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Event Details:

What: Candidate Forum on AI Data Centers

When: Sunday, August 2, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Where: Old Fort Harrod State Park Pavilion, 400 W. Lexington St., Harrodsburg, KY 40330

Who: Eight candidates running for local, state, or federal office in Kentucky.

The candidates who have agreed to participate in tonight's forum on AI data centers include:

• Pete Lynch (me) - Kentucky Party candidate running for US House (KY-6).
• Jay Bowman - independent candidate running for US House (KY-6).
• Chris Campbell - Kentucky Party candidate running for US Senate.
• Katrina Sexton - Democrat running for State House in District 55.
• Michael French - Democrat running for State Senate in Senate District 22.
• Roger Johnson - nonpartisan candidate running for Harrodsburg City commission.
• Cody Stinnett - write-in candidate running for Mercer County Magistrate in District 2.
• Chris Walker - Democrat running for Mercer County Judge/Executive.

As far as I am aware, this will be the first candidate forum on AI data centers anywhere in the US that is open to candidates from all parties. I intend to organize at least one candidate forum on AI data centers in Lexington, and would like to have others in the district or around the state as well.

At the last public hearing held by the Planning Commission, the sign-up sheet for speakers was made available at 1pm. If you'd like to speak at today's hearing, I'd encourage you to show up by 1pm to make sure you can get on the speakers' list.

If you aren't comfortable with speaking in front of an audience, you should still show up if you can. The Planning Commission needs to know how much opposition there is to building AI data centers in Lexington.

I’m officially announcing Kentucky’s first-ever candidate forum on AI data centers.

This event will be held on Sunday, August 2, from 6-8pm at the Old Fort Harrod State Park’s event pavilion located at 400 E Lexington St in Harrodsburg.

All Kentuckians are welcome to attend this free event.

Political candidates who would like to speak should RSVP by email at: info@PeteLynchForKentucky.com

Harvest Worship Center is hosting an anti-data center event today (7/22) at 6pm. The address is 1820 Oxford Circle in Lexington.

I will be one of (I believe) several speakers there, but I did not organize the event and am not sure who all will be speaking.

Although I don't know who else will be speaking or what exactly they'll say, I'll briefly summarize the recommendations I plan to make in case anyone here can't make it to the event but would like to know what those recommendations are:

1. Let the planning commission know that the Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment (ZOTA) currently being considered is woefully inadequate. While it would limit AI data centers to no more than 50,000 square feet, there are no other serious protections for the community in this ZOTA. You can send an email on the ZOTA and what regulations for data centers you'd like to see to planningmailbox@lexingtonky.gov.

2. Create an account on the government website engage.lexingtonky.gov to leave a comment on the discussion board. There are only 81 comments on that discussion board so far.

3. Attend the Planning Commission's public hearing on July 30 at 1:30pm. The address is 200 E Main Street in Lexington. This event is about the ZOTA that the Planning Commission is currently considering. Everyone who can make it should attend, but if you'd like to speak you should arrive early (1:00) to put your name on the list.

Hi all,

As some of you know, my name is Pete Lynch and I'm running for US Congress in KY-6 as a third-party candidate with the Kentucky Party. I'm also a faculty member in the University of Kentucky's Department of Political Science.

Today (7/6), I'll be at Callie's Homestyle Restaurant from 4-7pm in Versailles and I would love to meet you if you're able to make it.

And if you'd like to host a campaign event somewhere in KY-6--whether it's a meet and greet, a meeting related to the fight against data centers, or anything else--please don't hesitate to email me at info@PeteLynchForKentucky.com.

If you care about preventing the expansion of the DartPoints data center or stopping hyperscale data centers from invading and taking advantage of our community, please come to the Lyric Theater tonight (June 15) for the 6pm community meeting on data centers.

There will be members of county council at the event, and they need to know that the community doesn't want data centers.

I hope to see many of you there.