John Kitzhaber: "Oregon today has 100,000 more jobs than it did when I was elected."

PolitiFact Oregon:

The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Does Oregon have 100,000 more jobs today than it did when John Kitzhaber was elected?

Gov. John Kitzhaber, running for an unprecedented fourth term and taking a lot of flak for the collapse of the Cover Oregon website, has been trying to shine a light on his accomplishments. One of them struck a meat-and-potatoes campaign theme: jobs. The Claim In a recent campaign email, the Democratic governor claimed: "Oregon today has 100,000 more jobs than it did when I was elected." He repeated the claim to Harry Esteve, a reporter for The Oregonian, for a recent story, and that also got a lot of readers wondering about the figure. If the number ... >> More

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