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Source: Axios

Scratch the surface of the year's biggest stories — the Iran war and AI — and both are bound up in the costs of energy.Why it matters: Prices for gasoline, diesel and power are playing a prominent role in some of the tightest races for control of Congress.The war has kept gasoline prices way above $4 per gallon for months, and helped push diesel to record highs.Fairly or unfairly, data centers are getting blamed for rising electricity prices.It's all unfolding as affordability more broadly tops the agenda in races nationwide.Here's a look at how energy politics are playing out in five critical contests...SenateMichigan. Power prices climbed faster than the national average over the past year in the Wolverine state, and data centers surfaced early in the Democratic primary and stayed prominent in the tight general election race.Former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers' campaign shows how Republican hopefuls are willing to split with President Trump on energy and AI — or at least get ahead of him.Rogers called for a one-year moratorium on data centers in August. And he called for a temporary ban on diesel exports in September, an idea Trump then flirted with but backed off. On the Democratic side,...