WIRED’s Midterms Races to Watch

By David Gilbert, Vittoria Elliott, Hugo Lowell, Leah Feiger · Wired · Thursday, 8 October 2026 at 10:00 (1h ago) · Original article ↗

From data centers to Elon Musk funding to the AI lobby, the 2026 midterms are the most WIRED elections yet. These are the candidates we're following closely.

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