Governor Chris Christie: Five Years By The Numbers

Five Years By The Numbers
A Christie Record Of Renewal
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$120 Billion
Taxpayer savings from 2011’s landmark pension and benefits reform

$13 Billion
Combined fiscal deficit closed by Governor Christie in his first 18 months in office

$12 Billion
Total Public-Private Investment through the Christie Administration’s pro-growth policies which will generate or retain nearly 80,000 jobs

$11.9 Billion
Total state aid to schools in Fiscal Year 2015, the fourth consecutive historic high

$2.89 Billion
Contribution to the pension fund under Governor Christie, more than any governor in New Jersey history

$2.5 Billion
Less discretionary spending in Fiscal Year 2015 compared with Fiscal Year 2008, under then Governor Corzine
 
$2.32 Billion
Targeted, job-creating business tax cuts signed into law by Governor Christie

$1 Billion
Assistance funding to Sandy-impacted families

$213 Million
Tax savings for New Jersey employers thanks to the Christie Administration efforts to return the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund to solvency

$174 Million
Support provided to small businesses and communities recovering from Sandy through the Stronger NJ Business programs

$54.8 Million
Spending in Fiscal Year 2015 on the expanded drug court program to help non-violent offenders reclaim their lives

8,761,511
Views on YouTube

176,955
Likes on Facebook

153,200
Newly-created private-sector jobs since Governor Christie took office in 2010

8,500
Fewer State government employees today compared to when Governor Christie took office

6,810
Tweets to over 489,000 followers

477
Lives of overdose victims saved with Narcan by first responders and police since the Christie Administration authorized its use

279
Press Conferences held by Governor Christie

170
Executive Orders issued by the Christie Administration

127
Town Halls held by Governor Christie

51
Appearances by Governor Christie on ‘Ask The Governor’

36
Charter schools opened in New Jersey since Governor Christie took office

31
New Jersey Heroes recognized by First Lady Mary Pat Christie
 
22%
Decline in violent crime in Camden through August in 2014 compared with the same period in 2012 following the replacement of the City police with a new, larger county force

13
Speeches by Governor Christie to NJ State Legislature

6.4%
Unemployment in New Jersey today, compared with 9.7 percent when Governor Christie first took office

5
Consecutive years of positive private-sector job growth since Governor Christie took office

3
New Justices confirmed to the New Jersey Supreme Court

2
Appearances by Governor Christie’s fleece on ‘Saturday Night Live’

1.7%
Property tax growth in 2013. The slowest pace “in more than two decades” and a “hard-fought milestone for one of the highest-taxed states in America”

Zero
New taxes since Governor Christie took office