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Campaign contributions to the Prince William Board of County Supervisors from real estate developers and related entities are nothing new.
In the last six months of 2022, however, the supervisors’ top benefactors – those who gave $10,000 or more – were comprised not only of real estate developers but also those with ties to local data center projects, including the Prince William Digital Gateway and Devlin Technology Park, as well as labor unions that have voiced support for data center expansion.
From July 1 to Dec. 31, 2022, the bulk of those donations were directed toward four Democratic supervisors: Board Chair Ann Wheeler (At Large) and Supervisors Andrea Bailey (Potomac), Kenny Boddye (Occoquan) and Margaret Franklin (Woodbridge). See rest…