以下是今日全国各地与竞选相关的新闻报道。在内布拉斯加州、南达科他州和爱达荷州的美国参议院竞选中，民主党人正寄希望于一种非传统的策略：党内官员和活动人士不再推举自己的候选人，而是转而支持那些在这些稳固的共和党州挑战共和党人的独立候选人。这种策略在蒙大拿州也行得通吗？
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. In Nebraska’s, South Dakota’s and Idaho’s U.S. Senate races Democrats are counting on an unorthodox approach: Instead of running candidates of their own, party officials and activists are backing independent candidates who are taking on Republicans in these reliably red states. Would this work in Montana, too?
从理论上讲，或许可以：独立候选人塞斯·博德纳（Seth Bodnar）正在与共和党人库尔特·阿尔姆（Kurt Alme）竞争，近期民调显示，这位共和党提名人的支持率始终未能达到50%。但在实践中，该选区的民主党提名人阿兰妮·班克黑德（Alani Bankhead）迄今为止坚持表示她将继续参选，这让蒙大拿州及其他地区的共和党人感到如释重负。
In theory, it might: Independent Seth Bodnar is running against Republican Kurt Alme, and recent polling shows the GOP nominee consistently falling short of 50% support But in practice, the Democratic nominee in the race, Alani Bankhead, has so far insisted that she’ll remain in the race, to the great relief of Republicans in Montana and elsewhere.
在为《华盛顿邮报》撰写的一篇新评论文章中，班克黑德重申了阿尔姆及其政党希望她保持的立场。
a new op-ed for The Washington Post, Bankhead reiterated the position that Alme and his party are hoping she’ll maintain.
“有200多人发邮件要求我退选，”她写道，“22名民主党州议员签署了一封信敦促我退出。随后电话也接踵而至。一位现任美国参议员向我提供了一份工作，大概是希望我能退出竞选。一位现任民主党州长打电话要求我让位。前蒙大拿州州长、民主党人史蒂夫·布洛克（Steve Bullock）邀请我喝咖啡。还有一位前内阁官员留下语音留言，提议‘担任我的参谋’。我拒绝了所有这些提议。”
“More than 200 people have emailed asking me to drop out,” she wrote. “Twenty-two Democratic state legislators signed a letter urging me to quit. Then came the calls. A sitting U.S. senator offered me a job, presumably if I would leave the race. A sitting Democratic governor called and asked me to step aside. Former Montana governor Steve Bullock, a Democrat, invited me to coffee. And a former Cabinet official left a voicemail offering to ‘be a sounding board.’ I refused them all.”
在德克萨斯州备受关注的美国参议院竞选中，唐纳德·特朗普表示，共和党籍州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿（Ken Paxton）应该与民主党州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科（James Talarico）进行辩论，这一立场使这位共和党候选人与支持他的前总统产生了分歧。
In Texas’ closely watched U.S. Senate race Donald Trump agreed that Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton should debate Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, a position that puts the GOP candidate at odds with the president who supports him.
“特朗普总统刚刚表示肯·帕克斯顿应该参加辩论。我同意，”塔拉里科在一份声明中说，“肯，球现在在你那边了。”在俄勒冈州，这里正在进行全美竞争最激烈的州长竞选之一，最新的《俄勒冈人报》/OregonLive民调显示，现任民主党州长蒂娜·科泰克（Tina Kotek）以46%对44%的微弱优势领先共和党州参议员克里斯汀·德拉赞（Christine Drazan），该结果处于民调的误差范围内。
“President Trump just said Ken Paxton should debate. I agree,” Talarico said in a statement“Ball’s in your court, Ken.”In Oregon, which is home to one of the nation’s most competitive gubernatorial races the latest Oregonian/OregonLive poll found incumbent Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek narrowly leading Republican state Sen. Christine Drazan, 46% to 44%, which is within the poll’s margin of error.
今年对共和党来说究竟有多艰难，从以下情况可见一斑：目前担任全国共和党国会委员会主席的众议员理查德·哈德森，不得不在自己的北卡罗来纳州选区加大广告投入——而两年前，特朗普在该选区以16个百分点的优势获胜。
In a sign of just how difficult this year has become for Republicans, Rep. Richard Hudson who currently leads the National Republican Congressional Committee, is having to invest more in advertising in his own North Carolina district Trump won this district two years ago by 16 points.
随着特朗普准备采取进一步措施支持布鲁斯·布雷克曼在纽约州的共和党州长竞选，最新的马里斯特民意调查显示，现任民主党州长凯西·霍库尔以53%对42%的支持率领先共和党候选人。
As Trump prepares to take additional steps to boost Bruce Blakeman’s Republican gubernatorial campaign in New York, the latest Marist Poll showed incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul leading the GOP nominee, 53% to 42%.
在新墨西哥州的州级选举中，KOB 4/SurveyUSA的民调显示，民主党候选人黛布·哈兰德在州长竞选中以47%对41%的支持率领先共和党候选人格雷格·赫尔。
In New Mexico’s statewide races KOB 4/SurveyUSA poll found Democrat Deb Haaland ahead of Republican Gregg Hull in their gubernatorial race, 47% to 41%. The same survey showed incumbent Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján on track for an easy win over Republican Larry Marker, 54% to 36%.
同一项民调还显示，现任民主党参议员本·雷·卢汉有望轻松击败共和党候选人拉里·马克尔，支持率分别为54%对36%。
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