claim: when mitt romney was governor, massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states in job creation.
author: david axelrod
evidence_1: sep 4, 2012 ... "by the time (mitt romney) left office, massachusetts was 47th in the nation in job  creation." — deval patrick on tuesday, ... we found that from december 2002 to  december 2006, massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states (not including the  district of columbia) in job growth. (we calculated that by using ...
evidence_2: jun 8, 2012 ... a campaign ad that praises mitt romney's performance as governor of  massachusetts presents a slanted view of his record on jobs, unemployment and  taxes. ... has repeatedly noted, massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 states over  the entirety of romney's four years as governor in terms of job creation.
evidence_3: nov 1, 2012 ... in romney's four years as governor massachusetts ranked 47th out of 50 in  job growth. according to marketwatch, “the republican contender was the  governor of massachusetts from january 2003 to january 2007. and during that  time, according to the u.s. labor department, the state ranked 47th in ...
evidence_4: jun 13, 2012 ... the ad sets up its punch line with the opening line, “when mitt romney was  governor, massachusetts was number one.” the ad then says, “number ... in fact,  looking at the entirety of romney's four years, massachusetts ranked 47th out of  50 states in percentage of job growth. it had ranked 37th in the four ...
evidence_5: job growth in massachusetts rose at a rate of 1.5 percent (compared to the  national average of 5.3 percent), placing massachusetts 47th of the 50 states in  new job creation over the course of romney's term. the annual rate of job growth  was improving by his last year ...