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Debbie Carlson in Chicago, Chris Stein in Ohio and Sam Levine in Missouri

Too little, too late: Trump takes on gas prices as fuel costs hamper his midterm hopes

A US flag hangs at a gas station
A gas pump in Allagash, Maine, on 14 October 2026. Photograph: Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images

With fewer than two weeks until the midterms, US voters are unlikely to see relief on one of this election cycle’s main issues: gas prices.

Airing up her car’s tires at a Speedway in Perrysburg, Ohio, Toledo resident Sharie Smith, 41, says soaring costs are having a direct impact on her life.

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