Latest Fact-checks by Erin O'Neill Raymond Bateman stated on November 23, 2012 in a column: Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history." Frank Lautenberg stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says because of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City "much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where the boardwalk used to be." Big Gamble NJ stated on November 13, 2012 in a website: "In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million." Chris Christie stated on October 30, 2012 in an interview on NBC Nightly News: Says New Jersey is "50th in return of our federal tax dollars." Tom Kean Jr. stated on October 17, 2012 in an interview with reporters at William Paterson University: "New Jersey is the only state in the union that spent less on higher education than it did at the beginning of the decade." Chris Christie stated on October 16, 2012 in a town hall meeting in West Milford: "Now remember, property taxes went up 70 percent in the 10 years before I became governor." Shelley Adler stated on October 10, 2012 in a campaign event: Says Rep. Jon Runyan "voted to redefine rape." Joseph Kyrillos stated on October 10, 2012 in a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM: Says "when I voted against [an increase in the minimum wage], it was in the 80s." 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. Joseph Kyrillos stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV: Says the United States has the "highest corporate tax rate in the world." 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." Jennifer Beck stated on September 20, 2012 in an interview with NJToday: "We have more people working in the state of New Jersey today than we've ever had in our history." John Burzichelli stated on September 19, 2012 in an interview with NJToday: Says "the governor is going around the state talking about [how] we should fund an income tax cut" that benefits higher income earners and not lower income earners Jon Runyan stated on September 17, 2012 in an interview with Townsquare Media New Jersey: Says "if we do nothing and continue to let Obamacare siphon off that $700 billion dollars off the top of it, Medicare goes away in less than 10 years -- certain accounts of it -- and it just falls apart at the seams." Menendez Facts stated on September 4, 2012 in a blog: "Sen. Bob Menendez voted to enact a new tax on the sale of homes of 3.8%." Jon Bramnick stated on September 7, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: "The president promised that if he spent money on a stimulus program that unemployment would go to 5.7 percent or 6 percent. Those were his words." Cory Booker stated on September 5, 2012 in 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." Barbara Buono stated on August 27, 2012 in an op-ed in Politico: Says Gov. Chris Christie has embarked on a tour to "demand that New Jersey’s Democratic legislature approve an immediate tax cut that would disproportionately benefit the wealthiest." Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: Says the national health care law puts federal "bureaucrats between an American citizen and her doctor." Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: Says they said "it was impossible to balance a budget at the same time, with an $11 billion deficit" and "we did it." Chris Christie stated on August 20, 2012 in a news conference: "I haven't raised taxes in the time I've been the governor of New Jersey." Lou Greenwald stated on August 9, 2012 in an interview with Blue Jersey: Says "about 100,000 kids in this country leave their home state and go to another state to be educated. Out of that 100,000 young people, 30,000 of them are from New Jersey, by far the largest amount." Chris Christie stated on August 7, 2012 in a news conference: Says "a Republican hasn't won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988." Upendra Chivukula stated on August 5, 2012 in an interview posted on BlueJersey.com: "One of the key things about Leonard Lance is that in 2008, when you look at [the] Project Vote Smart website, he was not for guns. Now he has gone too far to the right, saying that you can carry concealed weapons in national parks." Frank Lautenberg stated on July 30, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com: "Guns have murdered more Americans here at home in recent years than have died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan." Scott Garrett stated on July 29, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com: "The president’s health care law raids Medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a Medicare rationing board — a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats — to slow the growth of Medicare spending." Chris Christie stated on July 23, 2012 in a news conference: "What I look at every month is how many more New Jerseyans are back to work. You have another 9,900 last month that are back to work and over almost 90,000 that are back to work now since I became governor." Rush Holt stated on July 20, 2012 in an e-mail newsletter: "As we watch the news from Colorado with horror and sympathy for the families, we should remember that each day more than 80 Americans are killed by gunfire, unnecessary tragedies." Chris Christie stated on July 23, 2012 in 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." Chris Christie stated on July 9, 2012 in a speech at the Brookings Institution: "I used my line-item veto authority to veto $360 million dollars in special interest spending, so that our budget this year ... is still smaller than the fiscal year 2008 and 2009 budgets signed by my predecessor."
