一个神秘组织在俄亥俄州竞争激烈的参议院选举中，斥资至少200万美元助推一名鲜为人知的社会主义候选人，根据最新的竞选财务申报文件显示，该组织的资金来源是共和党人。
A mysterious group that has spent at least $2 million boosting a little-known socialist candidate in Ohio’s highly competitive Senate race is being funded by Republicans, according to a new campaign finance filing.
“俄亥俄州承诺已足够”（Enough Promises Ohio）投入资金制作广告和邮寄宣传单，抨击民主党籍前参议员谢罗德·布朗，其中包括旨在削弱其在黑人选民中声望的信息，并支持独立候选人格雷格·利维。利维否认与该组织有任何关联。
Enough Promises Ohio has poured money into ads and mailers that criticize Democratic former Sen. Sherrod Brown, including messaging seeking to undercut his standing with Black voters, and back independent candidate Greg Levy, who denies any connection the group. The group revealed its donors for the first time Thursday ahead of the pre-election disclosure deadline.
该组织于周四首次披露其捐赠者名单，正值选举前披露截止日期前夕。其申报文件显示，10月1日至14日期间，其唯一捐赠者是“保守派美国人政治行动委员会”（Conservative Americans PAC），一个共和党超级政治行动委员会，捐款250万美元。
Its filing showed that its only donor from October 1-14 was Conservative Americans PAC, a Republican super PAC, which contributed $2.5 million.
“保守派美国人政治行动委员会”在本选举周期早期因自称干预众议院民主党初选而广为人知，试图提拔他们认为在大选中更容易击败的民主党候选人。
Conservative Americans PAC became well-known earlier in the election cycle after it took credit for meddling in Democratic primaries for the House, trying to elevate Democrats who they thought would be more beatable in the general election.
该超级政治行动委员会现身俄亥俄州之际，布朗正寻求击败共和党参议员乔恩·赫斯特德，这是全美最具竞争力的参议院选战之一。
The super PAC’s presence in Ohio now comes as Brown is running to unseat GOP Sen. Jon Husted in one of the country’s most competitive Senate races.
“俄亥俄州承诺已足够”的一则网络广告称，布朗“出卖了我们”，而利维才是“真正的进步派”。CNN获得的一份邮寄宣传单正面写着“终结针对黑人美国人的战争”，并配有利维的照片，利维是黑人；背面则展示布朗的照片，并称“谢罗德·布朗建立了把我们关进监狱的体制”。根据联邦法律，超级政治行动委员会不得与竞选团队协调。
One of Enough Promises Ohio’s online ads says Brown “sold us out” and that Levy is the “real progressive.”“END THE WAR ON BLACK AMERICA,” reads the front of a mailer obtained by CNN, accompanied by images of Levy, who is Black, while the back of the mailer shows Brown and says, “SHERROD BROWN BUILT THE SYSTEM TO LOCK US UP.”Super PACs cannot coordinate with campaigns under federal law.
利维的竞选团队本月早些时候在一份声明中表示，它“与‘俄亥俄州承诺已足够’没有任何关系”，并谴责该组织所谓的“试图欺骗选民”。赫斯特德竞选团队发言人艾米·纳托切在电子邮件中表示，该竞选团队“未参与”“俄亥俄州承诺已足够”的任何活动。
Levy’s campaign said in a statement earlier this month that it “has no ties ” to Enough Promises Ohio and condemned what it described as the “attempted deception of voters.”A spokesperson for Husted’s campaign, Amy Natoce, said in an email that the campaign “had no involvement” with Enough Promises Ohio.
另一个超级政治行动委员会“巴克艾自由政治行动委员会”（Buckeye Freedom PAC）投入更多资金攻击赫斯特德并推广自由意志党候选人比尔·雷德帕斯。该组织尚未披露任何捐赠者。
Another super PAC, Buckeye Freedom PAC, has spent even more targeting Husted and promoting the Libertarian candidate, Bill Redpath. That group has not disclosed any donors yet.