October 03, 2014 10:40 AM UTC

Unemployment Below 6% for First Time Since 2008

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• by: Colorado Pols

As CNN Money reports, there's plenty of good news in the last jobs report before the November election:

The nation's unemployment rate fell below 6% in September for the first time in six years.

The rate came in at 5.9%, while employers added 248,000 jobs last month…

…The "drop out" factor has been a problem during the recovery, but the recent decrease in the unemployment rate, which stood at 7.2% a year ago, is due more to Americans landing jobs than giving up. Employers have added 2.6 million people to their payrolls since last September.

This is obviously important news for candidates up and down the ballot, but it is particularly important for Gov. John Hickenlooper, whose primary message for re-election has revolved around economic growth.