Claim: Chris Christie has not been "effective at creating jobs …  a record of governing for effectiveness. ... New Jersey  one of the higher unemployment rates in the country at 9.4 percent."
Fact-check: Under Chris Christie, does New Jersey have "one of the higher unemployment rates in the country"?
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2011-10-03T00:00:00