支持共和党参议院候选人的主要超级政治行动委员会（Super PAC）计划向南卡罗来纳州竞选活动注入500万美元，作为帮助共和党提名人达琳·格雷厄姆的“保险政策”，一位熟悉该动向的消息人士向Axios透露。
The main super PAC supporting Republican Senate candidates plans to inject $5 million into the South Carolina campaign as an "insurance policy" to help GOP nominee Darline Graham a source familiar with the move tells Axios. Why it matters:
为何重要：共和党担心，在深红色的南卡罗来纳州，一个参议院席位可能变得有悬念，这充分显示了共和党面临的恶劣政治环境。共和党在那些长期被视为保守派堡垒的州面临一连串麻烦。
The GOP's concern that a Senate seat in blood-red South Carolina could be in play shows just how bad the political environment is for Republicans, who face a rash of troubles in states long considered conservative strongholds.
- 一位了解参议院领导基金（Senate Leadership Fund）计划细节的共和党人士说：“这是一份保险。我们会支持达琳。”
• "It's an insurance policy. We're going to be there for Darline," said a Republican briefed on the plans for the Senate Leadership Fund.
支出转向在保守派重镇南卡罗来纳州增加支出，此前共和党参议员们已宣布不再为摇摆州北卡罗来纳州的广告提供资金。在北卡罗来纳州，共和党候选人迈克尔·沃特利在民调中落后于前州长罗伊·库珀（民主党）。
The shift to spending in conservative South Carolina comes after Senate Republicans announced they no longer were financing ads in swing-state North Carolina, where the GOP's Michael Whatley is lagging behind former Gov. Roy Cooper (D) in polls.
- 与此同时，民主党正在重新分配资源，这反映了他们在选举日前四周的乐观情绪。
• Democrats, meanwhile, are reallocating resources in a way that reflects their optimism four weeks before Election Day.
- 民主党主要的参议院超级政治行动委员会取消了在北卡罗来纳州约110万美元的广告预订，因为他们相信库珀处于有利位置，能够夺取目前由即将退休的共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯持有的席位。
• Democrats' main Senate super PAC canceled roughly $1.1 million in ad reservations in North Carolina, based on their belief Cooper is well-positioned to flip the seat now held by retiring Republican Thom Tillis. Zoom in:
聚焦：格雷厄姆是已故参议员林赛·格雷厄姆的妹妹，应特朗普总统——她哥哥的朋友——的敦促，于七月被任命担任该席位。格雷厄姆面临诸多挑战：
Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, was appointed to her seat in July at the urging of President Trump a friend of her brother's. Graham faces a host of challenges:
- 据《南卡罗来纳邮报信使报》报道，与她的民主党对手、儿科医生安妮·安德鲁斯相比，格雷厄姆的筹款能力相对较弱。安德鲁斯在支出和筹款方面均超过格雷厄姆。
• She's a relatively poor fundraiser compared to her Democratic opponent, Annie Andrews, a pediatrician who is outspending and outraising Graham, according to the South Carolina Post & Courier.
- 与她的哥哥不同，格雷厄姆对媒体保持距离，且在外交政策方面表现出相对缺乏掌控力，这使她在共和党初选辩论中陷入困境。
• Unlike her brother, Graham shields herself from the press and has shown a relative lack of mastery of foreign policy, which tripped her up during a GOP primary debate.
- 在得到特朗普的帮助后，格雷厄姆以52%的选票击败众议员拉尔夫·诺曼赢得了初选。这给诺曼留下了一些不好的感觉，诺曼支持她，但短暂暗示他将为11月3日的大选发起一场书面竞选活动。
• Graham won that primary over Rep. Ralph Norman with 52% of the vote after getting help from Trump. It left some bad feelings with Norman, who endorsed her but briefly suggested he would mount a write-in campaign for the Nov. 3 general election.
选民对高物价的愤怒和特朗普的支持率下降导致参议院领导基金超级政治行动委员会不得不在全国范围内进行辩护的政治格局。
Voter anger over high prices and Trump's sagging popularity have helped to create a political landscape in which the Senate Leadership Fund super PAC is having to play defense across the country.
