The landmark climate law is an economic boon but not an electoral one, at least not yet.
The Inflation Reduction Act is delivering jobs and investment to communities around the country, but the elected officials who supported the law are getting little political benefit. I saw this when working on a story about the U.S. Senate race in Ohio between Democrat Sherrod Brown , the incumbent, and Republican Bernie Moreno . But the dynamic is not limited to Ohio — reporting from other races shows negligible political gains for candidates who supported the act, as in Nevada .
The plant is one of many manufacturing projects in Ohio that stand to receive aid from the IRA. Others include Illuminate USA, a solar panel manufacturer in Pataskala with about 1,000 employees, and Schaeffler, a vehicle parts manufacturer in Dover with about 650 employees. In all, companies have announced 18 IRA-linked projects in Ohio, with $7.1 billion in private spending and 4,854 jobs, according to a database compiled by E2, a trade group. The best may be yet to come.
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