Gas prices increased to over $3 per gallon shortly after Biden’s inauguration, beginning in June 2021. Approximately a year later, the cost of a gallon of regular gas soared to $4.929, the most expensive in the nation’s history. Fuel prices began to drop the next month but fluctuated between 2022 and 2024.

Average gasoline prices in Iowa have increased by 5.7 cents per gallon over the past week, reaching an average of $2.93 per gallon, according to GasBuddy's surv