Martin Heinrich already leads Senate Democrats on energy policy. Now that New Mexico is voting fourth in the 2028 presidential primary, his influence over clean energy, water and public lands is about to grow even further.
As electricity demand surges and states respond with moratoriums, rate classes, and consumption taxes, the fight over data centers is really a fight over whether clean energy wins the AI buildout.
Chip Roy, the ardent anti-clean energy attorney general candidate — better known in Washington as a House Freedom Caucus leader — looked like a shoo-in for Texas’ top law enforcement job. Fast forward three months, and Roy’s political career is over
Shifting tides of clean energy politics, from Tim Pawlenty’s new leadership at SEIA to the urgent need for the industry to build the political power necessary to survive a post-tax-credit environment.




