Local unemployment rates higher than the national 9.7 average are further endangering House Democrats’ re-election chances.
For these Democrats, who hail from struggling states like Florida, Michigan, West Virginia, and Nevada, a 9.7 percent jobless rate that Republicans have called “completely unacceptable” would be a welcome improvement.
Saturday, April 03, 2010
Some Democrats endangered by high jobless rates in their districts
The Hill reports: