The Journal launched a series on October 7 on data centers as a midterm issue, centered on Ohio's Senate race. Reporting has established that Ohio gave data centers $2.5 billion in tax subsidies and that Republican John Husted recruited them as lieutenant governor; his Ratepayer Protection Act passed the House 417-3 and is stalled in the Senate, where Democrats call it unenforceable. A Wall Street Journal poll found 62 percent of Americans support pausing construction, and longtime Republican voters like Brandon Bernard are volunteering with Conserve Ohio to gather signatures for a moratorium. Husted was later caught on tape calling data centers an anchor around his neck. What remains open is whether that anger moves votes.