 percent of the state Legislature in jail during my seven years."

False

By Erin O'Neill • June 11, 2012

Bill Clinton
stated on June 2, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:

"It took us four years to balance the budget. Then I gave you four surplus budgets for the first time in more than 70 years, paid $600 billion down on the national debt."

Mostly True

By Bill Wichert • June 8, 2012

Loretta Weinberg
stated on June 4, 2012 in a column on Blue Jersey:

Says PolitiFact "listed Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin as the Governor who told the most lies" and "our own ‘untruthful’ Governor Chris Christie made it into Politifact's top five of ‘Lie - en Governors’."

False

By Erin O'Neill • June 7, 2012

New Jersey Democratic State Committee
stated on June 1, 2012 in a newsletter:

Says PolitiFact issued a True ruling on Paul Krugman calling "Governor Christie a ‘fiscal phony.’"

False

By Bill Wichert • June 6, 2012

Caroline Casagrande
stated on April 29, 2012 in an interview on My9TV.com's "New Jersey Now" program:

"Women have come through the recession worse off than men … the numbers bear that out. We went from a 7 percent unemployment rate for women when he (President Barack Obama) was elected to an 8.1 percent now."

Mostly True

By Caryn Shinske • June 4, 2012

Rodney Frelinghuysen
stated on May 25, 2012 in an e-mail newsletter:

"The U.S. is borrowing approximately $2.52 for every $1 of economic growth so far in 2012."

True

By Erin O'Neill • June 3, 2012

Paul Krugman
stated on May 28, 2012 in a column in The New York Times:

Says "there have been some job gains in the McMansion State since Mr. Christie took office, but they have lagged gains both in the nation as a whole and in New York and Connecticut, the obvious points of comparison."

True

By Bill Wichert • May 31, 2012

Cory Booker
stated on May 20, 2012 in a roundtable discussion on NBC’s “Meet The Press”:

Says under President Barack Obama there’s been "the lowest discretionary spending we’ve had in decades in the United States."

False

By Bill Wichert • May 28, 2012

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