Claim: "The proudest accomplishment  was leaving the state with a $1.2 billion surplus, which was the largest we'd ever had, and getting spending under control and a balanced budget."
Fact-check: Christie Whitman says she left state with a more than $1 billion budget surplus
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Caryn Shinske
Date published: 2011-10-17T00:00:00