https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/inside-the-democratic-effort-to-turn-outrage-over-data-centers-against-ken-paxton-and-other-republicansContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/inside-the-democratic-effort-to-turn-outrage-over-data-centers-against-ken-paxton-and-other-republicanshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/inside-the-democratic-effort-to-turn-outrage-over-data-centers-against-ken-paxton-and-other-republicans#u198642Fri, 13 Nov 2026 11:10:38 +0000Democratic campaigns weaponized public anger against energy-hungry artificial intelligence data centers during the midterm elections, helping secure victories that upended long-standing Republican control in states including Texas, Ohio, Georgia, Nevada, and Iowa. Winning candidates featured the server warehouses in hundreds of millions of dollars worth of television advertisements and pledged strict clampdowns. In Texas, operatives working for James Talarico targeted Kaufman County, the site of two massive data center developments, as part of a sweeping strategy to challenge figures like Ken