# Midterms 2026: Data Centers Out, Reproductive Freedom In

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/midterms-2026-data-centers-out-reproductive-freedom-in/
- Published: 2026-11-04T16:49:40+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T07:35:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Reason (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://reason.com/2026/11/04/midterms-2026-data-centers-out-reproductive-freedom-in/
- Topics: Elections, Politics

## Key points

- Nevada and Virginia approved abortion rights measures.
- Idaho rejected a reproductive freedom proposal.
- Most local data centre proposals faced voter opposition.

## Summary

Voters in the 2026 midterms backed reproductive freedom measures in Nevada and Virginia, while Idaho rejected a broader reproductive rights proposal. Local ballots also showed strong opposition to data centre development in many communities, making technology and gender policy prominent election issues.

With 95 per cent of votes counted, Idaho Proposition 1 failed 56–44; Nevada’s abortion rights Question 6 passed with 63 per cent, and Virginia’s Question 1 passed 62–38. Missouri voters rejected an amendment that would have repealed the state’s 2024 reproductive freedom protection and added a ban on gender transition surgeries for minors. Data centre measures appeared in 10 states, including 21 in Ohio and seven in Illinois; preliminary results showed most proposals favouring or permitting data centres failed, though Wilmington, Ohio, approved rezoning for one.

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