民主党人阿拉尼·班克黑德在最近的一次采访中表示，她曾被提供一个民主党全国委员会（DNC）的职位，以换取她退出蒙大拿州参议员竞选，民主党全国委员会否认了这一指控。
Democrat Alani Bankhead said in a recent interview that she was offered a Democratic National Committee (DNC) job to drop out of the Montana Senate race, an allegation the DNC denies.
班克黑德正与独立人士塞思·博德纳和共和党人库尔特·阿尔梅竞争这一空缺席位。她面临着退出竞选的呼声，以增加共和党输掉这场竞选的机会。
Bankhead is running against independent Seth Bodnar and Republican Kurt Alme for the open seat. She’s faced calls to exit the race to increase the chance of the GOP losing the contest.
“他们提出让我担任，我可能会记不准确，但大概是民主党全国委员会的女性退伍军人候选人负责人之类的职位，”班克黑德在10月15日接受蒙大拿公共电视台（Montana PBS）采访时说。
“They offered to be, and I’m probably going to butcher this, but the DNC’s head of female veteran candidates or something like that,” Bankhead said in an Oct. 15 interview with Montana PBS.
她表示，她的即时反应是：“比如，为什么我要去为一个正在积极针对我、在背后阻挠我的组织工作？比如，不，我不会那么做。”“所以，反正我是收买不了的，但那是摆在桌面上唯一的条件，”班克黑德总结道。
She stated her immediate response was, “like, why would I go work for an organization that is actively working against me and stopping me in the back? Like, no, I’m not going to do that.”“So, and I can’t be bought anyway, but that was the only thing that was put on the table,” Bankhead concluded.
一位民主党全国委员会官员周三告诉《国会山报》（The Hill），委员会从未向班克黑德提供过工作。
A DNC official told The Hill on Wednesday that Bankhead was never offered a job by the committee.
蒙大拿州检察长奥斯汀·纳德森（共和党）周三在社交平台X上发帖称，班克黑德的指控“极其令人担忧。如果属实，这似乎违反了《蒙大拿州法典注释》第13-35-221条。”纳德森补充说，他的办公室将联系班克黑德、博德纳和民主党全国委员会进行调查。
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R) posted Wednesday on social platform X that Bankhead’s allegation was “extremely concerning. If this is true, it appears to be a violation of Montana Code Annotated 13-35-221.”Knudsen added his office would be contacting Bankhead, Bodnar and the DNC to investigate.
参议员蒂姆·希希（共和党-蒙大拿州）在X上发帖敦促纳德森调查此事：“纳德森检察长调查这一赤裸裸的贿赂企图是正确的。民主党全国委员会在蒙大拿州搞肮脏手段。”班克黑德在本月早些时候发表于《华盛顿邮报》（Washington Post）的一篇评论文章中写道，22名民主党州议员签署了一封信要求她退选，她还收到了一位不具名的美国参议员的工作邀约，“大概是如果我退出竞选的话”。她还声称一位民主党州长曾联系她，要求她退出竞选。
Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) urged Knudsen to look into the situation in a post on X: “Attorney General Knudsen is right to investigate this blatant attempt at bribery. The DNC is playing dirty in Montana.”In a Washington Post op-ed published earlier this month, Bankhead wrote that 22 Democratic state legislators signed a letter asking for her to drop out, and she received a job offer from an unnamed U.S. senator, “presumably if I would leave the race.”She also claimed a Democratic governor contacted her to ask her to quit the race.
蒙大拿州州务卿克里斯蒂·雅各布森（Christi Jacobsen，共和党）的一名发言人7月下旬告诉《Semafor》，即使班克黑德退选，州务卿“宣誓要维护法律，而蒙大拿州法律明确规定，如果一个政党的候选人退出，该政党应指定一名替代者。”“这是法律，不是建议。我们对政治游戏不感兴趣，”该发言人继续说道。
A spokesperson for Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen (R) told Semafor in late July that even if Bankhead were to drop out, the secretary “took an oath to uphold the law, and Montana law plainly states that if a party’s candidate withdraws, that political party shall appoint a replacement.”“That’s the law, not a suggestion. We’re not interested in political games,” the spokesperson continued.
蒙大拿州的这个参议院席位是民主党希望翻盘的目标之一，此前参议员史蒂夫·戴恩斯（Steve Daines，共和党-蒙大拿州）于3月宣布不寻求连任。早期民调显示，博德纳在一对一的竞争中能击败阿尔梅；班克黑德多次表示，她不会退选以助博德纳一臂之力。
The Montana Senate seat is one Democrats hoped to flip after Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) announced in March he would not be running for reelection. Early polling showed Bodnar could beat Alme in a one-on-one race; Bankhead has repeatedly said she would not drop out of the race to assist Bodnar’s chances.
蒙大拿州民主党主席香农·奥布莱恩于10月12日辞职，并支持博德纳竞选参议员，指责班克黑德没有赢得参议院竞选的“资源或意愿”。
Montana’s Democratic Party chair, Shannon O’Brien, resigned on Oct. 12 and backed Bodnar’s bid for Senate, accusing Bankhead of not having the resources “or will” to win the Senate race.
《国会山报》的选举合作伙伴“决策台总部”（DDHQ）发现，截至周三，阿尔梅赢得参议院竞选的概率为89%，博德纳的概率为11%。
Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), The Hill’s election partner, finds that Alme has a 89 percent probability of winning the Senate race, with Bodnar holding a 11 percent probability as of Wednesday.
如果周三举行选举，DDHQ的综合民调显示，41.9%的蒙大拿州选民表示将支持阿尔梅，其次是29.4%表示将投票给博德纳，17.1%表示将支持班克黑德。
If the race had been held Wednesday, DDHQ’s aggregate polling suggested that 41.9 percent of Montana voters said they would back Alme, followed by 29.4 percent who would vote for Bodnar and 17.1 percent who said they would support Bankhead.