Super PACs spent $74.7 million for losing candidates and $28.3 million for winners across the 12 decided competitive races. Crypto and AI interests put about $250 million into the 2026 U.S. midterms, while super PAC-backed sides lost nine of 12 competitive races decided so far. Within those…
With more than 97% of votes counted earlier today, McCann led Huizenga 50.1% to 48.3% in Michigan’s 4th Congressional District, a gap of about 7,000 votes out of nearly 300,000 cast. The race had been rated “lean Republican” heading into Tuesday. Huizenga, an eight-term congressman and…
That is a 34-to-1 return on the low estimate. It is also a modelled number, and the timing of its celebration is awkward. That $2.6 million figure matters. Strip out every modelled assumption and the directly traceable spend alone returned more…
Voters in dozens of American cities approved restrictions or outright bans on data centers during Tuesday's midterm elections, in one of the clearest signals that a groundswell of anger over the AI boom has cut across political divides. "Democrat, Republican,…
Committee Chairman Bryan Steil also lost his seat. The next Congress will set the subcommittee’s name, scope and membership. Rep. Bill Huizenga lost his reelection race to Democratic candidate Sean McCann, adding uncertainty to the future of the House Financial…
Candidates backed by AI PACs lost races in three states, while more than $64 million in crypto spending failed to stop Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown from returning to the Senate. Three major crypto industry political action committees (PACs) spent about…
Published 5 Nov 2026, 05:19 UTC At least 33 communities approved restrictions on data centers during the midterms. Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress. 14 outlets told this the same way. The ban blocks the city’s plan to annex around 600 acres for a…
The cryptocurrency industry’s leading political action committee, Fairshake, suffered its biggest electoral defeat after spending $56 million to defeat Democratic Senator, Sherrod Brown, in Ohio who won re-election by nearly 5%. POLITICS | Bitcoin Rebounds as Democrats Take Control of Senate and Congress…
The US midterm election outcome could put 141 gigawatts (GW) of planned data-centre capacity at greater risk of policy restrictions, potentially slowing artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure investments while supporting US Treasury bonds, according to a report by ICICI Bank.
ET Datacenters US midterms bring data centre restrictions as AI buildout faces backlash - Published On Nov 05, 2026 at 07:31 AM IST - Voters in 33 US communities approved data centre restrictions during midterm elections. - Ohio saw 18 municipalities vote on 21 measures, with 14 passing bans or…
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