堪萨斯州为何突然成为争夺参议院控制权的核心？该州近一个世纪以来未选出过民主党参议员。
Why Kansas Has Suddenly Moved to Center of the Fight for Senate Control The state hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in nearly a century.
特朗普总统第二任期内的经济挑战及其他因素使其成为竞争激烈的选区。自二战前以来，堪萨斯州未选出过民主党参议员。
Economic challenges during President Trump’s second term, as well as other factors, have put it in play. Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since before World War II.
但今年，这个可靠的共和党州意外地转向了参议院控制权争夺战的中心。
But this year, this reliably Republican state has unexpectedly lurched toward the center of the battle for control of the Senate.
堪萨斯州共和党初选当选的参议员罗杰·马歇尔（Roger Marshall）所在的选区竞争异常激烈，以至于共和党参议员顶级超级政治行动委员会（Super PAC）不得不将数百万美元原本计划用于传统战场州的费用转移到该州。
Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas, a first-term Republican, is in such a competitive race that the top super PAC for Senate Republicans is diverting millions of dollars to the state that it would prefer to be spending in traditional battlegrounds.
距离选举日还有一个月，根据《纽约时报》/锡耶纳大学（Siena University）本周末发布的民调，马歇尔先生与他的民主党挑战者亚当·汉密尔顿牧师（Rev. Adam Hamilton）的支持率大致持平，各占45%。
With a month until Election Day, Mr. Marshall and his Democratic challenger, the Rev. Adam Hamilton, are roughly tied at 45 percent each, according to a New York Times/Siena University poll released this weekend.
无党派机构库克政治报告（Cook Political Report）仍将此选区评级为倾向共和党。但民主党人变得更加乐观，而共和党人则日益紧张。
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report still grades the race as leaning toward Republicans. But Democrats have become more optimistic, and Republicans are increasingly nervous.
以下是堪萨斯州竞争激烈的三个原因：该州经济在特朗普总统第二任期内受到重创。
Here are three reasons Kansas is competitive: The state’s economy has been hit hard in President Trump’s second term.
以农业为主的堪萨斯州经济受到总统制造的挑战及其无法控制的因素的双重冲击。特朗普与伊朗的冲突推高了汽油和柴油的成本。
Kansas’s farming-heavy economy has been buffeted by challenges both of the president’s making and out of his control. Mr. Trump’s war with Iran has driven up the costs of gasoline and diesel.
作为贸易战的一部分，总统允许大量低关税的碎牛肉进口涌入美国，挤压了堪萨斯州养牛农的利益。
The president, as part of his trade wars, has allowed a flood of ground beef imports into the United States with lower tariffs, squeezing Kansas cattle farmers.