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Republicans face a midterm reckoning over prices at the pump

The national average gallon is up about one dollar and twenty-three cents from last year, and midterm voters are expected to remember it at the ballot box.

On air: Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance on BBN After Hours
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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorGas prices are a problem for Republicans heading into the midterms, and The Hill says voters are expected to punish them for it.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAs of Monday, the national average for a gallon was about four dollars and twenty-nine cents.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat is up about one dollar and twenty-three cents from a year ago.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA dollar twenty-three a gallon. For anyone with a fifteen-gallon tank, that is about eighteen dollars and forty-five cents more every fill-up.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe question for the midterms is whether that anger turns into votes.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorVoters are expected to punish Republicans, but the election is still days away and anything can change.

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The story so far

  1. Senate Republicans face a tough midterm map, with Maine and Kansas… · Fox News
  2. Grassley memo says Smith team gathered data on 639,000 Republicans · The Federalist
  3. Michigan Senate debate, Texas crossover votes, LaMelo's travel · Washington Examiner
  4. Trump, Republicans spend big in midterm home stretch · The Hill
  5. Ramaswamy ad splits Ohio Republicans; Supreme Court rules on student… · NBC News
  6. Trump's Minaj remark, Maher feud, inflation and Machado's return · Metro.co.uk
  7. Republicans face a midterm reckoning over prices at the pump (this story)

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