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Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 18, 2011 a speech at Notre Dame's law school
"They say teachers only make on average in New Jersey 60,000 dollars a year. They only work 180 days."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • December 12, 2011
Jay Webber
Jay Webber
stated on November 28, 2011 an NJToday interview
Says "our unemployment insurance trust fund is broke. We're over a billion dollars in debt to the federal government."
True
By Bill Wichert • December 11, 2011
Bear Education and Resource Group
Bear Education and Resource Group
stated on December 6, 2011 a website
"99% of NJ voters do NOT support hunting."
Pants on Fire!
By Erin O'Neill • December 8, 2011
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Lautenberg
stated on October 24, 2011 an article on NOLA.com
"Last year we spent more than $40 billion on highways. And Lord knows we need that. But that's more than we spent on Amtrak in its entire 40-year history." 
True
By Caryn Shinske • December 5, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 9, 2011 a radio interview
Says Barack Obama had "huge majorities" in Congress during his first two years in office and "did nothing with them to create jobs in America."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill Wichert • December 4, 2011
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on November 21, 2011 a column on bluejersey.com
"(Chris Christie) has not paid one dollar of state money into our pension system, and then states that the system is broke."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 2, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 18, 2011 a forum at the University of Notre Dame
Says "out of 588 school districts, we give 31 (former Abbott) districts 70 percent of the aid."
Mostly True
By Bill Wichert • December 1, 2011
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on November 21, 2011 an NJToday interview
"While (Chris Christie) talks about job creation, we don't see jobs being created in this state."
False
By Bill Wichert • November 28, 2011
New Jersey Tea Party
New Jersey Tea Party
stated on September 2, 2011 a retweet
"Since Obama took office, a net of 540,000 additional black Americans – Obama’s strongest supporters – have lost their jobs." 
Half-True
By Caryn Shinske • November 27, 2011
Steve Rothman
Steve Rothman
stated on November 2, 2011 a statement in the Congressional Record
"Currently it costs more than a penny for the U.S. Mint to make a one cent coin and more than a nickel to make the five cent piece."
True
By Erin O'Neill • November 24, 2011
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on November 16, 2011 a speech on the House floor
"When the national debt reaches $15 trillion, it means that U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio will reach 99.7 percent of our debt and this is $47,900 for every living American."
True
By Erin O'Neill • November 21, 2011
Michael Doherty
Michael Doherty
stated on November 3, 2011 a speech before the East Jersey Tea Party
Says the state auditor found that 37 percent of the 428,000 students receiving free and reduced-price lunches are ineligible.
False
By Bill Wichert • November 20, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 14, 2011 an interview at Facebook headquarters
Says 23 percent of ninth graders in Newark will graduate with a high school diploma in four years and "we spend $100,000 on their education in those four years, more than is spent on any other set of students in the United States."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • November 17, 2011
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Rodney Frelinghuysen
stated on November 4, 2011 an email newsletter
Says the Treasury Department "says 41 percent of all business income reported on individual returns would be hit by the [millionaires’] surtax" that "would harm small businessmen and women, the very people we are counting on to create new jobs."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • November 13, 2011
John Wisniewski
John Wisniewski
stated on November 7, 2011 a memo on behalf of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee
"Governor Christie also remains the only Governor since World War II, among both Democrats and Republicans, who failed to have his party win control of at least one legislative body over the course of his term."
False
By Bill Wichert, Erin O'Neill • November 10, 2011
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis
stated on October 30, 2011 a video posted on YouTube
"You’re paying for...(state Sen. Diane Allen’s) health care, and she took yours away."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • November 7, 2011
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 26, 2011 a radio interview
Says "over the last 48 years, every governor at the midterm of his first term or her first term has lost seats in the Legislature, with the exception of Jim McGreevey in 2003."
True
By Erin O'Neill • November 6, 2011
New Jersey Republican State Committee
New Jersey Republican State Committee
stated on November 3, 2011 a political advertisement
"Corrupt political bosses. Money laundering. Fraud. It’s just another day at the office for Vin Gopal." 
Pants on Fire!
By Caryn Shinske • November 4, 2011
Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on October 18, 2011 a speech
"New Jersey alone, my home state, is facing a ten-and-a-half billion dollar shortfall in its 2012 fiscal budget. This means more cuts in state and local spending for education, which means our kids are hurt."
False
By Bill Wichert • November 3, 2011
Joseph Chiusolo
Joseph Chiusolo
stated on October 25, 2011 a press release
Says "Essex County residents suffer the second highest property taxes in the nation."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • November 2, 2011
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