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Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2018 in a debate.:
"The national economy was strong in its largest expansion of private sector jobs before President Trump came into office."  
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By Warren Fiske • September 25, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 10, 2018 in a tweet:
"For only the second time since 2000, there are more job openings than Americans who are unemployed."
True
By Anja Martin • August 31, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 8, 2018 in a tweet:
"The American economy is continuing its longest monthly streak of job growth in history, with 3.9 million jobs added since President Trump was elected."
True
By Warren Sterling • August 23, 2018
James Tedisco
James Tedisco
stated on April 13, 2018 in a blog post :
After the minimum wage for tipped workers was raised in Maine, the state "reversed that decision due to restaurant employees organizing en masse against the measure."
True
By Dan Clark • April 26, 2018
Noah Smith
Noah Smith
stated on March 7, 2018 in a Bloomberg View column:
"Since 1990, production of metals in the U.S. has held roughly constant, but the number of people employed in the industry has fallen steadily."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2018
Eric Holcomb
Eric Holcomb
stated on October 24, 2017 in a campaign ad:
"We’re growing union jobs faster than Illinois."
True
By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2017
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on October 11, 2017 in an op-ed:
"Ninety percent of people born in the 1940s ended up doing better financially than their parents. But those born in the 1980s, the much-maligned Millennials, have only a 50-50 chance of doing better (financially) than their parents, despite being the best-educated generation in our history."
True
By Chris Nichols • October 27, 2017
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 12, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:
The Inland Empire is "the second fastest growing region" for jobs in California.
True
By Chris Nichols • July 27, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 2, 2017 in a speech at the state Democratic convention:
 "Seven years later, (Scott Walker) has not hit his first campaign promise of creating 250,000 jobs."
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By Alan Hovorka • June 23, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on June 12, 2017 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":
"There are currently 6 million jobs available in this country that are due in part to the skills gap."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on April 5, 2017 in a news release:
"Due to the recent downturn in steel production, more than 13,600 Americans have been laid off and the steel industry is facing billions in losses."
True
By Austin Hough • May 30, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on March 26, 2017 in an interview on Meet the Press:
"2.1 million jobs have been created in the last six or seven years" in California
True
By Chris Nichols • March 29, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on February 14, 2017 in a press release on her website:
Small businesses "create two out of every three American jobs."
True
By Austin Hough • March 18, 2017
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on March 6, 2017 in a press conference in Texas:
Says HB2 has hurt North Carolina’s economy by "one-tenth of 1 percent of our annual GDP."
True
By Will Doran • March 7, 2017
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on January 10, 2017 in a press conference:
"The exodus of citizens from New York State has been growing."
True
By Dan Clark • January 20, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 19, 2016 in a press conference:
Even our attorney general who is a strong Democrat, she has said that we need causation in our workers’ comp system. That’s the No. 1 thing pushing our manufacturing jobs out of Illinois.
True
By Matt Dietrich • October 3, 2016
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 23, 2016 in a speech in Buffalo:
"Most private sector jobs in the history of Buffalo exist in Buffalo today"
True
By Dan Clark • September 24, 2016
John Plumb
John Plumb
stated on August 29, 2016 in an interview on Capital Tonight.:
Tom Reed "has actually voted for every single trade deal that has ever come before him in any form."
True
By Dan Clark • September 2, 2016
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on June 17, 2016 in comments at Texas Democratic Party convention:
"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."
True
By Emma Hinchliffe, W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on July 8, 2016 in a conversation with reporters in Victor, NY.:
"We created 800,000 new jobs, we cut the unemployment rate almost in half and today New York State has more private sector jobs than it has ever had in its history"
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By Dan Clark • July 22, 2016
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