A Regulating AI Election Series · 2026 US Midterms
How The People Seeking To Govern Are Thinking About AI.
AI is Raising your Electricity Bill, Reshaping your Job, and Flooding your Feed with Fake Content.
AI on the Ballot is co-produced by Regulating AI and the GIE Foundation, and co-hosted by Sanjay Puri of Knowledge Networks and Bennett Iorio, Founder of GIE Foundation. The show is co-produced in partnership with the Geopolitical Insight and Education Foundation, a Washington DC-based 501(c)(4) policy think tank
"We are not here to tell you what to think about AI. We are here to help you understand how the people seeking to govern are thinking about it. "
What Is at Stake for You
Key AI Policy Issues
For years, AI was a technology story. In 2026 it is a governance story, and it reaches your bills, your job, and your vote.
Energy and Data Center Infrastructure
The power and water AI demands, and who pays when your utility bill rises.
Workforce Impacts and Economic Transition
Job displacement, reskilling, and how communities adapt to AI.
Information Integrity and Public Trust
Deepfakes, synthetic media, and trust in what you see before you vote.
National Security and Geopolitical Competition
AI in national security and Americas global competitiveness.
Innovation and Competitiveness
Keeping American innovation strong while governing AI responsibly.
State and Federal Regulation
Who gets to write the rules for AI, Washington or the states.
Education and Public Services
AI s role in schools and the delivery of public services.
Platform Reach
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How the Series Works
Watch the Conversations. Check the Record.
The Conversations
20 episodes, every Wednesday
From June to November 3, 2026, we go deep on a state, a race, or a national issue that is shaping how AI gets governed. Thirty-minute, issuefocused conversations and explainers, on the record, on equal terms.
The Record
A non-partisan public tracker.
We track where featured candidates stand on data centers, AI regulation, jobs, energy costs, AI taxation, and election deepfakes. We source every entry from public statements and update it continuously.
States and Races Covered
Where AI Policy Meets Voters
The 2026 series follows competitive Senate and Governor races in states where AI has moved from an abstract debate to a kitchen-table issue. In many of them, the build-out of AI infrastructure is already reshaping energy bills, land use, water, and jobs, which puts real pressure on the candidates who will write the rules. Each episode travels to a specific state, finds the real AI fight in that race, and puts candidates on the record.
US Senate
US House
Governor
State Attorney General
Secretary of State
Georgia
Michigan
Ohio
Arizona
North Carolina
Maine
Wisconsin
Virginia
Colorado
New Hampshire
Why These States
Data Centers and the Power Grid
From June to November 3, 2026, we go deep on a state, a race, or a national issue that is shaping how AI gets governed. Thirty-minute, issue-focused conversations and explainers, on the record, on equal terms.
Chips, Jobs, and the AI Economy
Arizonas semiconductor build-out and Michigans manufacturing base put the AI supply chain and the workforce transition at the center of those races.
Information Integrity in Close Races
In tight contests across North Carolina, New Hampshire, Maine, and beyond, deepfakes, election security, and public trust are live concerns heading into November.
Alongside state races, the series covers
three cross-cutting themes that reach every ballot.
Federal AI Legislation
The national framework taking shape in Congress and what it means for states.
Federal AI Legislation
The national framework taking shape in Congress and what it means for states.
Federal AI Legislation
The national framework taking shape in Congress and what it means for states.
Value on Both Sides of the Conversation
For Candidates and Elected Officials
Reach voters. Shape the record.
Reach voters in your state directly. A single political episode has reached 137,000 viewers, promoted for weeks around your primary.
Put your position on the record on equal terms, with topics shared in advance and no ambush interviews
Receive a free professional content package: full recording, short-form clips, graphics, and national distribution across six platforms.
Speak to an engaged national audience of more than 200,000 subscribers.
For Media Houses and Journalists
Report from a sourced record.
Draw on a non-partisan public record. Every candidate position is documented from public statements, with links and dates you can cite.
Use professionally produced conversations and clips as reference material and story leads across competitive races.
Track where candidates stand on the issues driving 2026 through a continuously updated tracker built for newsroom research.
Associate with an awarded, non-partisan AI governance platform present at the worlds leading policy events.
Episodes
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Co Produced By
A Partnership Built for Trust
Regulating AI · Knowledge Networks
Regulating AI
AI on the Ballot is a program of Regulating AI, a non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization and part of Knowledge Networks in Washington, DC. Regulating AI advances public understanding of artificial intelligence and responsible innovation, and won the Shorty Award (Silver Honoree, News and Politics) for ethical AI governance journalism. Sanjay Puri, Founder of Knowledge Networks, co-hosts the series.
GIE Foundation
Geopolitical Insight and Education Foundation
The GIE Foundation is an independent policy and research think tank based in Washington, DC, registered as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. It researches the technological, environmental, and geopolitical drivers of instability and how they affect democracies and institutions, and develops policy recommendations for governments, legislators, organizations, and the public. Bennett Iorio, Founder of the GIE Foundation, co-hosts the series.
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