PolitiFact N.J.: Christine Todd Whitman says she left state with a more than $1 billion surplus

Christine Todd Whitman says that when she left as governor in 2001, the state budget had a more than $1 billion surplus

There was a time when finances in New Jersey weren't in the difficult situation they're in today. In fact, Christine Todd Whitman says that when she left as governor in 2001, the state budget had a more than $1 billion surplus, spending was under control and the budget was balanced. PolitiFact New Jersey found that most of the former governor's claims are true, but the amount of debt that she left the state can't be ignored, either. Read our Mostly True ruling on Whitman's claim at PolitiFactNJ.com and then join the conversation about it at NJ.com.

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