Raymond Bateman stated on November 23, 2012 in a column: Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history." Frank Lautenberg stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says because of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City "much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where the boardwalk used to be." Big Gamble NJ stated on November 13, 2012 in a website: "In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million." Chris Christie stated on October 30, 2012 in an interview on NBC Nightly News: Says New Jersey is "50th in return of our federal tax dollars." Tom Kean Jr. stated on October 17, 2012 in an interview with reporters at William Paterson University: "New Jersey is the only state in the union that spent less on higher education than it did at the beginning of the decade." Chris Christie stated on October 16, 2012 in a town hall meeting in West Milford: "Now remember, property taxes went up 70 percent in the 10 years before I became governor." Shelley Adler stated on October 10, 2012 in a campaign event: Says Rep. Jon Runyan "voted to redefine rape." Joseph Kyrillos stated on October 10, 2012 in a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM: Says "when I voted against [an increase in the minimum wage], it was in the 80s." 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. Joseph Kyrillos stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV: Says the United States has the "highest corporate tax rate in the world." 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." Jennifer Beck stated on September 20, 2012 in an interview with NJToday: "We have more people working in the state of New Jersey today than we've ever had in our history." John Burzichelli stated on September 19, 2012 in an interview with NJToday: Says "the governor is going around the state talking about [how] we should fund an income tax cut" that benefits higher income earners and not lower income earners Jon Runyan stated on September 17, 2012 in an interview with Townsquare Media New Jersey: Says "if we do nothing and continue to let Obamacare siphon off that $700 billion dollars off the top of it, Medicare goes away in less than 10 years -- certain accounts of it -- and it just falls apart at the seams." Menendez Facts stated on September 4, 2012 in a blog: "Sen. Bob Menendez voted to enact a new tax on the sale of homes of 3.8%." Jon Bramnick stated on September 7, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: "The president promised that if he spent money on a stimulus program that unemployment would go to 5.7 percent or 6 percent. Those were his words." Cory Booker stated on September 5, 2012 in 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." Barbara Buono stated on August 27, 2012 in an op-ed in Politico: Says Gov. Chris Christie has embarked on a tour to "demand that New Jersey’s Democratic legislature approve an immediate tax cut that would disproportionately benefit the wealthiest." Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: Says the national health care law puts federal "bureaucrats between an American citizen and her doctor." Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: Says they said "it was impossible to balance a budget at the same time, with an $11 billion deficit" and "we did it." Chris Christie stated on August 20, 2012 in a news conference: "I haven't raised taxes in the time I've been the governor of New Jersey." Lou Greenwald stated on August 9, 2012 in an interview with Blue Jersey: Says "about 100,000 kids in this country leave their home state and go to another state to be educated. Out of that 100,000 young people, 30,000 of them are from New Jersey, by far the largest amount." Chris Christie stated on August 7, 2012 in a news conference: Says "a Republican hasn't won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988." Upendra Chivukula stated on August 5, 2012 in an interview posted on BlueJersey.com: "One of the key things about Leonard Lance is that in 2008, when you look at [the] Project Vote Smart website, he was not for guns. Now he has gone too far to the right, saying that you can carry concealed weapons in national parks." Frank Lautenberg stated on July 30, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com: "Guns have murdered more Americans here at home in recent years than have died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan." Scott Garrett stated on July 29, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com: "The president’s health care law raids Medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a Medicare rationing board — a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats — to slow the growth of Medicare spending." Chris Christie stated on July 23, 2012 in a news conference: "What I look at every month is how many more New Jerseyans are back to work. You have another 9,900 last month that are back to work and over almost 90,000 that are back to work now since I became governor." Rush Holt stated on July 20, 2012 in an e-mail newsletter: "As we watch the news from Colorado with horror and sympathy for the families, we should remember that each day more than 80 Americans are killed by gunfire, unnecessary tragedies." Chris Christie stated on July 23, 2012 in 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." Chris Christie stated on July 9, 2012 in a speech at the Brookings Institution: "I used my line-item veto authority to veto $360 million dollars in special interest spending, so that our budget this year ... is still smaller than the fiscal year 2008 and 2009 budgets signed by my predecessor."
Raymond Bateman stated on November 23, 2012 in a column: Says that in the 1985 election former Gov. Tom Kean had "the largest winning margin for a gubernatorial candidate in Jersey history."
Frank Lautenberg stated on November 13, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor: Says because of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City "much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where the boardwalk used to be."
