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Frank Lautenberg
stated on November 13, 2012 a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate

"In 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of New Jersey."

By Caryn Shinske • December 9, 2012

Raymond Bateman
stated on November 23, 2012 a column

Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history."

By Erin O'Neill • November 29, 2012

Steve Lonegan
stated on October 24, 2012 an op-ed on the Asbury Park Press' website

"Sixty percent of New Jersey doctors do not accept Medicaid patients."

By Bill Wichert • November 14, 2012

Leonard Lance
stated on October 11, 2012 a debate

Says Barack Obama "said when he was running for office four years ago that he would halve the annual deficit by the end of his first term. That simply has not happened."

By Bill Wichert • October 21, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV

"When (Joe Kyrillos) had an opportunity to vote for women in terms of their health care, not once, not twice, but six times, he voted against women’s health care in our state."

By Bill Wichert • October 8, 2012

Leonard Lance
stated on September 5, 2012 an interview on NJToday

"The Senate has not passed a budget in more than three years, not a good budget, not a bad budget, no budget."

By Bill Wichert • September 12, 2012

Cory Booker
stated on September 5, 2012 an interview with #waywire

Says the Republican Party platform says "pull back even more of the rules on campaign finance reform, get rid of McCain-Feingold" while the Democratic Party platform says "we want to find a way to put more fair rules on campaign finance reform."

By Erin O'Neill • September 9, 2012

Choose: New Jersey
stated on July 30, 2012 an advertisement in the Wall Street Journal

"We have more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world."

By Caryn Shinske • September 6, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on September 5, 2012 an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Says Bruce Springsteen played in 1975 at Seton Hall University in South Orange at Walsh gym.

By Bill Wichert • September 5, 2012

Cory Booker
stated on September 4, 2012 a rally at the Democratic National Convention

"The first (state) budget that came out of our Republican leadership slashed funding to Planned Parenthood...It resulted in the reduction of hours, the elimination of days, elimination of access to women in my city and all over my state."

By Bill Wichert • September 5, 2012

John Wisniewski
stated on August 21, 2012 a news release

Says Congressmen Paul Ryan and Todd Akin co-sponsored legislation "to limit federal funding for abortion to victims of ‘forcible rape.’"

By Bill Wichert • August 22, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on August 7, 2012 a news conference

Says "a Republican hasn't won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988."

By Erin O'Neill • August 15, 2012

Shirley Turner
stated on July 30, 2012 a speech on the State Senate floor

"The judicial system is the most underfunded in this state, able to only pay 52 percent of its obligations. Meanwhile, judges get some of the richest pensions of all public employees."

By Bill Wichert • August 2, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on July 24, 2012 a news conference

Says under federal law "we do not have any limitation on the number of guns and bullets we can buy."

By Bill Wichert • August 1, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on July 23, 2012 a news conference

"We created as many jobs in the first six months of this year as we did in all of 2011 and 2011 was the best single year for private-sector job growth since the year 2000."

By Erin O'Neill • July 26, 2012

Stephen Sweeney
stated on July 2, 2012 an interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show

Says "tenure still exists but it's been overhauled" for teachers in New Jersey.

By Erin O'Neill • July 9, 2012

Chris Christie
stated on July 3, 2012 an interview on CNBC

"If you look at most of the polls, this is a margin-of-error race on Fourth of July between Mitt Romney and the president."

By Erin O'Neill • July 5, 2012

Michael Doherty
stated on May 14, 2012 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."

By Caryn Shinske • June 28, 2012

Paul Sarlo
stated on June 25, 2012 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."

By Bill Wichert • June 27, 2012

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

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

By Erin O'Neill • June 3, 2012

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