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Rhode Island U.S. House District 2 2026: where the candidates stand on data centers

2 candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot, from the Town of East Greenwich's list (opens in a new tab). The officeholder comes first, then the Republican and Democratic nominees together by last name, then everyone else by last name; in each group a candidate with a statement or vote on the record comes first (how the order works). Each has the same space. The list: State of Rhode Island Official Ballot, General Election, November 3, 2026, East Greenwich, Precinct 0904, Congressional District 2 (sample ballot posted by the Town of East Greenwich) (no list date is printed on the ballot; the PDF was created September 18, 2026).

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The candidates

  1. Seth Magaziner, Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 2, Rhode Island

    Seth Magaziner

    Democratic · In office

    No sourced statement on the record as of October 20, 2026. Silence is not a position.

    What they said

    No statement on the record

    What they did

    0 votes in favor of data centers 1 vote against

    0 statements · 1 vote on the record

    Photo: Randy in PVD, CC BY SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab), cropped.

    Seth Magaziner's page · In their own words

  2. Victor Mellor

    Republican

    No sourced statement on the record as of October 20, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.

    0 statements · 0 votes on the record

    Victor Mellor's page · In their own words

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In their own words

Where does Seth Magaziner stand on data centers?

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Seth Magaziner.

Statements 0 statements

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Seth Magaziner.

Votes 1 vote

1 vote on data center measures: 0 in favor of data centers, 1 against.

  1. Voted yes on a measure that limited data centers: H.R. 9340, U.S. House of Representatives, September 16, 2026 · against

Where does Victor Mellor stand on data centers?

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Victor Mellor.

Statements 0 statements

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Victor Mellor.

Votes 0 votes

No vote on a data center measure on the record.

Candidates and their order come from the Town of East Greenwich's list (opens in a new tab), verified October 15, 2026. Every candidate, by state · How the record reads leaders.

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