Election Upsets Shake Prince William County Board of Supervisors.

Ann B. Wheeler, the Democratic chair of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, lost her party's primary election to Deshundra Jefferson, a relatively unknown challenger who campaigned heavily on the issue of data center development in the county. The outcome of the primaries is likely to affect discussions surrounding a proposed 2,100-acre data center complex in the Gainesville area, which the current board is preparing to vote on later this summer. With both Jefferson and Republican nominee Jeanine Lawson opposed to the plan, opponents of the project say that the board should delay the decision or reject the plan outright, arguing that voters have weighed in on an issue that has generated concerns about noise and potential harm to the surrounding environment.