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6 October
10:15 pm

Under Jocelyn Benson's leadership in Lansing, Michigan has lost ninety thousand jobs in manufacturing and also business services.

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John James, at Michigan Governor General Election Debate (WOOD TV8)

10:15 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific figure of 90,000 jobs lost attributed to Benson's leadership — verifiable against Michigan employment data.
What we foundThe figure of 90,000 combined manufacturing and business services job losses attributed to Jocelyn Benson's tenure is not supported by BLS or state employment data, which show substantially smaller losses in those sectors.
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