佐治亚州周二在提前投票首日创下中期选举纪录，超过18.8万张选票被投出。佐治亚州务卿办公室称，这比2022年提前投票首日的投票人数多了超过5万。非党派选举数据网站VoteHub表示，推动高投票率的是黑人选民，他们占首日提前投票的36%以上。这比2024年高出6%以上。佐治亚州是2026年中期选举中备受关注的几场竞赛之一，包括美国参议院和州长的选举。
Georgia set a midterm election record on its first day of early voting Tuesday, with more than 188,000 ballots cast. That is over 50,000 more than the number who voted early on day one in 2022, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s office. Driving this high turnout is Black voters, who made up more than 36 percent of day one early votes cast, according to nonpartisan election data site VoteHub. That is over 6 percent higher than in 2024, VoteHub said. Georgia is home to some of the 2026 midterm’s most closely-watched races, including contests for the U.S. Senate and governor.
在参议院竞选中，民主党参议员Jon Ossoff正努力在特朗普以微弱优势击败共和党挑战者、众议员Mike Collins的州里赢得连任。共和党人曾希望凭借佐治亚州的摇摆州地位使参议院竞选变得激烈，但Ossoff在每一次选前民调中都领先。非党派选举数据网站Decision Desk HQ（DDHQ）——《国会山报》的合作伙伴——预测Ossoff连任的概率为88%，他在DDHQ的民调平均中领先8.8个百分点。
In the U.S. Senate race, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff is fighting to win reelection in a state that President Trump won by a little over two points against GOP challenger Rep. Mike Collins. Republicans had hoped to make the Georgia Senate race competitive given the state’s battleground status, but Ossoff has led in every preelection poll. Nonpartisan election data site Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), a partner of The Hill, gives Ossoff an 88 percent chance at winning reelection, and he leads by an average of 8.8 points in DDHQ’s polling average.
但竞争更激烈的是佐治亚州长的选举。前民主党亚特兰大市长Keisha Lance Bottoms正与医疗保健高管Rick Jackson竞争，以填补共和党州长Brian Kemp退休后留下的空缺。作为亿万富翁的Jackson在很大程度上通过自筹资金竞选，远超Bottoms的竞选支出。DDHQ的预测显示，Bottoms翻转州长官邸的概率为57%，尽管Jackson在民调平均中领先两个百分点。
But a much more competitive contest is the Georgia governor’s race. Former Democratic Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is facing off against healthcare executive Rick Jackson to fill the open race created by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp’s retirement. Jackson, who is a billionaire, has far outspent Bottoms in no small part by self-funding his campaign. DDHQ’s forecast gives Bottoms a 57% chance of flipping the governor’s mansion, though Jackson leads by two points in the polling average.
这个桃子州并不陌生于激烈的选举，但也一直是双方就选举诚信问题的震中。2020年总统大选后，特朗普总统给佐治亚州务卿Brad Raffensperger打了一个电话，要求他找到超过1.1万张选票——这就是推翻拜登总统胜利所需的数量。
The Peach State is no stranger to competitive elections, but has also been the epicenter of questions of election integrity on both sides. After the 2020 presidential election, President Trump placed a phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and asked him to find more than 11,000 votes, the amount needed to overturn President Biden’s win.
拉芬斯伯格拒绝了。在2018年州长选举中，民主党候选人斯泰西·艾布拉姆斯指控她的共和党对手肯普利用其州务卿职位压制选民。2022年，法院裁定艾布拉姆斯败诉。仍担任州务卿的拉芬斯伯格周三肯定了佐治亚州选举体系的强度。“创纪录的投票率证明选民对我们选举的诚信充满信心，”拉芬斯伯格在一份声明中表示。最新的投票率信息可在佐治亚州州务卿选举数据网站上查询。
Raffensperger refused. And in the 2018 gubernatorial election, Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams accused Kemp, her Republican opponent, of using his position as secretary of state to suppress voters. A court ruled against Abrams in 2022. Raffensperger, who is still secretary of state, affirmed the strength of Georgia’s election system Wednesday. “This record-breaking turnout proves that voters have confidence in the integrity of our elections,” Raffensperger said in a statement. The latest turnout information can be found on the Georgia secretary of state’s election data website.