The Joe Heck campaign has issued a statement in response to today’s Department of Labor September unemployment report.

“These numbers are especially discouraging for Nevada as our economy relies heavily on a successful national economy,” said Mari Nakashima, spokeswoman for Heck. ”In the 21 months that Congresswoman Dina Titus has been in office, southern Nevada’s unemployment has hit almost 15 percent and record foreclosures have deteriorated our neighborhoods.”

“Congresswoman Titus pompously voted in favor of the trillion dollar “stimulus” with the assurance to Nevadans that the budget busting bill would lower unemployment in our state, yet our unemployment figure continues to rise at an alarming rate,” she added.

The state GOP also chimed in on the report, reminding voters not only of Harry Reid’s part in passing the stimulus but also of what has turned out to be an overly optimistic view of its effectiveness.

“When Senator Harry Reid rammed his $814 billion stimulus through Washington, we were promised it would keep our national unemployment under 8 percent and that it would ‘save or create’ 34,000 jobs for Nevada,” said Jahan Wilcox, Nevada Republican Party Spokesman.

“With our country’s unemployment rate at 9.6 percent, coupled with the fact there are over 192,000 unemployed Nevadans, it’s clear Reid’s stimulus did nothing to stimulate the economy. Thankfully starting next Saturday, voters can head to the polls and finally hold Senator Reid accountable for his failed economic policies that have only caused hardship in Nevada.”

In an already difficult midterm election season for both entrenched and freshman Democrat incumbents, these stagnant national unemployment numbers will surely ensure that a great many of them are sent home from Washington–for good.