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Data center disputes have been local. But the midterms might change that

midterm elections. "It has become a kitchen table issue, and it has become a very relevant political issue," said Christabel Randolph, associate director of the Center for AI and Digital Policy, a technology nonprofit that

‘Our democracy is run by two private clubs’: can a pro-hunting Democrat lead a blue wave in Iowa?

midterm elections. With Trump’s approval ratings [deep underwater](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/donald-trump-second-term-approval-rating-drops), gas prices [high](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/24/iowa-truck-stop-gas-prices) and historical political trends [favoring](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/28/midterms-democrats-house-senate) the party out of power, Democrats this year

Takeaways from Iowa's primaries. And, DOJ nixes Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund

impacted](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/02/g-s1-125550/iowa-election-results-josh-turek-zach-lahn) by Trump administration policies like tariffs and the war in Iran. The state is governed by Republicans, but voters have cast their ballots for Democrats in recent federal and state elections

‘It would be catastrophic’: A Supreme Court decision could upend Alaska’s crucial Senate race

mainly urban and non-Native areas, according to a brief that a group of Native organizations filed to the Supreme Court. In state House District 38, which Peltola represented, nearly four-fifths of all absentee