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Deb Haaland

Democratic nominee for Governor of New Mexico

verification: confirmed

The 2026 Democratic nominee for governor of New Mexico, who has proposed a first-day executive order pausing new large-scale data centers statewide while the Legislature writes rules.

At a glance

Current role: Democratic nominee for Governor of New Mexico2026–present^[1]
Earlier roles: U.S. Secretary of the Interior
U.S. Representative
Category: Candidate
Jurisdiction: State of New Mexico
Verification: confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
In the record: 6 sources · 3 connections · 4 dated entries
Record id: PJP125

Key facts

2026-09-17On September 17, 2026, said that if elected she would sign a first-day executive order pausing new large-scale data-center proposals statewide, would support a statutory moratorium and would not stop counties from adopting their own.^[3]
Her eight proposed guardrails include no non-disclosure agreements, developer-built renewable generation, closed-loop cooling, hiring New Mexicans for union jobs, compliance with the state's clean-energy law and decommissioning bonds.^[3]
The New Mexican reported at least $87,200 in data-center-related contributions to her campaign; asked about it, she said, “I believe that I can walk and chew gum at the same time.”^[4]
2026-08-24State filings show fifteen contributions of $1,000 or more from Oracle, STACK Infrastructure and the construction contractor Clayco and their executives, $112,200 in all, between August 24 and September 7, 2026.^[6]
2026-07-30Endorsed Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard, who twice denied the pipeline's state-land crossings, for lieutenant governor; Garcia Richard won the Democratic vote 53–46 on July 30, 2026.^[2]

The record

The 2026 Democratic nominee for governor. On September 17 she said that if elected she would sign an executive order on her first day pausing new large-scale data center proposals statewide while the Legislature writes rules, would support a statutory moratorium, and would not stop counties from adopting their own.

Her eight proposed guardrails include no non-disclosure agreements, developers building their own renewable generation, closed-loop cooling, hiring New Mexicans for union jobs, compliance with the state's clean-energy law, and decommissioning bonds.

The New Mexican reported that her campaign received at least $87,200 in data-center-related contributions in the latest reporting period, including from Oracle and executives tied to Project Jupiter; asked about it, she said, "I believe that I can walk and chew gum at the same time."

The state's filings show more than was reported: fifteen contributions of $1,000 or more from Oracle, STACK Infrastructure and the construction contractor Clayco and their executives, $112,200 in all, between August 24 and September 7 — including $12,400 from Oracle America and $12,400 each from two Oracle executives listed in the filings as CEO (PJCL204).

Endorsed Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard, who twice refused the pipeline's state-land crossings, for lieutenant governor.

Relationships · 3

Supports

Stephanie Garcia Richard

Relates to

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Linked (in tension with)

Gregg Hull

In the timeline · 4

Jul 30, 2026The commissioner who said no joins the ticket Sep 14, 2026The first general-election reports show the project’s money Sep 16, 2026The House votes 417–3 to make big data centers pay their own grid costs Sep 17, 2026The race for governor takes a position on data centers — two of them

Dated entries in the record that involve this party. Appearing here is not an allegation — it means the graph draws an edge from this dossier to that event.

Claims involving them · 2

What the project's companies gave, in the state's own filings (2025–26)primary-source

The project's executives gave the Democratic nominee $112,200; the Republican, nothingprimary-source

Sources · 6

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