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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 02

Adams, Ross, Pike, Clermont, Brown, Scioto, Lawrence, Meigs, Hocking, Jackson, Vinton and Gallia counties.

New to our district:

Washington, Athens, Morgan and part of Perry.

Previous counties in our district:

Highland, Pickaway, and Clinton.

DAVID TAYLOR, OHIO REPRESENTATIVE OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 02

VOTE HIM OUT THIS YEAR!

David Taylor is up for re-election and we can't let him win. We have two democratic candidates running against him, Jen Mazzuckelli and Todd Wilson.

David Taylor votes against his constituents.
David Taylor voted in favor of the BBB.
David Taylor voted against our public schools, veterans and farmers. (much much more)
David Taylor posts lies after lies with no sources whatsoever.
David Taylor receives money from AIPAC and supports the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
David Taylor is all play and no work.
David Taylor doesn't speak to his constituents and never hosts public and free town halls.
David Taylor is so proud of Donald Trump that he wears Trump merch.
David Taylor is a n$z!

PRO GENOCIDE IN SOUTHERN OHIO

Southern Ohio current Representatives receiving funds by Pro Israel lobbying and Ohio past Representatives who received funds by Pro Israel lobbying.

David Taylor

Justin Pizzuli

Mike Carey

https://www.trackaipac.com/

OTHER GROUPS IN OUR DISTRICT AND THOSE PREVIOUSLY IN OUR DISTRICT

Take Action Wilmington

League of Women Voters Chillicothe

OHIO DEMOCRAT RURAL CAUCUS

"The ODP Rural Caucus has a goal of promoting democratic values in rural counties across the state. We discuss & address rural issues, accurately represent the needs of rural democrats at all levels, provide support to rural Democratic parties and organizations, and to elect Democratic candidates in rural areas at all levels of government.

I'm the secretary of the caucus & would love to have you join to ensure your thoughts are heard-- sign up to be a member through the Google Form, and also attend our quarterly meeting using the Mobilize link."

- Troy Scott

https://forms.gle/utyx7srfM8mC3ySt8

https://mobilize.us/s/1kSMN

SOUTHERN OHIO, EPSTEIN AND MISSING WOMEN

https://sciotovalleyguardian.com/2026/02/03/why-does-the-ross-county-sheriffs-office-appear-in-the-epstein-files/

LOCAL CANDIDATES

General election candidates

Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.

Democratic primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

Did not make the ballot:

Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

David Taylor (Incumbent)
Bob Carr

PRIDE ORGANIZATIONS

Adams County Pride

Highland County Pride

First Capital Pride

Portsmouth Pride

SOUTHERN OHIO DATA CENTERS

The data center's environmental impact goes well beyond electricity. It takes enormous amounts of water to cool those servers. One facility alone consumes millions of liters in a day, particularly those that utilize evaporative cooling systems. In already water-stressed areas, this additional pressure can impact agriculture, ecosystems, and even domestic water supplies.

Quick facts:

Tap on the fact for source. If there is no link it's because the fact is within another link of another fact. Take some time to read.

•Data Centers consume massive, increasing amounts of energy and water, potentially 12% of U.S. electricity by 2028. Massive energy needs can increase risks of blackouts or require expensive, tax payer infrastructure upgrades. High energy demand can drive up electricity rates for local residents and businesses.

•Data centers use millions of gallons of water for cooling, sometimes depleting local supplies and competing with agricultural needs. One center uses from 11-19 million liters a day, equivalent to the daily water usage of a town with 50,000 people.

•Data Centers are highly automated and create few long term jobs.

•Data centers are major contributors to climate change. Climate change increases violences against women and children. "While climate change foes not directly cause violence, it intensifies pre-existing socio-economic and environmental factors that negatively impact women and girls, putting them at risk of increased violence. This includes financial instability, water scarcity, food insecurity, loss of shelter and conflict."

•United nations warns world is entering water bankruptcy putting billions in potential serious danger.

•Data centers could contribute to 600,000 asthma-related symptom cases by 2030 with overal health costs exceeding $20 billion.

•In regions already burdened by public health challenges stemming from environmental racism and gentrification, these troubling health impacts will disproportionately affect communities of color and exacerbate existing health disparities.

•Generating one Al image uses almost as much energy as charging your phone.

ADAMS COUNTY

Facebook Page: Adams County for Responsible Development

•Manchester: North of the Former Stuart Power Plant, will consume more than 20 times as much electricity as Adams Co. itself.

"Adams County, let's get caught up:

If you’re just now tuning in, here’s where things stand in Adams County.

According to Adams County Economic Development, there are three major sites being looked at right now: the Stuart Station property, the Killen Station property, and the property that connects State Route 52 to Ginger Ridge Road, the Buck Canyon Properties land.

Those aren’t random parcels. Those are large, strategic pieces of ground with river access and transmission nearby. And on the Buck Canyon property specifically, the proposed buyer has been doing environmental testing for almost a year. Almost a year.

You can see those testing documents in the files tab on this page.

Here’s what’s important: that testing didn’t just start yesterday. It’s been happening quietly. Residents were only formally made aware after everything blew up in Mt. Orab and people started filing records requests and asking questions. That timing matters.

When a company is testing soil and land for a year, that means serious interest. That means planning. That means they’re not just “thinking about it.”

Now let’s talk about something that makes Adams County different.

Most of our townships are unzoned.

A lot of us love that. We like not having layers of rules. We like being left alone. But here’s the reality, unzoned protects you from your neighbor building a shed, not from a billion-dollar corporation buying hundreds of acres.

In an unzoned township, there are very few tools to slow down or regulate massive industrial development. Limited setbacks. Limited noise control. Limited review authority. If enough land is purchased and state permits are secured, local power can be very small. That’s just how the structure works.

And Adams County isn’t the only one.

Zoom out and look at Southern Ohio. Brown. Clinton. Scioto. Pickaway. Fayette. Large-scale projects are being explored all across our region. We have land. We have water. We have access to transmission corridors. The State of Ohio offers major tax abatements and sales tax exemptions for data center construction. Permits are being streamlined. PJM is processing massive power requests. Federal policy is pushing fast-tracked infrastructure.

We are not anti-growth. We are not anti-technology. We are asking for transparency. We are asking for time. Time to understand water impacts. Time to understand what happens to wells and springs. Time to understand grid strain. Time to understand what this means long term before it’s locked in.

If you’re new here, take a few minutes. Read the documents. Look at the testing reports. Ask questions.

Once land is converted and infrastructure is installed, there isn’t an easy way to go back.

Adams County deserves to know what’s coming before it’s decided for us."

-Jessica Baker Feb. 20th

PICKAWAY COUNTY

Ashville: 600+ acres north of St. Rt. 752 EdgeConneX Data center and 234 acres on St. Rt. 104 AWS expansion

BROWN COUNTY

Facebook Page: Mt. orab for Responsible Development

Mt Orab: 1,000 acre data center, southeast corner of Mt. Orab south of Tri-County highway

CLINTON COUNTY

Wilmington: 471 acre campus, Linked to Amazon Near U.S. 68 and another 500 acre of land being zoned

SCIOTO COUNTY

•Franklin Furnace, Haverhill: 500,000 sq. Ft. Campus affiliated with Tilted Gate LLC

MASON COUNTY, KY

More coming soon.

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