Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, North Carolina
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Michael Whatley has 5 statements on data centers on the record.
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What they said
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Michael Whatley accepted $27,000 from KKR affiliated donors, including $5,000 from Raj Agrawal.
Context & source notes
Format & Provenance: Paraphrased from source.
Where & When: October 1, 2026.
Primary Sources:
- Cardinal & Pine (opens in a new tab), local outlet
Label rationale: No label: the words are not clearly the speaker's own. Both readings of the statement held it.
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Whatley's family holds up to $410,000 in individual Duke Energy stock.
Context & source notes
Format & Provenance: Paraphrased from source.
Where & When: October 1, 2026.
Primary Sources:
- Cardinal & Pine (opens in a new tab), local outlet
Label rationale: No label: the words are not clearly the speaker's own. Both readings of the statement held it.
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Whatley said he opposes subsidies for data centers but supports tax breaks for them.
Context & source notes
Format & Provenance: Paraphrased from source.
Where & When: October 1, 2026.
Primary Sources:
- Cardinal & Pine (opens in a new tab), local outlet
Label rationale: Both readings of the statement agreed. The words that set it: "opposes subsidies for data centers but supports tax breaks for them".
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Whatley's family holds individual stock in Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, and Apple for data center investments
Context & source notes
Format & Provenance: Paraphrased from source.
Where & When: September 15, 2026.
Primary Sources:
- Cardinal & Pine (opens in a new tab), local outlet
Label rationale: No label: the words are not clearly the speaker's own. Both readings of the statement held it.
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Michael Whatley, RNC Chair and U.S. Senate nominee in North Carolina, said data center opposition is not organic and is ginned up
Context & source notes
Format & Provenance: Paraphrased from source. Label set by a tiebreak.
Where & When: September 1, 2026.
Primary Sources:
- MS NOW (opens in a new tab), national outlet
Label rationale: A tiebreak: the two first readings differed, and a third reading of the statement and its source decided. The words that set it: "said data center opposition is not organic and is ginned up".
How they voted
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
Others in this race
- Roy Cooper Democratic · U.S. Senate · the race page
- Shannon W. Bray Libertarian · U.S. Senate · the race page
- Michael Dublin Green · U.S. Senate · the race page
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