Big Gamble NJ stated on November 13, 2012 in a website: "In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million."
Chris Christie stated on October 30, 2012 in an interview on NBC Nightly News: Says New Jersey is "50th in return of our federal tax dollars."
Tom Kean Jr. stated on October 17, 2012 in an interview with reporters at William Paterson University: "New Jersey is the only state in the union that spent less on higher education than it did at the beginning of the decade."
Chris Christie stated on October 16, 2012 in a town hall meeting in West Milford: "Now remember, property taxes went up 70 percent in the 10 years before I became governor."
Shelley Adler stated on October 10, 2012 in a campaign event: Says Rep. Jon Runyan "voted to redefine rape."
Joseph Kyrillos stated on October 10, 2012 in a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM: Says "when I voted against [an increase in the minimum wage], it was in the 80s."
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.
Joseph Kyrillos stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV: Says the United States has the "highest corporate tax rate in the world."
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."
Jennifer Beck stated on September 20, 2012 in an interview with NJToday: "We have more people working in the state of New Jersey today than we've ever had in our history."
John Burzichelli stated on September 19, 2012 in an interview with NJToday: Says "the governor is going around the state talking about [how] we should fund an income tax cut" that benefits higher income earners and not lower income earners
Jon Runyan stated on September 17, 2012 in an interview with Townsquare Media New Jersey: Says "if we do nothing and continue to let Obamacare siphon off that $700 billion dollars off the top of it, Medicare goes away in less than 10 years -- certain accounts of it -- and it just falls apart at the seams."
Menendez Facts stated on September 4, 2012 in a blog: "Sen. Bob Menendez voted to enact a new tax on the sale of homes of 3.8%."
Jon Bramnick stated on September 7, 2012 in an interview on NJToday: "The president promised that if he spent money on a stimulus program that unemployment would go to 5.7 percent or 6 percent. Those were his words."
Cory Booker stated on September 5, 2012 in 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."
Barbara Buono stated on August 27, 2012 in an op-ed in Politico: Says Gov. Chris Christie has embarked on a tour to "demand that New Jersey’s Democratic legislature approve an immediate tax cut that would disproportionately benefit the wealthiest."
Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: Says the national health care law puts federal "bureaucrats between an American citizen and her doctor."
Chris Christie stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa: Says they said "it was impossible to balance a budget at the same time, with an $11 billion deficit" and "we did it."
Chris Christie stated on August 20, 2012 in a news conference: "I haven't raised taxes in the time I've been the governor of New Jersey."
Lou Greenwald stated on August 9, 2012 in an interview with Blue Jersey: Says "about 100,000 kids in this country leave their home state and go to another state to be educated. Out of that 100,000 young people, 30,000 of them are from New Jersey, by far the largest amount."
Chris Christie stated on August 7, 2012 in a news conference: Says "a Republican hasn't won [an election] for a presidency in New Jersey since 1988."
Upendra Chivukula stated on August 5, 2012 in an interview posted on BlueJersey.com: "One of the key things about Leonard Lance is that in 2008, when you look at [the] Project Vote Smart website, he was not for guns. Now he has gone too far to the right, saying that you can carry concealed weapons in national parks."
Frank Lautenberg stated on July 30, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com: "Guns have murdered more Americans here at home in recent years than have died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan."
Scott Garrett stated on July 29, 2012 in an op-ed on NorthJersey.com: "The president’s health care law raids Medicare by more than $500 billion and creates a Medicare rationing board — a group of 15 unelected bureaucrats — to slow the growth of Medicare spending."
Chris Christie stated on July 23, 2012 in a news conference: "What I look at every month is how many more New Jerseyans are back to work. You have another 9,900 last month that are back to work and over almost 90,000 that are back to work now since I became governor."
Rush Holt stated on July 20, 2012 in an e-mail newsletter: "As we watch the news from Colorado with horror and sympathy for the families, we should remember that each day more than 80 Americans are killed by gunfire, unnecessary tragedies."
Chris Christie stated on July 23, 2012 in 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."
Chris Christie stated on July 9, 2012 in a speech at the Brookings Institution: "I used my line-item veto authority to veto $360 million dollars in special interest spending, so that our budget this year ... is still smaller than the fiscal year 2008 and 2009 budgets signed by my predecessor."