COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s unemployment rate dropped in April to 5.7 percent, the lowest level in more than six years, the state reported Friday in news that continued to play into the governor’s race.

The rate, which was down from 6.1 percent in March, is the lowest since the same rate in February 2008. Ohio’s rate remains below the national figure, which fell to 6.3 percent in April from 6.7 percent in March, according to the Department of Job and Family Services.

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