纽约州民主党众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez）正迅速成为2026年中期选举的核心人物——不过她同时也引发了激烈的争议。
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is fast becoming a central figurehead in the 2026 midterm election cycle, and a polarizing one at that.
据Axios本周报道，一些立场较为温和的候选人回避了这位进步派新星的公开支持；而在竞争激烈的选区中，另一些候选人则热情地欢迎她的支持。
Some moderate candidates are shunning the progressive rising star's endorsement, Axios reported this week, while others in tight races are welcoming her with open arms.
几位与Fox News Digital交谈的民主党策略师表示，他们对左翼人士对她保持距离的态度并不感到意外：“她的支持率在独立选民中的表现并不总是很好，这很大程度上取决于她应该被派往哪些选区；而且许多美国人对她的印象褒贬不一。”前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯（Kamala Harris）的政治顾问迈克·内利斯（Mike Nellis）对Fox News Digital说：“我一直建议大家：做自己认为正确的事吧，因为组建联合阵营确实非常困难。”
Several Democratic strategists who spoke with Fox News Digital said they were not shocked that some on the left are keeping her at arm's length. "It wasn't especially surprising, like, her numbers with independent voters aren't always great, and it's very circumstantial depending upon where you would want to deploy somebody with that type of background and somebody who, you know, a lot of Americans have an impression of already — sometimes positive, sometimes negative," Mike Nellis, a former political advisor for ex-Vice President Kamala Harris, told Fox News Digital.
还有一些候选人认为，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯反而会成为他们竞选的负担。
"I always just encourage people, like, you do what you gotta do, cause it's hard to play coalition politics."
哈桑·皮克尔（Hasan Pikker）表示，如果有机会，他绝对会支持奥卡西奥-科尔特斯参加2028年的选举。而正在竞选纽约州共和党众议员迈克·劳勒（Mike Lawler）的凯特·康利（Cait Conley）在接受CNN采访时回应称：“如果需要与像奥卡西奥-科尔特斯或纽约市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼（Zohran Mamdani）这样的民主党人士合作，我愿意。”不过截至报道发布时，康利的竞选团队尚未回复Fox News Digital的评论请求。
DEMOCRAT CHALLENGING MIKE LAWLER WON'T COMMIT ON CAMPAIGNING WITH AOC, MAMDANI OR REJECTING DSA And there are at least two candidates who appear to think the original "Squad" member is more of a liability. HASAN PIKER SAYS HE’D ‘ABSOLUTELY’ CAMPAIGN FOR AOC IN 2028 AS EL-SAYED DISTANCES HIMSELF Cait Conley, who is running to unseat Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in a district nearby Ocasio-Cortez's, told CNN's State of the Union "I'm good" when asked if she would campaign with Democratic socialists like her or New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Conley's campaign did not return a request for comment by Fox News Digital by publication time.
据报道，蒙大拿州的萨姆·福斯特格（Sam Forstag）已从其竞选网站上删除了所有与奥卡西奥-科尔特斯相关的信息。他对Axios表示：“在接下来的40天内，我不希望有太多来自其他州的候选人参与我的竞选活动。”福斯特格的竞选团队也未回复Fox News Digital的多次邮件咨询。
And Sam Forstag in Montana reportedly removed all mention of Ocasio-Cortez's endorsement from his campaign website. He told Axios, "I don't intend to be having a lot of folks from out of state campaigning with me over these next 40 days." Forstag's campaign did not return multiple emailed requests for comment by Fox News Digital.
詹姆斯·卡维尔预测：2028年的民主党初选将考验该党社会主义翼派的真正实力“在选举前的最后几天里，你需要传达具体、具有地方针对性的信息，并且这些信息需要在全国范围内得到传播；而那些全国性的名人反而无助于实现这一目标，”一位参与众议院和参议院竞选活动的资深民主党策略师对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。
JAMES CARVILLE PREDICTS 2028 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY WILL TEST TRUE STRENGTH OF PARTY'S SOCIALIST WING "In the final days leading up to an election, you want to make your message specific and local and repeatable and national celebrities just don’t help with that," a veteran Democratic strategist who works on House and Senate campaigns told Fox News Digital.
这位要求匿名以更自由地表达观点的策略师指出：“亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（AOC）比大多数其他潜在的2028年民主党总统候选人更具‘名人效应’。”他补充说：“我认为奥卡西奥-科尔特斯是少数几位能够超越传统政治界限、在更广泛的社会层面产生影响力的民主党人，因此她的公开活动对政治讨论具有更大的影响力。”
The strategist, who asked to remain anonymous to speak more freely, said "AOC is more of a celebrity" than most of the other potential 2028 Democratic presidential contenders. "I think AOC is one of the few Democrats who has transcended to just culture generally, which makes her visits heavier in the discourse." And that celebrity status is being used in other key races.
