In Virginia, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) favors expanding its clean energy portfolio, building on utility firm Dominion Energy’s nearly finished $10.8-billion offshore wind project, CVOW. Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R), who seeks to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, has said little about her position on construction issues, including whether she will continue his approach to back the offshore wind megaproject off Virginia Beach and most infrastructure funding.  

While so far untouched by Trump's renewable energy moratorium and related negative rhetoric, the project will likely see $500 million in added costs due to new import tariffs, Dominion has said. 

The boom in Virginia-based data centers, a flashpoint issue in a number of northern communities in the state related to their consumption of power and impact on local water supply, did not generate ballot measures but could influence races in the state House of Delegates, where Democrats hold a slim majority. 

Looking at State-Locsl Measures

Overshadowed by a controversial Congressional redistricting measure, the Texas statewide ballot includes a proposal to create an endowment for Texas State Technical College, which currently lacks authority to issue bonds for capital improvements it says are necessary to provide training in critically needed skill areas, including construction. School officials say the new funding will be used for campus infrastructure repairs, classroom equipment upgrades and expansion to other parts of state.

Also Prop. 4 seeks voter approval to spend $20 billion over the next two decades in dedicating certain tax revenue to the Texas water fund and allocating it for new infrastructure projects and upgrades to develop drinking water sources and mitigate flooding.

New York state voters will weigh a constitutional amendment related to construction of major facility upgrades and expansions of the Olympic sports complex in upstate Lake Placid and add 2,500 acres of new protected land, to avoid future violations of mandates on open space preservation in the environmentally sensitive region. New York City ballots will also include three measures with poliical implications, related to changes in how affordable housing and middle income developments can be built and will be approved.  

Research group Eno Center for Transportation is tracking 82 transportation measures on US ballots, mostly municipal measures.

On the local level, voters in Columbus, Ohio, will consider a $1.9-billion bond package, the largest in the city’s history. Included are separate proposals for public utilities, affordable housing, public service, parks and safety and health. 

Denver’s five-part, $895-million bond proposal, called Vibrant Denver, proposes funding more than 200 infrastructure and community projects, including rebuilding two highway viaducts adjacent to a proposed new National Football League stadium; a new combined training facility for the city’s law enforcement and fire departments; and transformation of a former golf course into a new city park.

A nearly $900-million bond proposal in Maricopa County, Ariz., seeks to expand health care services across the fast-growing region through new and upgraded emergency, trauma, behavioral health units and replacement of outdated care facilities. 

Several metropolitan areas have large school construction bonds on the ballot including Albuquerque; San Antonio; Fairfax County, Va.; and Spokane, Wash. 

On Nov. 15, voters in Orleans Parish, La., will decide on a bond package that includes $415 million to fund construction and renovation of roads, public safety and recreational facilities, and other infrastructure.