And then with the US economic stimulating actions of the Obama Administration, supported by a Democratically controlled US Senate, taking full effect, coupled with the Quantitative Easing by the US Federal Reserve, the US unemployment rate declined sharply from 10.0% in October 2009 to 5.9% for the most recently reported September 2014.
Given the critical upcoming US Senate and US State Governor elections, I think it would be helpful to disclose here in one place, the just today released State Unemployment Rates in some US States which have close US Senate and State Governor Races and compare them to the State unemployment rates for October 2009, which was the very lowest point for the US Labor Market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
First, let me disclose these State Unemployment Rates in the 14 States with Hot US Senate Races Fundraiser held at Tavern in Los Angeles, yesterday October 20, 2014:
| State | State | State | ||
| Democratic | Unemployment | Unemployment | Unemployment | |
| US Senate | Rate | Rate | Rate | |
| US State | Candidate | September 2014 | October 2009 | Improvement |
| Alaska | Mark Begich | 6.8% | 8.1% | 1.3% |
| Arkansas | Mark Pryor | 6.2% | 7.7% | 1.5% |
| Colorado | Mark Udall | 4.7% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| Georgia | Michelle Nunn | 7.9% | 10.4% | 2.5% |
| Iowa | Bruce Braley | 4.6% | 6.4% | 1.8% |
| Kentucky | Alison Lundergan Grimes | 6.7% | 10.6% | 3.9% |
| Louisiana | Mary Landrieu | 6.0% | 6.9% | 0.9% |
| Michigan | Gary Peters | 7.2% | 14.1% | 6.9% |
| Minnesota | Al Franken | 4.1% | 7.8% | 3.7% |
| New Hampshire | Jeanne Shaheen | 4.3% | 6.7% | 2.4% |
| North Carolina | Kay Hagan | 6.7% | 10.9% | 4.2% |
| Oregon | Jeff Merkley | 7.1% | 11.0% | 3.9% |
| Virginia | Mark Warner | 5.5% | 7.2% | 1.7% |
| West Virginia | Natalie Tennant | 6.6% | 8.3% | 1.7% |
Second, let me disclose these same US State Unemployment Rates in Other Critical US Senate Races:
| State | State | State | |||
| Democratic | Independent | Unemployment | Unemployment | Unemployment | |
| US Senate | US Senate | Rate | Rate | Rate | |
| US State | Candidate | Candidate | September 2014 | October 2009 | Improvement |
| Delaware | Chris Coons | 6.5% | 8.2% | 1.7% | |
| Hawaii | Brian Schatz | 4.2% | 7.0% | 2.8% | |
| Illinois | Dick Durbin | 6.6% | 11.0% | 4.4% | |
| Kansas | Greg Orman | 4.8% | 7.3% | 2.5% | |
| Massachusetts | Ed Markey | 6.0% | 8.7% | 2.7% | |
| Montana | Amanda Curtis | 4.6% | 6.5% | 1.9% | |
| New Jersey | Cory Booker | 6.5% | 9.6% | 3.1% | |
| New Mexico | Tom Udall | 6.6% | 7.6% | 1.0% | |
| Rhode Island | Jack Reed | 7.6% | 11.7% | 4.1% | |
| South Dakota | Rick Weiland | Larry Pressler | 3.4% | 5.1% | 1.7% |
Third, let me disclose these same US State Unemployment Rates in Some Key US State Governor Races:
| State | State | State | |||
| Democratic | Independent | Unemployment | Unemployment | Unemployment | |
| US Governor | US Governor | Rate | Rate | Rate | |
| US State | Candidate | Candidate | September 2014 | October 2009 | Improvement |
| Alaska | Bill Walker | 6.8% | 8.1% | 1.3% | |
| Arizona | Fred DuVal | 6.9% | 10.6% | 3.7% | |
| Arkansas | Mike Ross | 6.2% | 7.7% | 1.5% | |
| California | Jerry Brown | 7.3% | 12.1% | 4.8% | |
| Colorado | John Hickenlooper | 4.7% | 8.3% | 3.6% | |
| Connecticut | Dan Malloy | 6.4% | 8.7% | 2.3% | |
| Florida | Charlie Crist | 6.1% | 11.2% | 5.1% | |
| Georgia | Jason Carter | 7.9% | 10.4% | 2.5% | |
| Hawaii | David Ige | 4.2% | 7.0% | 2.8% | |
| Illinois | Pat Quinn | 6.6% | 11.0% | 4.4% | |
| Iowa | Jack Hatch | 4.6% | 6.4% | 1.8% | |
| Kansas | Paul Davis | 4.8% | 7.3% | 2.5% | |
| Maine | Mike Michaud | 5.8% | 8.3% | 2.5% | |
| Maryland | Anthony Brown | 6.3% | 7.8% | 1.5% | |
| Massachusetts | Martha Coakley | 6.0% | 8.7% | 2.7% | |
| Michigan | Mark Schauer | 7.2% | 14.1% | 6.9% | |
| Minnesota | Mark Dayton | 4.1% | 7.8% | 3.7% | |
| Nevada | Robert Goodman | 7.3% | 12.9% | 5.6% | |
| New Hampshire | Maggie Hassan | 4.3% | 6.7% | 2.4% | |
| New Mexico | Gary King | 6.6% | 7.6% | 1.0% | |
| New York | Andrew Cuomo | 6.2% | 8.8% | 2.6% | |
| Ohio | Ed FitzGerald | 5.6% | 10.6% | 5.0% | |
| Oregon | John Kitzhaber | 7.1% | 11.0% | 3.9% | |
| Pennsylvania | Tom Wolf | 5.7% | 8.4% | 2.7% | |
| Rhode Island | Gina Raimondo | 7.6% | 11.7% | 4.1% | |
| South Carolina | Vincent Sheheen | 6.6% | 11.8% | 5.2% | |
| South Dakota | Susan Wismer | 3.4% | 5.1% | 1.7% | |
| Texas | Wendy Davis | 5.2% | 8.1% | 2.9% | |
| Vermont | Peter Shumlin | 4.4% | 6.7% | 2.3% | |
| Wisconsin | Mary Burke | 5.5% | 9.1% | 3.6% |
And lastly, let me disclose these same US State Unemployment Rates in the US States where its individuals provided the largest campaign funding for Democratic candidates across the country in these above key races:
| State | State | State | |
| Unemployment | Unemployment | Unemployment | |
| Rate | Rate | Rate | |
| US State | September 2014 | October 2009 | Improvement |
| California | 7.3% | 12.1% | 4.8% |
| Connecticut | 6.4% | 8.7% | 2.3% |
| Illinois | 6.6% | 11.0% | 4.4% |
| Maryland | 6.3% | 7.8% | 1.5% |
| Massachusetts | 6.0% | 8.7% | 2.7% |
| New Jersey | 6.5% | 9.6% | 3.1% |
| New York | 6.2% | 8.8% | 2.6% |
| Virginia | 5.5% | 7.2% | 1.7% |
| Washington DC | 7.7% | 10.3% | 2.6% |
| Washington State | 5.7% | 9.9% | 4.2% |
