South Carolina’s Most Expensive Election, Data Centers, and School Board Politics
South Carolina politics is heading into a record-breaking election season, while fights over data centers, energy costs, and local schools are giving voters even more to watch. Grace sits down with political content creator Nikki Hill-Johnson to look at why the 2026 election cycle could become the most expensive in state history and what changing voter attitudes could mean for races across South Carolina. They also examine the rapid growth of data centers, concerns about who will pay for their massive energy demands, and why local governments could become central to regulating them. Plus…
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