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Barbara Buono is a Democratic state senator representing part of Middlesex County. Buono previously served in the State Assembly from 1994 to 2001.

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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
Barbara Buono
stated on July 9, 2013 in an online gubernatorial campaign ad:

"Guess what, governor? There’s no fried butter in Newark. Just 13 percent unemployment."

By Caryn Shinske • July 14, 2013
Barbara Buono
stated on June 26, 2013 in a state Senate budget hearing:

Says spending in the fiscal 2009 budget was lower than spending in the fiscal 2014 budget

By Caryn Shinske • July 7, 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
Barbara Buono
stated on March 19, 2013 in a response to the release of employment data by the state Labor Department:

"While the United States has seen its unemployment rate steadily decline, New Jersey's remains nearly two percent higher than the national average and more than a point higher than Connecticut and New York."

By Caryn Shinske • March 28, 2013

Chris Christie
stated on October 21, 2013 in a gubernatorial campaign TV ad:

Says Barbara Buono "voted to raise her own pay 40 percent."

By Caryn Shinske • October 27, 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
Republican Governors Association
stated on May 29, 2013 in 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."

By Caryn Shinske • June 6, 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
Chris Christie
stated on May 13, 2013 in 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."

By Caryn Shinske • May 19, 2013

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