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Side-by-side comparison of candidate stances on AI hyperscale data center moratoriums, electricity rate hikes, water depletion, and Super PAC funding.

Official portrait of Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Republican · IA House - District 1
! MIXED RECORD
Outside AI PAC Money: $0

Candidate Position

Mariannette Miller-Meeks promotes American leadership in AI technology while co-founding working groups to study grid reliability and energy infrastructure demands.

Sources & Verified Statements

“We cannot take America's AI leadership for granted and must continue to work and grow in this space.”
“We do need a framework of guardrails for AI. We don't want to be so strict and prohibitive that we don't develop AI in the United States.”
“So people know that if data centers and AI is being developed in their district, in their neck of the woods that we are going to make sure their electricity prices are protected for them.”
Official portrait of Christina Bohannan

Christina Bohannan

Democrat · IA House - District 1
! MIXED RECORD
Outside AI PAC Money: $0

Candidate Position

Bohannan emphasizes local community autonomy over top-down mandates, arguing that members of Congress must ensure local jurisdictions decide for themselves whether to approve data center developments.

Sources & Verified Statements

“The important thing for a member of Congress is making sure those local communities get to decide for themselves”

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