WashingtonSeptember gasoline averaged a record $4.33, the American Automobile Association said.
About one-third of US states responded, weeks before the November midterms.
Ohio suspended gasoline and diesel taxes for 90 days, Georgia for 30, and Utah cut 6 cents a gallon.
Fuel already in the supply chain was taxed before suspension, so pump prices may not fall by the full cut.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases US consumer price inflation on 14 October.
How each outlet framed it
- Dawn
- frames fuel-price surge as midterm electoral pressure; Ohio's 90-day tax suspension won 'broad bipartisan support' amid $4.41/gal average
Sources: Dawn