Coverage dated October 13, 2026

GOP senator said gas prices would decide the midterms. Now they’re threatening his reelection

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By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas boldly declared in July that “the midterms will be decided by the price of gasoline in October.” That prediction now looks strikingly prescient — though not in the way Marshall may have hoped: October has arrived wit…

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    By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas boldly declared in July that “the midterms will be decided by the price of gasoline in October.” That prediction now looks strikingly prescient — though not in the way Marshall may have hoped: October has arrived wit…

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