Meet Will Lawrence: Sunrise Movement Co-Founder Elected to Congress on Anti-Data Center Platform
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Meet Will Lawrence: Sunrise Movement Co-Founder Elected to Congress on Anti-Data Center Platform
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Democrat Will Lawrence won his Michigan congressional seat following one of the most expensive races in the 2026 midterms. A co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, @wewillmi.bsky.social centered his campaign on opposition to AI data centers.
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4Democrat Will Lawrence won his Michigan congressional seat following one of the most expensive races in the 2026 midterms. A co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, @wewillmi.bsky.social centered his campaign on opposition to AI data centers.

Progressive candidate Will Lawrence of Michigan has defeated Republican incumbent Tom Barrett, flipping the state’s 7th Congressional District, a closely watched swing district that includes Lansing. Lawrence, the co-founder of the youth-led climate organization Sunrise Movement, refused corporate PAC money, instead…
democracynow.org ↗Sunrise co-founder William Lawrence and previous board member Abdul El-Sayed won their races campaigning on the principles of the Green New Deal and Medicare for All. In particular, MI-07 became the most expensive House race in history generating nearly $30 million dollars in corporate spending against Lawrence alone.…
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