Attorney General and Nevada gubernatorial candidate Aaron Ford held a press conference on Friday to talk about record-high gas prices in Nevada.
Ford says he will work to lower gas prices for people in the Silver State, and says what he calls the Lombardo-Trump economy has let prices get too out of hand for working people.
Ford said, "Nevadans paying at the pump reached an outrageous new high. Gas prices are now over $5 a gallon on average, and here in Reno, diesel hit a record high of over $7 a gallon. This is unacceptable."
He said the high cost of gas is making Nevadans struggle with paying for so many other things, causing a domino effect they can't stop.
Ford also said, "This gas price surge is also getting to send the price of energy soaring even further, and as Nevadans know all too well, energy costs here are already sky high."
People we spoke with told us their budget for gas has taken over their monthly income, having to fill up every week.
They shared how the cost of everything has gone up too much, making them feel like they can't catch up.
Arianna Yoder, a Reno resident of 16 years, told us, "Whether it's gas, groceries, anything, it is so hard to be able to focus on one thing and be able to afford all of those things. When we have to literally focus on hoping that we can get from point A to point B."
Others we spoke with said they feel hopeless about actually seeing prices come down.
They say it feels like they go down only to go right back up.
Yoder said, "Over the last 16 years that I've lived here, it's just hearsay. It's just that all I've noticed is a lot of them say they're going to do things and we'll see it for like a couple of years and then boom, all of a sudden it just goes right back up."
Residents tell us they hope whoever is elected can actually work toward what they're telling the public.
Yoder finishes by telling us, "I hope whoever gets elected really believes in their people and really believes in themselves, because that's what it takes: they have to believe in themselves to make it for their people."
Other neighbors we spoke with told us the high prices are making them consider moving away.
