Claim: Said the year before he took office, the state lost 119,000 private-sector jobs, labeling them "Corzine jobs losses of 2009."
Fact-check: Chris Christie claims 119,000 private-sector jobs lost during last year of Corzine tenure as governor
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Caryn Shinske
Date published: 2013-03-21T00:00:00