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Marie Corfield
stated on December 30, 2013 in a column on BlueJersey.com:

Says New Jersey has "the highest unemployment rate in the region" and "stagnant job growth."

By Caryn Shinske • January 5, 2014
David Rible
stated on November 30, 2013 in an interview on NJTV's 'On the Record' with Michael Aron program:

"This governor has given us continual balanced budgets without raising taxes."

By Caryn Shinske • December 29, 2013
Kim Guadagno
stated on October 8, 2013 in a speech to supporters in Carlstadt:

Chris Christie "has not increased the taxes on anyone."

By Caryn Shinske • October 13, 2013
Steve Lonegan
stated on September 23, 2013 in an interview on the John Gambling radio show:

"Violent crime is up since the last year of Sharpe James’ administration. This year it’s higher. … The unemployment rate is almost 15 percent. The high school dropout rate is over 50 percent."

By Caryn Shinske • October 10, 2013
Barbara Buono
stated on August 23, 2013 in a speech to students at the Rutgers New Brunswick campus:

Tuition at Rutgers has increased 10 percent since Gov. Chris Christie took office because he "cut funding for higher education."

By Caryn Shinske • September 22, 2013
Cory Booker
stated on September 10, 2013 in an e-mailed campaign letter:

Newark is "now home to one-third of all commercial and multi-family development."

By Caryn Shinske • September 15, 2013
BookerFail
stated on August 23, 2013 in a U.S. Senate campaign video ad:

Says Cory Booker "supports late-term and partial-birth abortion and opposes safety regulations."

By Caryn Shinske • September 1, 2013
Steve Lonegan
stated on August 15, 2013 in a radio interview on “Focal Point with Bryan Fischer”:

Says under Mayor Cory Booker, Newark has seen "violent crime up five years in a row, murder up five years in a row."

By Bill Wichert • August 25, 2013
Rush Holt
stated on August 5, 2013 in a Democratic primary U.S. Senate seat campaign TV ad:

"We need to pass a carbon tax to stop climate change. Break up the Wall Street banks. And stop the government spying on innocent Americans. Cory Booker doesn’t support any of these ideas."

By Caryn Shinske • August 11, 2013
Chris Christie
stated on June 26, 2013 in an interview on the "Ask The Governor" monthly radio call-in program:

"Not one tax has been raised since I've been governor."

By Caryn Shinske • June 30, 2013
13th District GOP slate
stated on May 31, 2013 in A primary election campaign mailer:

"New Jersey’s once-broken pension system is now solvent."

By Caryn Shinske • June 9, 2013
Chris Christie
stated on May 22, 2013 in 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."

By Caryn Shinske • June 2, 2013
Barbara Buono
stated on May 22, 2013 in 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."

By Caryn Shinske • May 26, 2013
Chris Christie
stated on May 1, 2013 in 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."

By Caryn Shinske • May 12, 2013
Chris Christie
stated on April 22, 2013 in 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."

By Caryn Shinske • April 28, 2013
Chris Christie
stated on March 6, 2013 in a keynote speech to a commercial real estate group:

Said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them "Corzine jobs losses of 2009."

By Caryn Shinske • March 21, 2013
Jeff Tittel
stated on March 2, 2013 in an op-ed column on NJ.com:

"DEP has 2,812 employees, the lowest level since the mid-’80s."

By Caryn Shinske • March 17, 2013
Cory Booker
stated on February 1, 2013 in an appearance on "Bill Maher Overtime":

Says 2012 was the "first year in American history that more minorities are being born than people in the majority."

By Caryn Shinske • February 17, 2013
Barbara Buono
stated on January 29, 2013 in an interview on Fox 5’s Good Day New York:

Says the pension and health benefits reform "eliminated collective bargaining for health benefits."

By Bill Wichert • February 7, 2013
Chris Christie
stated on February 4, 2013 in an interview on the “Late Show with David Letterman”:

Says "in Katrina, they approved $60 billion within 10 days of the storm on a voice vote."

By Bill Wichert • February 6, 2013
Stephen Sweeney
stated on January 8, 2013 in a radio interview:

Says Chris Christie "vetoed" a "jobs package" of "30 bills."

By Bill Wichert • January 27, 2013
Chris Christie
stated on January 8, 2013 in a State of the State address:

Says in fiscal year 2011, the state had "a projected $11 billion deficit."

By Caryn Shinske • January 9, 2013
Barbara Buono
stated on December 11, 2012 in a video advertisement:

"I have the experience as Senate Budget Chair of cutting $4.5 billion in spending -- to close the deficit while protecting education and health care."

By Caryn Shinske • December 20, 2012
Michael Doherty
stated on November 28, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com:

Says a new state report "confirms" that red-light cameras "lead to more accidents, more injuries and greater cost."

By Bill Wichert • December 6, 2012
Robert Menendez
stated on November 4, 2012 in a campaign rally:

Says under President Barack Obama, the United States has created "five million jobs."

By Bill Wichert • November 12, 2012
Chris Christie
stated on October 24, 2012 in a campaign event in New Hampshire:

Says New Jersey lost private-sector jobs between 2000 and 2009 because Democrats increased taxes, fees, regulations and state spending.

By Bill Wichert • October 29, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV:

Says under U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s watch the nation’s unemployment rate and debt doubled and the federal budget deficit quadrupled.

By Erin O'Neill • October 7, 2012
Chris Christie
stated on September 25, 2012 in a campaign event in New Hampshire:

"The income tax that started at 2 percent under Governor Byrne is now 9 percent."

By Erin O'Neill • October 3, 2012
Chris Christie
stated on September 24, 2012 in a news conference:

Says Ronald Reagan "was behind in the polls in 1980 going into the debate with Jimmy Carter and then turned around 10 days later and won 40 states."

By Bill Wichert • October 1, 2012
Chris Christie
stated on August 28, 2012 in the keynote address at the Republican National Convention:

Says the United States has "the world’s greatest health care system."

By Bill Wichert • August 30, 2012

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