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““I voted” stickers were placed at the memorials of Renee Good and Alex Pretti on Election Day.”

“I get very high marks for getting the bad ones out.”

“Gas and diesel prices have both dropped over the last week, thanks largely to market expectations that the U.S. would underscore public dissatisfaction with the Iran war and pile pressure on the Trump administration to make a deal to end the conflict, De Haan…”

“A poisoned chalice Just days after the US and Israel launched strikes across Iran on February 28, Tehran effectively closed the critical Strait of Hormuz, which once transited roughly 25 percent of the world’s seaborne oil trade, triggering a massive spike in…”

“But the race proved more competitive than expected, despite the state's rightward shift in recent years, as the Trump administration's trade policies, the unpopular war in Iran and high gas and diesel prices hit Iowans especially hard.”

“Voters were grappling with record-high gas prices, an unpopular war in the Middle East, and persistent economic hardship as the Administration faced scrutiny over its handling of the Epstein files and allegations that Trump and his allies had profited from…”

“Counter-tariffs on U.S. imports are also feeding into federal coffers, while higher global oil prices from the war in the Middle Ea”

“But on election night, Trump told The New York Times that he knew voters were unhappy about gas prices.”