前参议员乔·曼钦（I-西弗吉尼亚州）本周建议，缅因州参议员苏珊·柯林斯（R）应退出共和党，成为独立人士。
Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) suggested this week that Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) should leave the Republican Party to become an independent.
曼钦于2024年从民主党转为独立人士，他一再敦促更多立法者脱离两党体制。
Manchin, who made the switch from the Democratic Party to become an independent in 2024, has repeatedly pushed for more lawmakers to break away from the two-party system.
这位前参议员在本周与缅因州现任参议员一同竞选后，接受Semafor采访时表示，柯林斯“是独立的”，但她“必须先得出这个结论”。
The former senator told Semafor after joining the Maine incumbent on the campaign trail this week that Collins “is independent” but that she “has to come to that conclusion” first.
“她和那里任何一位共和党人一样独立，”曼钦告诉该媒体。“但归根结底，她必须做出这个决定。”The Hill已联系缅因州参议员的竞选团队寻求评论。
“She’s as independent as any Republican is up there,” Manchin told the outlet. “But the bottom line is, she has to make that decision.”The Hill has reached out to the Maine senator’s campaign for comment.
曼钦本周在西南缅因州一家新百伦鞋厂与柯林斯一同竞选，此前他在9月支持了她的连任竞选。
Manchin visited a New Balance shoe factory in southwestern Maine for a campaign stop with Collins this week, after endorsing her reelection bid in September.
这位参议员在国会以温和派共和党人著称，曾在关键投票中与本党决裂，例如4月份关于伊朗战争授权的决议。
The senator has built a reputation in Congress as a moderate Republican, breaking with her party on key votes like an April Iran war powers resolution.
她还在2021年第二次弹劾特朗普总统的审判中投票定罪，并在2017年反对废除《平价医疗法案》。
She also voted to convict President Trump in his second impeachment trial in 2021 and opposed repealing the Affordable Care Act in 2017.
柯林斯正在“松树之州”寻求第六个参议院任期，与民主党候选人特洛伊·杰克逊进行一场备受关注的连任竞选。
Collins is seeking a sixth term in the Senate in a closely watched reelection race in the Pine Tree State against Democratic nominee Troy Jackson.
非党派选举预测机构《库克政治报告》将这场竞选评为“势均力敌”。福克斯新闻周四发布的一项民调显示，两位候选人均以49%的支持率持平。萨福克大学和马里斯特大学最近的民调显示，杰克逊对这位现任参议员持有微弱领先，但该领先优势在调查误差范围内。
The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, rates this race as a “toss up.”A Fox News poll released on Thursday showed the two candidates tied up at 49 percent. Recent polling from Suffolk University and Marist University have shown Jackson posting moderate leads over the incumbent senator that fall within the surveys’ margins of error.
曼钦还告诉Semafor，他正与他在7月共同创立的“独立领导委员会”合作，支持在蒙大拿州、爱达荷州和内布拉斯加州参选的候选人。该组织旨在选出更多独立人士进入国会。
Manchin also told Semafor that he is working with The Independent Leadership Council, which he co-founded in July, to support candidates running in Montana, Idaho and Nebraska. The group aims to elect more independent leaders to Congress.