Jun 26th, 2026
Data Centers Are a Bad Deal for Delaware
As things stand today, data centers are a bad deal for Delaware.
It's because the current deal asks Delaware families to take on enormous costs while receiving...
Campaigns ask voters to trust what they say. I think you should be able to see the evidence for yourself.
Everything below comes from campaign finance reports, County Council meetings, and county records. The original documents and videos are linked throughout the page so you can review them and make up your own mind.
Who is financially supporting each campaign?
That matters because County Council regularly makes decisions involving developers, major employers, construction interests, and billion-dollar corporations. When residents and powerful development interests disagree, voters deserve to know who is funding the people asking to represent them.
I do not accept corporate or developer money.
Curtis Linton’s most recent campaign finance report shows support from organizations connected to construction, development, and major proposed data center projects in New Castle County.
Allen Strategies LLC
Allen Strategies is the lobbying firm representing Project Washington, the largest proposed data center development in Delaware.
Contribution to Curtis Linton: $600 (legal maximum)
Saul Ewing LLP
Saul Ewing is the law firm representing Starwood Digital Ventures, another proposed data center developer.
Contribution to Curtis Linton: $600 (legal maximum)
Other organizations contributing to Curtis Linton's campaign include:
These organizations do not all have the same interests, and a contribution does not prove how a candidate will vote. But taken together, they show that a substantial part of Curtis Linton’s campaign support comes from the construction and development ecosystem. Voters should be able to see that clearly before making a decision.
| Jason Hoover | Curtis Linton |
|---|---|
| ✅Rejects corporate and developer money | ❌ Accepted the maximum contribution from Allen Strategies LLC, the lobbying firm representing Project Washington.* |
| ✅ Publicly supported Ordinance 25-101 | ❌ Publicly opposed Ordinance 25-101. |
| ✅ Believes large developments should pay the costs they create | ❌ Said stronger regulations would discourage development. |
* Allen Strategies LLC represents Project Washington and contributed the legal maximum to Curtis Linton’s campaign.
Before Ordinance 25-101, New Castle County had no comprehensive countywide regulations governing data centers.
The ordinance created the county’s first standards addressing issues such as setbacks from nearby properties, generator noise, pollution, water use, and financial responsibility when facilities are eventually retired. It was not an additional layer added to an existing framework. It was the first and only set of countywide protections of its kind.
I spoke in support of the ordinance.
Curtis Linton spoke against it.
I do not believe developers are the enemy. We need homes, businesses, construction jobs, and investment in our communities.
But developers already have attorneys, lobbyists, trade organizations, and political action committees representing their interests. County Council has a different responsibility: to represent the people who already live here.
When powerful interests come before the county asking for approvals, incentives, or exceptions, residents need someone negotiating on their behalf. That is why I do not accept corporate or developer money. I want voters to know exactly who I intend to represent.
If you'd like to review the same information I did, here are the original public records.
Candidate for New Castle County Council to bring economic sustainability through smart growth and open space preservation.
New Castle County, Delaware
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