This one governor’s race could derail the AI trade that’s powered the stock market
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When a single governor’s race is flagged as “the biggest election-specific risk” to the AI trade, policy risk is now directly priced into AI equity multiples. CFOs and corp dev leads should scenario-plan around state-level regulatory shocks—energy, data, and labor rules can all hit AI-heavy capex plans.
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