未点名丈夫，帕克斯顿疏远的妻子呼吁选民为他投票在一则新广告中，肯·帕克斯顿的妻子——正因指控通奸而与他离婚——告诉德克萨斯州选民要关注“整个团队”，而非“个别球员”。安吉拉·帕克斯顿想要澄清事实。
Without Saying His Name, Paxton’s Estranged Wife Says to Vote for Him In a new ad, the wife of Ken Paxton, who is divorcing him for alleged adultery, tells Texas voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.”Angela Paxton wants to clear the air.
帕克斯顿夫人是肯·帕克斯顿的疏远妻子，这位保守派火品人物正陷入德克萨斯州联邦参议员席位的激烈争夺战中。她在一则新广告中敦促选民，下个月去投票时支持整张共和党选票。
Mrs. Paxton, the estranged wife of Ken Paxton, a conservative firebrand locked in a fierce battle for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas, is urging voters in a new ad to back the entire Republican ticket when they go to the polls next month.
虽然帕克斯顿夫人在广告中没有提及丈夫的名字——她正因指控通奸与他离婚——但她直面“房间里的大象”（显而易见却被回避的问题），告诉选民应放下对任何单一候选人的顾虑，着眼共和党的未来。
While Mrs. Paxton doesn’t mention her husband — whom she is divorcing, alleging adultery — by name in the ad, she addresses “the elephant in the room” by telling voters they should look past their qualms with any single candidate and think about the future of the Republican Party.
“在大选中，重要的不那么是团队中的个别球员，而是让整个团队冲过终点线，”她说。“要么我们守住每一个共和党席位，要么我们把德克萨斯的未来拱手让给对手。” 帕克斯顿在每一份最近的民调中都落后于他的民主党对手詹姆斯·塔拉里科，包括周六发布的《纽约时报》和锡耶纳大学的联合民调。虽然民主党在德克萨斯州已有30多年未赢得全州范围选举，但共和党警告称，参议院竞选及其他竞选现在比近来记忆中的任何时候都更具竞争力。
“In a general election, it’s not as much about the individual players on the team. It’s about getting the whole team across the finish line,” she said. “Either we hold every Republican seat, or we hand the future of Texas to the other team.”Mr. Paxton is trailing James Talarico, his Democratic opponent, in every recent poll, including one released by The New York Times and Siena University on Saturday. While Democrats have not won a statewide election in Texas in more than 30 years, Republicans have warned that the Senate race, and others, are more competitive now than in recent memory.
这则由“德克萨斯政治行动委员会”资助的广告——该委员会是参议院共和党领袖主要超级政治行动委员会的附属机构——可能进一步表明了对帕克斯顿竞选前景的担忧，尤其是在女性选民中。这也表明帕克斯顿夫人现在已成为巩固选票更广泛策略的一部分。
The ad, funded by Texas PAC, a political action committee affiliated with the main super PAC for Senate Republican leaders, could be a further indication of concern about Mr. Paxton’s chances in the race — especially among women. It also indicates that Mrs. Paxton is now part of a broader strategy to bolster the ticket.
她最近在德克萨斯州的一个妇女俱乐部发表演讲，表达了类似观点。
She recently gave a speech to a women’s club in Texas where she made similar remarks.
“现实情况是，虽然我们是价值观的政党，但我们的选票上存在一些弱点，”帕克斯顿夫人于9月18日在德克萨斯州共和党妇女联合会的聚会上表示。“说实话，我认为共和党女性将决定这场选举，因为我认为其中一些弱点对坚守我们价值观的女性来说尤其令人疏远。”
“The reality is, while we are the party of values, we have some vulnerabilities on our ballot,” Mrs. Paxton told the club, the Texas Federation of Republican Women on Sept. 18. “And I’ll be honest with you, I think Republican women will decide this election, because some of those vulnerabilities, I think, have been particularly alienating to women that hold our values.”