今天全国各地的竞选相关新闻汇编。
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
- 在堪萨斯州，美国参议院选举正引起全国广泛关注，而且有充分理由，但该州公开的州长选举同样竞争激烈。周末期间，该选举出现了意外转折。
- In Kansas, the U.S. Senate race is generating a lot of national attention, and for good reason, but the state’s open gubernatorial race is competitive, too. And over the weekend, it took an unexpected turn.
在威奇托的赞美礼拜堂发表讲话时，共和党提名人泰·马斯特森在谈到民主党候选人辛迪·霍尔舍尔时说：“我的对手，她甚至都没试着隐藏。她说——他们在搞女巫——我的意思是，他们正在TikTok上施展类似女巫的咒语，好让她赢得州长职位。我的意思是，他们就像……他们在做的就像是恶魔的东西，对吧？”
While speaking at the Praise Chapel in Wichita, Republican nominee Ty Masterson said, in reference to Democrat Cindy Holscher, “My opponent, she didn’t even hide it. She talked — they had witch — I mean, they’re doing like witchcraft spells on TikTok so she can win the governorship. I mean, they’re like … it’s like demonic stuff that they’re doing, right?”
这位共和党候选人补充说，他认为这次选举是他“从未见过的精神层面的较量”的一部分。
The GOP candidate added that he believes the election is part of “a spiritual battle that I’ve never seen before.”
正如《新共和国》所指出的，“这位州参议员看来是根据霍尔舍尔20岁女儿麦迪发布的一系列有趣TikTok视频得出结论的，麦迪分享了她和她妈妈刷牙的视频，配乐来自《魔坏女巫》原声带。”
As The New Republic noted, “The state senator had seemingly drawn his conclusions from a series of playful TikTok videos posted by Holscher’s 20-year-old daughter, Maddie, who had shared clips of her and her mom brushing their teeth set to a song from the ‘Wicked’ soundtrack.”
需要说明的是，霍尔舍尔是州参议员，她并不是女巫教徒，也没有任何证据表明她曾参与过“恶魔的东西”。* 在备受关注的爱荷华州美国参议院选举中，最新的马里斯特民意调查显示，民主党州众议员乔什·图雷克以48%对45%领先于共和党众议员艾什莉·欣森。
For the record, Holscher, a state senator, is not Wiccan, and there’s no evidence of her ever engaging in “demonic stuff.” * In Iowa’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, the latest Marist Poll found Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek ahead of Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson, 48% to 45%.
同一项调查还显示，民主党州审计师罗布·桑德在爱荷华州州长选举中以52%对45%领先于共和党扎克·拉恩。
The same survey found Democratic state Auditor Rob Sand with a larger advantage over Republican Zach Lahn in Iowa’s gubernatorial race, 52% to 45%.
- 虽然唐纳德·特朗普周三下午在亚利桑那州主持了一场集会，但值得注意的是谁没有出席此次活动：众议员胡安·西斯科马尼和国会候选人杰伊·费利——两人均在竞争激烈的选区参选共和党候选人——决定跳过总统访问他们家乡州的行程。
- While Donald Trump headlined a rally in Arizona on Wednesday afternoon, it was notable who wasn’t on hand for the event: Rep. Juan Ciscomani and congressional candidate Jay Feely — both running Republican campaigns in competitive districts — decided to skip the president’s visit to their home state.
- 在备受关注的俄亥俄州州长选举中，共和党候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米推出了一则关于房产税的新广告，该广告意外地出现了一名性犯罪者。
- In Ohio’s closely watched gubernatorial race, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy launched a new ad on property taxes, which accidentally featured aed sex offender.
- 在北卡罗来纳州备受关注的美国参议院选举中，迈克尔·惠特利的共和党竞选团队目前没有在电视上投放任何广告，这在离选举日不到三周的情况下非常不寻常。话虽如此，该共和党竞选团队仍表示这是“暂停性的”。
- In North Carolina’s closely watched U.S. Senate race, Michael Whatley’s Republican campaign does not currently have any television ads on the air, which is highly unusual in light of the fact that Election Day is less than three weeks away. That said, the GOP campaign continues to say this is a “temporary pause.”
- 在德克萨斯州州长选举中，民主党州议员吉娜·希诺霍萨的坏消息是，共和党州长格雷格·阿博特正在投放新的攻击性广告，直接点名攻击她。她的好消息是，这些广告有助于证明她正在进行一场竞争激烈的竞选活动，以至于值得被攻击。
- In Texas’ gubernatorial race, the bad news for Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa is that Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is investing in new attack ads that target her by name. The good news for Hinojosa is that the ads help prove that she’s running a campaign that’s so competitive that she’s worth attacking.
- 说到德克萨斯州，JD·万斯本周开始公开暗示民主党参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科是同性恋。事实上他不是，但副总统显然并不在意。
- Speaking of Texas, JD Vance started suggesting publicly this week that Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico is gay. He’s not, though the vice president apparently doesn’t care.
- 而在佛罗里达州州长选举中，前众议员大卫·乔利仍希望制造冷门。为此，前总统比尔·克林顿将于下周首次公开亮相参与2026年中期选举的竞选活动，希望为民主党候选人提振士气。
- And in Florida’s gubernatorial race, former Rep. David Jolly still hopes to pull off an upset. And to that end, former President Bill Clinton will make his first public campaign appearance of the 2026 midterms next week, hoping to give the Democratic nominee a boost.