随着前景黯淡，共和党撤出北卡罗来纳州参议院竞选资金 参议院领导基金将资金转向堪萨斯州，后者已成为该党在寻求保住多数席位过程中日益担忧的焦点。
As Prospects Dim, G.O.P. Pulls Money Out of North Carolina Senate Race The Senate Leadership Fund is diverting money to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party as it seeks to hold its majority.
共和党参议院竞选的头号超级政治行动委员会自周五起取消了其在北卡罗来纳州预订的所有剩余广告，转移数千万美元资金，这一举动表明共和党不再认为今秋在该州有获胜路径。
The top super PAC for Senate Republicans is canceling all the remaining ads it had booked in North Carolina as of Friday, shifting away tens of millions of dollars in a move that signals that Republicans no longer see a path to winning the state this fall.
与此同时，这个名为参议院领导基金的超级政治行动委员会正在进行本周期在堪萨斯州的首笔投资——这显示出共和党在红州中日益增长的担忧——推出新广告攻击该州民主党提名人。
At the same time, the super PAC, called the Senate Leadership Fund, is making its first investment of the cycle in Kansas — a sign of rising concern among Republicans in red states — with a new ad attacking the Democratic nominee there.
如果共和党失去北卡罗来纳州，将给民主党提供秋季翻转参议院所需的四个席位之一——前提是民主党守住所有自己的席位。
If Republicans lose North Carolina, it would give Democrats one of the four seats they need to flip the Senate in the fall — if Democrats hold all of their own seats.
取消广告预订是竞选冲刺阶段常见且极具风向标意义的举动，因为它揭示了全国竞选操盘手认为通往多数席位的最佳路径在哪里。Semafor率先报道了北卡罗来纳州广告取消的消息，两位知情人士证实了这一决定。
Ad cancellations are a common, and very telling, move down the stretch of campaigns as they reveal where national operatives see their best path to a majority. The cancellation of the North Carolina ads was first reported by Semafor and confirmed by two people familiar with the decision.
北卡罗来纳州该参议院席位目前由共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯持有，他已宣布不寻求连任。民主党提名了曾连任两届的前州长罗伊·库珀，他在当地颇具人气。共和党提名人是前共和党全国委员会主席迈克尔·沃特利。沃特利竞选团队未立即回应置评请求。参议院领导基金拒绝置评。
The North Carolina seat is currently held by Senator Thom Tillis, a Republican who is retiring. Democrats nominated Roy Cooper, a popular former governor who had served two terms. The Republican nominee is Michael Whatley, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee. The Whatley campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Senate Leadership Fund declined to comment.
在堪萨斯州，新的广告预订显示共和党担心共和党现任参议员罗杰·马歇尔的连任竞选，他面临的对手是亚当·汉密尔顿，全美最大联合卫理公会教堂的牧师。
In Kansas, the new reservation shows that Republicans are worried about the re-election bid of Senator Roger Marshall, the Republican incumbent, who faces Adam Hamilton, the pastor of the largest United Methodist congregation in the country.
新广告攻击汉密尔顿先生是“两面派极端分子”。堪萨斯州的支出总规模尚不清楚，但据两位知情人士透露，最初的广告购买计划高达数百万美元。
The new ad attacks Mr. Hamilton as a “two-faced extremist.”The full size of the Kansas spending was not clear, but the initial buy was planned to be in the millions of dollars, according to the two people familiar with the decision.
参议院领导基金最初计划在北卡罗来纳州花费7100万美元。据一位知情人士透露，该组织已花费其中超过3000万美元。据广告追踪服务AdImpact的数据显示，该组织仍预留了1800万美元，仅用于最后一个月的广播和有线电视广告。
The Senate Leadership Fund had initially planned to spend $71 million in North Carolina. The group has spent more than $30 million of those funds, according to one of the people familiar with the decision. The group still had $18 million reserved for the final month just on broadcast and cable television, according to data from AdImpact, the ad-tracking service.
南达科他州参议员、多数党领袖约翰·图恩继续支持沃特利先生，并据两位知情人士透露，于周四以虚拟方式出席了为他举办的筹款活动。
Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the majority leader, has continued to back Mr. Whatley and attended a fund-raiser for him virtually on Thursday, the two people familiar with the decision said.
为应对这些取消广告的情况，越来越多的共和党参议院候选人成立了自己的专属超级政治行动委员会，部分原因是为了使自己免受参议院领导基金削减资金的影响。然而，沃特利先生的专属团体“老北行动”此前也取消了广告投放。帕特里夏·马泽伊参与了报道。谢恩·戈尔德马赫是《纽约时报》国家政治记者。
In preparation for these cancellations, an increased number of Republican Senate candidates started their own dedicated super PACs, in part so they could insulate themselves from cuts from the Senate Leadership Fund. And yet Mr. Whatley’s dedicated group, Old North Action, previously canceled ads as well. Patricia Mazzei contributed reporting. Shane Goldmacher is a Times national political correspondent.
西奥多·施莱弗是《时报》记者，报道亿万富翁及其对世界的影响。
Theodore Schleifer is a Times reporter covering billionaires and their impact on the world.