Democrats’ stunning victories in Tuesday’s election can at least partly be attributed to the fact that they capitalized on growing voter anxiety about AI and tech. What exactly lawmakers do with their newfound political power to address those anxieties remains to be seen, though.

One of their biggest priorities is likely to be more regulation of data centers, since voters overwhelmingly backed state and federal candidates who supported moratoriums on their construction. But data center pauses were not the only AI issue on the ballot: AI safety also became a central talking point for prominent candidates like Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, who was elected to the Senate on Tuesday night.