WIRED’s Midterms Races to Watch
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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WHAT MAKES THIS A WIRED RACE: DOGE, Musk, America PAC, AI lobby
Former America PAC lawyer Chris Gober is running to represent Texas’ newly gerrymandered 10th district. Gober served as counsel for the Texas Republican congressional delegation for the 2025 redistricting effort that saw a new, gerrymandered map created for the 2026 midterms—one that was meant to create five new Republican congressional districts.
In addition to representing Musk’s PAC, Gober’s law firm, Lex Politica, has also represented Elevate New Mexico…
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