这种名人效应也在其他关键选举中得到了体现：7月份，在密歇根州（一个民主党的重要战场州）的民主党参议院初选前几周，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯与另一位进步派人士伯尼·桑德斯联手，共同为左翼候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed）举办了三场集会。
Ocasio-Cortez joined forces with fellow progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders to headline a trio of rallies for left-wing candidate Abdul El-Sayed in July, a couple of weeks before the Democratic Senate primary in the key battleground state of Michigan.
最终，埃尔-赛义德以微弱优势击败了立场较为温和的民主党众议员海莉·史蒂文斯（Haley Stevens），这场竞争凸显了民主党内部在党派意识形态方向上的分歧。虽然奥卡西奥-科尔特斯自8月初的初选后尚未重返密歇根州，但她的竞选团队表示欢迎她再次参与当地的竞选活动。
El-Sayed ended up narrowly edging more moderate Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., in a nomination battle that highlighted the ongoing battle between the left and the center for the ideological future of the Democratic Party. While Ocasio-Cortez has yet to return to Michigan since the early August primary, El-Sayed’s campaign says they’d welcome her return to the campaign trail.
“许多密歇根州的民众都非常期待奥卡西奥-科尔特斯能回到这里，”埃尔-赛义德的竞选团队负责人罗克西·里奇纳（Roxie Richner）对福克斯新闻数字频道说。
"There are a lot of Michiganders who can't wait to have AOC back in town," El-Sayed campaign communications director Roxie Richner told Fox News Digital.
奥卡西奥-科尔特斯支持佛罗里达州的民主党候选人安吉·尼克松（Angie Nixon）参选参议院：‘我很自豪能支持她’埃尔-赛义德与前密歇根州共和党众议员迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers）正在争夺接替现任民主党参议员加里·彼得斯（Gary Peters）的席位。这场中期选举对民主党来说至关重要，因为民主党正试图从共和党手中夺回参议院的多数席位。
AOC BACKS FLORIDA DEM ANGIE NIXON FOR US SENATE: 'I’M PROUD TO ENDORSE HER' El-Sayed and former House Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., are facing off in the race to succeed Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich. The midterm showdown is a must-hold for the Democrats as they try to win back the Senate majority from the Republicans.
奥卡西奥-科尔特斯最近还在佛罗里达州与极左翼参议员候选人安吉·尼克森一同亮相，尼克森正在对阵共和党籍佛罗里达州参议员阿什利·穆迪，这是一场处于劣势的竞选。
Ocasio-Cortez also appeared in Florida recently alongside far-left Senate candidate Angie Nixon, who is running an underdog campaign against Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla.
民主党人在那里获胜的希望渺茫，但奥卡西奥-科尔特斯的竞选足迹正值外界对她未来的政治计划猜测不断升温之际。
A Democratic victory there is a longshot, but Ocasio-Cortez's campaign trail travels come as speculation mounts about her own future political plans.
这位民主社会主义者被普遍视为美国国会参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默卸任后潜在的接班人。但关于她可能参加2028年总统竞选的传闻也甚嚣尘上——奥卡西奥-科尔特斯对此既未证实也未否认。
The Democratic socialist is widely seen as a potential successor to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., when he is through in the upper chamber. But there's also buzz about a potential 2028 presidential campaign — something Ocasio-Cortez has not confirmed nor denied. "I think she's a unique political talent.
内利斯说：“我认为她是一位杰出的政治人才。很明显，她在全国拥有一大批支持者，而这些正是你建立竞选团队所需要的基础。所以我觉得如果她不去考虑这件事，那就太蠢了。与此同时，你知道的，你是愿意去博取那5%成为民主党总统候选人的机会……还是愿意把握远超五成把握成为下一任纽约州联邦参议员的机会？如果我是她的顾问，我可能会劝她竞选参议员。”
She's clearly got, like, a large group of people in the country who would get behind her, and those are the beginnings of what you need to build an operation to run for president. So I think she'd be stupid not to think about it," Nellis said. "At the same time, you know, do you take a 5% chance of being the Democratic nominee...or do you take like a much better than fifty-fifty chance of being the next United States Senator from New York?
福克斯新闻数字频道就《 Axios》的报道联系了奥卡西奥-科尔特斯的竞选团队以征求置评。
If it were me advising her, I'd probably tell her to run for Senate." Fox News Digital reached out to Ocasio-Cortez's campaign for comment on the Axios report.