Employers added 214,000 jobs in October, fewer than expected, though the unemployment rate fell to 5.8 percent, the lowest since July 2008.

The report showed 31,000 more jobs in August and September, giving the labor market a nine-month streak of more than 200,000 jobs a month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday, the longest such streak since 1995.

Voters showed Democrats their frustrations with the economy this week, sending a Republican majority to the Senate and giving Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) a boost in his membership in the House.

“Over and over again voters have said jobs and the economy are their top priorities,” Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement Friday. “The president said his economic policies were on the ballot, and voters clearly believe we can do better. So now is the time to get to work — so we can get more people back to work.”

Construction jobs were up 12,000 in October while manufacturing rose 15,000, good signs for the growing economy.

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