Data centers have become a huge issue in the 2026 elections, and there are state and local leaders who are running who can regulate, restrict and stop data centers. We’re proud to support the following candidates who are leading the fight to stop and slow data centers.

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Daisy Maldonado for Doña Ana County (NM) Commission District 1: A longtime community organizer, Maldonado has led the campaign against Project Jupiter, a massive proposed data center threatening the region’s scarce water and energy resources. On the County Commission, she will push for a moratorium on new data centers until developers can prove they will protect the aquifer, use clean energy, and safeguard public health. She understands that environmental justice means putting the communities already bearing the burdens of pollution, drought, and extreme heat first and building a future where every family has clean air and water.

Kris Eilers for St. Louis County Commission (MN) District 1: Eilers is Executive Director of the St. Louis River Alliance and leads programs to protect and clean up the water around Duluth. After existing county commissioners signed NDAs with data center developers, Eilers is running to demand transparency and accountability. They are endorsed by the DFL, Twin Ports DSA, Duluth for Clean Water and many state and local environmental leaders.

Jamie Shopland for Frederick County Council (MD) District 2: A technology strategist at Amtrak and former chair of the county’s committee on special education, Shopland has already pushed Frederick County to slow down data center expansion and demand independent analysis of its impacts on the grid, water, air quality, and farmland. On the Council, she would fight for stronger air, water, and health protections around data centers and cleaner backup generator standards, while expanding composting and e-waste recycling, cutting plastic and pesticide pollution, and supporting regenerative agriculture.

Peter Hubbard for Public Service Commission (GA) District 3: Since taking office, Hubbard has already stood up to costly fossil fuel expansion – voting against 10 gigawatts of mostly gas-fired generation for data centers, challenging uneconomic coal costs, and pushing back on expanding the gas system. He is fighting to make solar, battery storage, virtual power plants, and other clean-energy technologies a bigger part of Georgia’s energy future while holding Georgia Power accountable for rising costs. Peter understands that clean energy can lower bills, create good jobs, improve public health, and ensure that Georgia families aren’t stuck paying the price for fossil fuels or massive new data-center demand.

Shelia Edwards for Public Service Commission (GA) District 5: Edwards is running to put “People Before Profits” by holding monopoly utilities accountable, stopping endless rate hikes, and making sure billion-dollar data centers pay for the infrastructure and energy they require instead of passing those costs on to Georgia families. She will fight to expand affordable solar, energy efficiency, battery storage, and distributed clean energy while ensuring communities already overburdened by pollution have a real voice in the PSC’s decisions.

Jeremy Matlow for Mayor of Tallahassee (FL): Jeremy Matlow is running for Mayor to bring progressive leadership to Tallahassee. As a city commissioner, Matlow has led the city and its public utility to create a renewable energy standard, and as mayor he will continue to advocate to keep energy rates low by bringing on more solar, rather than expensive natural gas. Matlow has led the fight against Flock surveillance cameras, and if elected mayor, he will protect Tallahassee from data center proposals.

PJ Perez for Tallahassee (FL) City Commission Seat 3: A 15-year public school teacher, Perez has built his campaign around protecting the community and creating a city that works for working families. He wants to fight sprawl, expand walkable neighborhoods and clean transportation, grow rooftop solar, and stop massive AI data centers from straining Tallahassee’s water supply and publicly owned electric grid.

Mark Pinsley for Pennsylvania Senate District 16: Pinsley is Lehigh County Comptroller and he has years of experience building businesses, teaching economics and serving in the Army. Mark is running to increase the minimum wage, stop rate hikes, and end the system of unfair subsidies that prop up the fossil fuel industry. In Harrisburg, Pinsley will push for a ban on hyperscale data centers across Pennsylvania.