Dan Osborn on Senator Pete Ricketts' town hall schedule, gasoline prices and diesel prices
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Dan Osborn@osbornforneOct 11, 2026It’s been 534 days since Pete Ricketts had a town hall. The average price of gas is at $4.36, and diesel is still $6.28
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- 1Can’t tellIt has been 534 days since Pete Ricketts held a town hall meeting.The sources do not give the date of Pete Ricketts's most recent town hall, so the 534-day count cannot be checked. The only day count in the sources is a 524-day figure from a Chadron radio blog post, and the sources also dispute what counts as a town hall.3 sources →
- 2TrueThe average price of gas is $4.36.The claim's $4.36 figure is within a cent of the AAA national average of $4.35 reported for Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, so it holds within rounding on the claim's date. Other sources cite $4.37 for early October, which is a different date, and the sources do not show the exact $4.36 figure.7 sources →
- 3TrueThe average price of diesel is $6.28.The claimed national average diesel price of $6.28 on 2026-10-11 is within one cent of the $6.27 AAA figure reported for that date, and the EIA weekly series (6.199 for Oct 5) is consistent with a price near $6.2 to $6.3 in early October. The claim's extracted figure matches the passage's '$6.28'. The main support is unrated news reprints of AAA data, so confidence is moderate.6 sources →