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Latest Fact-Checks By Caryn Shinske

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Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on July 9, 2013 an online gubernatorial campaign ad
"Guess what, governor? There’s no fried butter in Newark. Just 13 percent unemployment."
True
By Caryn Shinske • July 14, 2013
Barbara Buono
Barbara Buono
stated on June 26, 2013 a state Senate budget hearing
Says spending in the fiscal 2009 budget was lower than spending in the fiscal 2014 budget
True
By Caryn Shinske • July 7, 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
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 1, 2013 an interview on "On The Record with Michael Aron" program
"People want the minimum wage, they want marriage equality, they want women’s health care. There’s issues that actually that really do matter, social issues that matter to the people of this state. So I know Barbara would support those issues, I know the governor hasn’t. You’ve seen the actions he’s taken on them."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • June 23, 2013
Stephen Sweeney
Stephen Sweeney
stated on June 1, 2013 an interview on NJTV's 'On The Record With Michael Aron'
"Seventy percent of the people in the state of New Jersey want marriage equality."
False
By Caryn Shinske • June 16, 2013
Christine Whitman
Christine Whitman
stated on June 4, 2013 an interview on The John Gambling radio show
"We haven't had a Republican senator in Washington for ... why, I think Clifford Case was our last Republican senator."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • June 13, 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
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on May 29, 2013 a gubernatorial campaign TV ad
"Barbara Buono by the numbers: As a Trenton politician, she voted to raise taxes 154 times. Under her, property taxes up 70 percent. Backed a 16 percent sales tax increase. Utilities, nursing homes, cell phones, parking lots, lottery wins, gyms – She taxed them all. Architect of Corzine’s budget, she drove New Jersey $2 billion into debt. Barbara Buono by the numbers: taking New Jersey backwards."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • June 6, 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
AFL-CIO of New Jersey
AFL-CIO of New Jersey
stated on April 30, 2013 a Facebook page post
"New Jersey's governor cut $1.6 billion from public education while handing out $2.1 billion in corporate tax breaks, more than the entire previous decade."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • May 23, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on May 13, 2013 a gubernatorial campaign television ad
"Buono voted 154 times to raise our taxes -- like the sales tax, the income tax, health care taxes, even small business taxes."
True
By Caryn Shinske • May 19, 2013
One New Jersey
One New Jersey
stated on May 3, 2013 A radio ad
"Under Republican Governor Chris Christie, tolls cost more. Train and bus rides cost more. College tuition goes up. But Christie protected a tax cut for millionaires."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • May 16, 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 May 1, 2013 a television 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."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • May 9, 2013
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on April 22, 2013 an interview on NJ101.5 FM's "Ask the Governor" program
"We’re spending less money today, in upcoming fiscal year 2014 than the Corzine-Buono budget spent in fiscal year 2008."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • May 5, 2013
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on April 15, 2013 a press release
"The Internal Revenue code has ballooned to a 5,600-page, 4 million-word complicated mess that is seven times as long as the Bible with none of the good news."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • May 2, 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
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance
stated on April 15, 2013 a news release about tax reform
"The United States currently has the highest corporate tax rate in the world."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • April 25, 2013
One New Jersey
One New Jersey
stated on April 9, 2013 a TV ad
"Under Republican Chris Christie, New Jersey had the highest increase in unemployment in the country last year. Nearly 1 in 10 jobless. The worst unemployment in the region. Near the bottom in economic growth, yet Christie protected a tax cut for millionaires but vetoed a minimum wage hike."
Mostly True
By Caryn Shinske • April 14, 2013
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