Gubernatorial candidates' views clash on jobs statistics

(Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:08 AM

By Niki Kelly, The Journal Gazette

nkelly@jp.net

INDIANAPOLIS - When monthly jobs numbers hit in July, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Jill Long Thompson reported Indiana had lost 17,900 jobs.

The number perplexed Gov. Mitch Daniels and his staff, whose own numbers indicated Indiana had made a small gain of 1,500 jobs from May to June.

Technically neither campaign was wrong.

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