今天的竞选相关新闻汇总，来自全国各地。
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
- 在备受关注的德克萨斯州联邦参议员竞选中，《纽约时报》报道称，州检察长肯·帕克斯顿上周向一群保守派捐赠者和游说者发表了一些挑衅性言论。提到他所在政党最近在家乡州举行的中期大会，这位深陷丑闻的共和党人说：“说实话，数据——当我们举办那次大会时——我们的数字下跌了。每个人的数字都下跌了。现在，是的，情况不妙。”
- In Texas’ closely watched U.S. Senate racee,The New York Times reported that state Attorney General Ken Paxton made some provocative comments to a group of conservative donors and lobbyists last week. Referring to his party’s recent midterm convention in his home state, the scandal-plagued Republican said, “So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.”
这一报道与主要民主党超级政治行动委员会——参议院多数派政治行动委员会——本周宣布将在本选举周期内首次在孤星州投放广告的消息相吻合。
The reporting dovetails with the main Democratic super PAC, called the Senate Majority PAC, announcing this week that it’s going to start advertising in the Lone Star State for the first time this election cycle.
至于州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科与帕克斯顿之间可能举行的辩论，民主党提名人主动提出参加福克斯新闻主办的活动，该网台也同意举办，但帕克斯顿迄今至少躲避了所有邀请。
As for a possible debate between state Rep. James Talarico and Paxton, the Democratic nominee volunteered to participate in an event hosted by Fox News, and the network agreed to hold the event, but Paxton has, at least so far, dodged all requests.
- 说到德克萨斯州，备受争议的共和党德州铁路委员提名人博·弗伦奇不仅在社交媒体发布种族主义内容，还呼吁对“叛徒”进行“公开处决”，其中包括知名民主党官员。
- Speaking of Texas, Bo French, the highly controversial Republican nominee for Texas railroad commissioner, didn’t just post racist content to social media, he also called for “public executions for traitors,” including prominent Democratic officials.
- 在备受关注的俄亥俄州联邦参议员竞选中，最新的马里斯特民调显示，民主党人、前参议员谢罗德·布朗以51%对43%领先共和党现任参议员乔恩·休斯德。最新的《今日美国》/萨福克大学民调显示竞争更为胶着，布朗以47%对44%领先。
- In Ohio’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, the latest Marist Poll found former Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, ahead of the Republican incumbent, Sen. Jon Husted, 51% to 43%. The latest USA Today/Suffolk University poll showed a closer contest, in which Brown led, 47% to 44%.
就布朗而言，他本周推出了一则备受关注的竞选广告，展示了公众对休斯特言论的反应，休斯特称生活在贫困中的美国人缺乏“驾驭现实世界”的经验。
- 说到“七叶树州”，在俄亥俄州备受瞩目的州长竞选中，最新的马里斯特民调显示，民主党人艾米·阿克顿以50%对44%领先共和党人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米，这大致与最新的《今日美国》/萨福克大学民调一致，后者显示阿克顿以9个百分点领先，即50%对41%。
For his part, Brown this week launched a much-discussed campaign ad featuring public reactions to Husted saying Americans who live in poverty lack experience in “navigating the real world.” * Speaking of the Buckeye State, in Ohio’s closely watched gubernatorial race, the latest Marist Poll showed Democrat Amy Acton ahead of Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, 50% to 44%, which was roughly in line with the latest USA Today/Suffolk University poll, which showed Acton up by 9 points, 50% to 41%.
- 在密歇根州备受瞩目的联邦参议员竞选中，最新的马里斯特民调显示，民主党人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德以51%对44%领先前共和党众议员迈克·罗杰斯。
- In Michigan’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, the latest Marist Poll found Democrat Abdul El-Sayed leading former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, 51% to 44%.
- 本周期中期选举广告迄今花费了多少资金？据《华盛顿邮报》分析，总额高达15亿美元，距离选举还有五周时间。
- How much money has been spent in the midterm election ad so far this cycle? According to a Washington Post analysis, the total is a staggering $1.5 billion, and there’s still five weeks to go.
- 如果共和党对今年的选举周期还不够担心的话，最新的奎尼皮亚克大学民调显示，在通用国会选票上，民主党以51%对39%领先共和党12个百分点。
- And in case Republicans weren’t already worried enough about this year’s election cycle, the latest Quinnipiac University poll showed Democrats with a 12-point advantage over Republicans on the generic congressional ballot, 51% to 39%.