参议院领导基金（Senate Leadership Fund）取消支出的举动，正值民主党人寻求翻转这一共和党席位之际。
上个月，共和党参议员候选人迈克尔·沃特利（Michael Whatley）在北卡罗来纳州格林斯伯勒等待副总统万斯（JD Vance）出席集会。
Move to cancel spending by Senate Leadership Fund comes as Democrats look to flip red seat Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley waits for Vice President JD Vance to arrive for a rally in Greensboro, N.C. last month.
据知情人士透露，一个支持参议院共和党人的财力雄厚的团体正在暂停在北卡罗来纳州的支出，并将资金转移到支持深红州堪萨斯州的候选人身上，这凸显了中期选举最后几周迅速变化的选情。
Kent Nishimura Press Pool WASHINGTON—A deep-pocketed group boosting Senate Republicans is putting spending on hold in North Carolina and shifting funds to prop up a candidate in deep-red Kansas, according to people familiar with the matter, highlighting the rapidly changing landscape in the closing weeks of the midterms.
与参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（John Thune）结盟的超级政治行动委员会“参议院领导基金”已暂停在北卡罗来纳州的未来支出，共和党提名人迈克尔·沃特利在该州竞选空缺席位时落后于民主党提名人罗伊·库珀（Roy Cooper）。
Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.), has paused future spending in North Carolina, where Republican nominee Michael Whatley is trailing Democratic nominee Roy Cooper for an open seat.
作为一位受欢迎的前州长，库珀在民意调查中建立了强大的领先优势，这增加了民主党人将该席位翻转至其阵营的希望。
Cooper, a popular former governor, has built a strong lead in opinion polls, raising Democrats’ hopes for flliping the seat into their column.