- 它试图支持从阿拉斯加州到俄亥俄州再到德克萨斯州的共和党现任者和挑战者，最近在德克萨斯州在17天内投入了1.31亿美元，以推动肯·帕克斯顿（Ken Paxton）反对民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科（James Talarico）的竞选活动。
• It's trying to shore up GOP incumbents and challengers from Alaska to Ohio to Texas, where it recently plowed in $131 million over 17 days to boost Ken Paxton's campaign against Democrat James Talarico.
- “我们并不认为任何事情都是理所当然的。我们不会在任何这些比赛中措手不及，”消息人士说。
• "We're not taking anything for granted. We won't be caught flat-footed in any of these races," the source said.
- 格雷厄姆的钱将主要用于电视广告，以“提醒选民安德鲁斯是民主党人”。"
• The money for Graham will be spent mainly on TV ads to "remind voters that Andrews is a Democrat."
- 自2006年以来，民主党还没有赢得南卡罗来纳州的全州竞选。
• Democrats haven't won a statewide race in South Carolina since 2006. By the numbers:
按数字：上周，两家通常为共和党人进行调查的公司的民意调查接近预期，引发了共和党圈子的担忧。
Closer-than-expected polling from two firms that typically survey for Republicans sparked concern last week in GOP circles.
- 特拉法加的一项调查显示，格雷厄姆和安德鲁斯的支持率分别为43%和42%，统计数据持平。
• A survey from Trafalgar showed Graham pulling 43% and Andrews 42%, a statistical tie.
- Insidertify还进行了一项民意调查，显示1分的竞争基本持平，格雷厄姆的支持率为46%，安德鲁斯的支持率为45%。
• InsiderAdvantage also produced a poll showing a 1-point race that's essentially tied, with Graham at 46% and Andrews at 45%.
- 9月初，倾向共和党的拉斯穆森报告显示格雷厄姆领先5个百分点。
• Earlier in September, GOP-leaning Rasmussen Reports showed Graham up by 5 points.
快速赶上：与2020年挑战格雷厄姆兄弟席位的民主党人海梅·哈里森（Jaime Harrison）相比，安德鲁斯的竞选活动一直受到关注。
Catch up quick: Andrews' campaign has been under the radar compared to that of Jaime Harrison, the Democrat who challenged Graham's brother for the seat in 2020.
- 哈里森为那场竞选筹集了1亿美元，但由于他是该州前民主党主席，共和党人更容易将竞选变成党派竞争。
• Harrison raised $100 million for that race, but because he was the state's former Democratic Party chair, it was easier for Republicans to make the race a partisan contest.
- 相比之下，安德鲁斯以“妈妈和医生”的身份参选。“她的竞选活动主要由314行动基金捆绑的360万美元竞选捐款资助，该基金是一个政治委员会，旨在选举具有STEM背景的民主党候选人。
• In contrast, Andrews is running as a "mom and a doctor." Her campaign was largely financed with $3.6 million in campaign contributions bundled by 314 Action Fund, a political committee founded to elect Democratic candidates with STEM backgrounds.
各方表态：安德鲁斯的一位发言人告诉Axios：“南卡罗来纳州民众不知道达琳·格雷厄姆是谁，也不知道她持有什么样的观点——她回避记者，回避选民，并且对安妮撒谎，而不是履行自己的职责。”
What they're saying: "South Carolinians don't know who Darline Graham is or what she believes — she avoids reporters, avoids voters, and lies about Annie rather than doing her job," an Andrews spokesperson told Axios.
- 格雷厄姆的发言人未就置评请求作出回应。
• A Graham spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
- 特朗普周一在“真实社交”（Truth Social）上对安德鲁斯发起攻击，使用针对跨性别者的侮辱性词汇，并指责她持有一系列自由派立场，这预示了未来将展开的激烈攻击。
• Trump gave a preview Monday of the bare-knuckle attacks to come when he took to Truth Social and used a slur for transgender people to attack Andrews while accusing her of a host of liberal positions.
- 特朗普写道：“南卡罗来纳州必须在即将到来的选举中表明，我们不支持她。”
• "South Carolina must show, in the upcoming Election, that it is not for her," Trump wrote.
314行动基金周一晚些时候在一份声明中对总统予以回击，称特朗普“变态”，并表示他“因为自己的候选人无法在议题上取胜，所以 resort 到人身攻击和幼稚的侮辱”。
The 314 Action Fund jabbed back at the president in a statement late Monday, calling Trump "perverted" and saying that he "has resorted to name-calling and juvenile insults because his candidate can't win on the issues."