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“Voters in a small Missouri town, unhappy with the city council’s approval of a $6 billion data center, struck back at the polls last week, ousting all four incumbent council members running for reelection.”
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Three independent web search results (including Politico) confirm that voters in Festus, Missouri, ousted all incumbent council members up for re-election following the approval of a hyperscale data center.
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— The Festus, Missouri, city council is getting a makeover after voters last week ousted every incumbent up for re-election. The new council will be sworn in Monday at Festus City Hall (pictured).
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/13/missouri-city-counc…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/13/missouri-city-counc…
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— The municipal election effectively reshaped half of the city’s eight-member council, following the March 30 vote to greenlight a hyperscale data center spanning roughly 360 acres of wooded land on Fes…
https://www.libfails.co/city-council-incumbents-ousted-in-el…
https://www.libfails.co/city-council-incumbents-ousted-in-el…
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— Festus is working against the approved data center, and the fight against AI data centers is still ongoing throughout the country. In Foristell, MO, a recent proposal to annex land into city limits me…
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/small-missouri-to…
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/small-missouri-to…
“Tuesday’s election in Festus, Missouri — a city of 12,000 people”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general information about Missouri's counties, the global population, and death penalty statistics. None of the provided sources mention the specific population of Festus, Missouri.
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— the state has put 92 people to death.
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by…
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— World population has reached 8 billion on November 15, 2022 according to the United Nations.
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
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— Missouri has 114 counties and one independent city, St. Louis, which is Missouri's most densely populated—5,140 people per square mile. The largest counties by population are St. Louis (1,004,125), Ja…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri
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