

Cause and Effect: What the Election Likely Means for AI and Your Wallet
By Johnny Gwin UPDATED Nov. 5, 2026, 2:35 PM CT: Added two outcomes (#14, AI costs, and #19, data centers moving overseas) and new reporting from the Wall Street Journal on Goldman Sachs' estimate and local data center votes. This isn't about which team you root for. It's cause and effect. Tuesday's midterms flipped control of Congress. Texas, the center of America's AI building boom, elected a governor who campaigned on pausing new data centers. And the Republican she beat























