Claim: Says New Jersey is "down nearly 200,000 jobs from its pre-recession peak" and with Gov. Chris Christie "New Jersey has trailed the rest of America when it comes to unemployment" for 12 consecutive months.
Fact-check: One New Jersey: Chris Christie's talk on state's jobs situation conflicts with middle-class reality
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Erin O'Neill
Date published: 2012-02-07T00:00:00