Leaders
Where do your leaders stand on data centers?
What the people who decide, and the people asking for your vote on November 3, have said and how they voted. Their words, dated and sourced. Nothing is ranked.
Leaders where I live National leaders Every candidate, by state
Candidates with a statement on the record, by state
Each state is shaded by how many of the candidates on its November 3 ballot have at least one public statement on data centers on the record. Shading never shows a stance. Tap a state for its leaders.
- 4 or more
- 1 to 3
- None on the record yet
Every state as a list
- Alabama 3 of 18 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 6 sitting officials on the record
- Alaska 5 of 12 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 1 sitting official on the record
- Arizona 5 of 21 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 5 sitting officials on the record
- Arkansas 2 of 16 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 2 sitting officials on the record
- California 7 of 106 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 9 sitting officials on the record
- Colorado 1 of 46 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 2 sitting officials on the record
- Connecticut 2 of 15 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 5 sitting officials on the record
- Delaware 0 of 5 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 1 sitting official on the record
- District of Columbia 0 of 7 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement
- Florida 9 of 85 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 7 sitting officials on the record
- Georgia 4 of 32 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 7 sitting officials on the record
- Hawaii 0 of 8 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement
- Idaho 1 of 18 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 1 sitting official on the record
- Illinois 5 of 42 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 4 sitting officials on the record
- Indiana 3 of 21 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 4 sitting officials on the record
- Iowa 5 of 16 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 5 sitting officials on the record
- Kansas 3 of 17 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement
- Kentucky 4 of 21 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 6 sitting officials on the record
- Louisiana 4 of 41 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 6 sitting officials on the record
- Maine 4 of 9 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 5 sitting officials on the record
- Maryland 3 of 23 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 8 sitting officials on the record
- Massachusetts 2 of 24 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 4 sitting officials on the record
- Michigan 10 of 78 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 12 sitting officials on the record
- Minnesota 4 of 24 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 5 sitting officials on the record
- Mississippi 1 of 15 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 3 sitting officials on the record
- Missouri 1 of 24 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 2 sitting officials on the record
- Montana 9 of 12 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 3 sitting officials on the record
- Nebraska 3 of 21 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 2 sitting officials on the record
- Nevada 3 of 17 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 3 sitting officials on the record
- New Hampshire 3 of 11 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 2 sitting officials on the record
- New Jersey 2 of 39 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 6 sitting officials on the record
- New Mexico 2 of 10 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 3 sitting officials on the record
- New York 6 of 61 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 6 sitting officials on the record
- North Carolina 5 of 42 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 8 sitting officials on the record
- North Dakota 4 of 4 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 2 sitting officials on the record
- Ohio 11 of 44 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 7 sitting officials on the record
- Oklahoma 3 of 24 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 1 sitting official on the record
- Oregon 6 of 21 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 4 sitting officials on the record
- Pennsylvania 5 of 37 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 7 sitting officials on the record
- Rhode Island 0 of 13 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement
- South Carolina 6 of 26 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 6 sitting officials on the record
- South Dakota 3 of 6 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 2 sitting officials on the record
- Tennessee 7 of 71 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 2 sitting officials on the record
- Texas 12 of 90 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 6 sitting officials on the record
- Utah 2 of 19 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 7 sitting officials on the record
- Vermont 2 of 11 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 3 sitting officials on the record
- Virginia 7 of 38 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 13 sitting officials on the record
- Washington 5 of 20 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 2 sitting officials on the record
- West Virginia 2 of 8 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 2 sitting officials on the record
- Wisconsin 6 of 24 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 3 sitting officials on the record
- Wyoming 1 of 9 on the Nov. 3 ballot with a statement · 2 sitting officials on the record
On the ballot November 3
- 36 governor races
- 36 U.S. Senate races
- 435 U.S. House races
- 203 of 1,422 candidates with a statement
Who is on a ballot comes from each state's certified general election list; a candidate the FEC lists that no certified list confirms is not shown as on the ballot. Every candidate, by state · Ballot questions on data centers · How the record reads leaders
National leaders
- Donald Trump Republican, President of the United States Of 42 statements on the record, 26 were for data centers, 2 raised concerns about data centers and 14 carry no label.
- J.D. Vance Republican, Vice President of the United States No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for J.D. Vance.
- Chris Wright Secretary of Energy Chris Wright has 3 statements on data centers on the record.
- Doug Burgum Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has 1 statement on data centers on the record.
- Howard Lutnick Secretary of Commerce No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Howard Lutnick.
- Lee Zeldin Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Of 6 statements on the record, 2 were for data centers, 1 was mixed and 3 carry no label.
- How Congress voted 2 roll calls on data center measures on the record 100 senators and 439 representatives, each with their own page
How to read a leader's record
- What they said. Every statement is a person's own words or a report of them, dated and linked to its source. Each gets a label, for data centers, raised concerns, or mixed, by the record's published rules: two readings of the statement, and a third that reads its source where the two differ. A statement whose speaker is not clearly the person, or whose words support no label, shows with no label. Any label can be challenged through Report a change, and the correction is logged.
- What they did. A vote counts only on a final passage roll call or a signed act. What the measure did, helped data centers, limited data centers, or neither, is read by the same rules; a yes on a measure that helped, or a no on one that limited, counts in favor of data centers, the reverse against.
- Three or more. A summary sentence appears only when at least three labeled statements are on the record, the same sentence for everyone: "Of 12 statements on the record, 9 raised concerns about data centers and 3 were mixed." Nothing is scored, ranked or sorted by stance, and party is a word, never a color.
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