{"id":2304763,"date":"2024-07-22T03:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T07:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-relief-at-the-pumps-continued-over-the-weekend-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T03:57:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T07:57:55","slug":"gas-prices-continued-to-drop-over-the-weekend-washington-examiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-continued-to-drop-over-the-weekend-washington-examiner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices continued to drop over the weekend &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgas-prices-continued-to-drop-over-the-weekend-washington-examiner-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2304763&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Gas prices continued to be a \u200dsignificant topic of discussion leading up to\u2063 the 2024 presidential election. Despite a\u2064 slight decrease in prices over the\u200d weekend, gas prices remain higher compared to the previous\u200c administration. The \u200caverage\u200c price for a \u200bgallon of regular gas was $3.501 on Sunday, with\u200c California \u200bhaving the \u2064highest average price and \u200dMississippi the lowest. Prices vary across states, and the article \u200bprovides\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-a-third-straight-day-of-increases-at-the-pumps-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Gas prices: A third straight day of increases at the pumps - Washington Examiner\">specific gas prices<\/a> for Washington, D.C., Virginia, and\u2064 Maryland. \u200bThe issue of gas prices is expected to play a role in the upcoming election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Gas prices: Relief at the pumps continued over the weekend<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1664186\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gas prices remain a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-remained-low-over-the-weekend-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Gas prices remained low over the weekend - Washington Examiner\">vital topic heading<\/a> into the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>With President Joe Biden deciding not to seek reelection, the new Democratic nominee will have to address the country&rsquo;s high gas prices. While there has been a decrease at the pumps in recent weeks and months, today&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-fleet-of-irs-agents-will-target-middle-class-americans\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis: Fleet of IRS Agents Will Target Middle Class Americans\">gas prices remain significantly higher<\/a> than when former President Donald Trump was in office.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the high prices, the cost of gas did slightly decrease over the weekend, as the average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.501 on Sunday, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to AAA<\/a>. This was a slight drop from Saturday&rsquo;s price of $3.504 per gallon. The average gas price was also less expensive on Sunday than last week when it cost $3.522 for a gallon of regular gas. It was, however, more costly than a month ago, when a gallon of regular gas cost $3.456.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=CA\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California<\/a> had the highest average price for a gallon of regular gas, at $4.684. This was ever so slightly higher than Hawaii, where the average price was $4.681. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mississippi\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mississippi<\/a> remained the state with the lowest average price for a gallon of regular gas, at $2.992.<\/p>\n<p>Gas prices vary significantly among states. To see how expensive gas is in each state,<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> click here<\/a>. Here are the gas prices for a gallon of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-summers-democrat-stimulus-policy-is-overdoing-it\/\" title=\"Larry Summers: Democrat stimulus policy is \u2018overdoing it\u2019\">regular-grade gas<\/a> in and around Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<div class=\"infogram-embed\" data-id=\"bdc07528-2e2b-416b-ba52-abf34cf63783\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"Gas Prices May 24\"><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(e,n,i,s){var d=\"InfogramEmbeds\";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else if(!e.getElementById(i)){var r=e.createElement(n);r.async=1,r.id=i,r.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,\"script\",\"infogram-async\",\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed-loader-min.js\");<\/script> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Washington, D.C.<\/h2>\n<p>On Sunday, the average price for a gallon of regular gas in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington, D.C.,<\/a> was $3.706. That was a slight increase from the day before in the nation&rsquo;s capital, when gas was $3.70. A week ago, the average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.705 per gallon. A month ago, people in Washington, D.C. paid $3.656 per gallon.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virginia<\/h2>\n<p>The average price for a gallon of regular-grade gas in Virginia on Sunday was $3.421. This was a decrease from Saturday&rsquo;s average price of $3.429 per gallon. Also, prices are less expensive now than a week ago, when regular-grade gas was $3.469 per gallon. A month ago in Virginia, a gallon of regular was $3.33. Last year, it was $3.418.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maryland<\/h2>\n<p>The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Maryland on Sunday was $3.498. It was a decrease from the day before when regular gas was $3.511 per gallon. A week ago, the price for regular gas was $3.584 per gallon. A month ago, people in Maryland paid $3.53 for a gallon of regular gas. However, prices in Maryland are less expensive than this time last year, when a gallon of regular gas cost Marylanders $3.576.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Delaware<\/h2>\n<p>The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Delaware on Sunday was $3.417, a decrease from Saturday&rsquo;s price of $3.436. Both prices represent a sizable drop from prices last week when it cost $3.513 for a gallon of regular gas. A month ago, people in the First State were paying $3.464 for a gallon of regular gas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pennsylvania<\/h2>\n<p>In Pennsylvania, the average price for a gallon of regular gas on Sunday was $3.647. This was a slight drop from Saturday&rsquo;s price of $3.652. It was also cheaper than from a week ago when gas was $3.682 in the Keystone State. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New York<\/h2>\n<p>Gas prices in New York were more than the national average, with an average price of $3.62 for a gallon of regular gas. This was a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-continued-to-drop-over-the-weekend-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Gas prices continued to drop over the weekend - Washington Examiner\">small decrease compared<\/a> to Saturday when gas was $3.621 per gallon. A week ago, the average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.628. A month ago, it cost $3.584 for a gallon of regular. <\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1664186\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1664186\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices continue to be a significant issue as the 2024 presidential election approaches. Despite a slight decrease in prices over the weekend, they remain higher than during the previous administration. The average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.501 on Sunday, with California having the highest average price at $4.684 and Mississippi the lowest at $2.992. Prices vary among states, with Washington, D.C. at $3.706, Virginia at $3.421, Maryland at $3.498, Delaware at $3.417, Pennsylvania at $3.647, and New York at $3.62<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2304764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gas-prices-11.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[17387,32544,32076,6665],"class_list":["post-2304763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dropping","tag-gas-prices","tag-washington-examiner","tag-weekend"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gas-prices-11.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2304763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2304763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2304764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2304763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2304763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2304763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}