共和党候选人里克·杰克逊是一名医疗保健高管兼亿万富翁。在摇摆州佐治亚州，前亚特兰大市长基莎·兰斯·博特姆斯在竞选接替因任期限制无法连任的布赖恩·坎普担任州长的竞选中，面临巨大的资金劣势。但距离选举日不到两周，她对自己的获胜机会充满信心。
The GOP candidate Rick Jackson is a healthcare executive and billionaire. In battleground Georgia, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms faces a massive cash disadvantage in the race to replace term-limited Brian Kemp as governor. But less than two weeks out from Election Day, she's confident in her chances.
“我的对手在这场竞选中投入了超过1亿美元的自有资金，而这场竞选依然处于胶着状态，”博特姆斯周四在接受美国广播公司新闻记者林西·戴维斯采访时表示。
"My opponent has put over $100 million of his own money in this race. And this race is still tied," Bottoms said in an interview with ABC News' Linsey Davis that aired Thursday.
博特姆斯在该竞选中的共和党对手里克·杰克逊是一名医疗保健高管兼亿万富翁。
Bottoms' Republican opponent in the race, Rick Jackson, is a healthcare executive and billionaire.
“我在整个竞选过程中反复说过：他有钱，但人民依然掌握权力，”博特姆斯补充道。
"I've said repeatedly over the course of this campaign: he has the money, but the people still have the power," Bottoms added.
《亚特兰大宪法报》周二发布的一项民调显示，今年的州长竞选在统计学上处于胶着状态，46%的可能选民支持杰克逊，45%表示支持博特姆斯。自1998年以来，佐治亚州再未选出过民主党籍州长。杰克逊拒绝了美国广播公司新闻的采访请求。
A poll released Tuesday by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows this year's governor's race statistically tied, with 46% of likely voters supporting Jackson, and 45% saying they're backing Bottoms. Georgia hasn't elected a Democrat for governor since 1998. Jackson declined ABC News' request for an interview.
杰克逊竞选团队发言人加里森·道格拉斯在一份声明中表示：“随着里克走遍全州，直接与选民接触并回答他们的问题，我们的竞选团队一直在开展一场具有历史意义的地面竞选行动，并配合我们的媒体策略。”
In a statement, Jackson campaign spokesperson Garrison Douglas said: "As Rick travels across the state, engaging with voters directly and answering their questions, our campaign has been running an historic ground game operation alongside our media strategy."
声明补充道：“里克·杰克逊不会松懈，拒绝被任何人超越，并致力于每天与佐治亚州民分享他的故事和愿景。”
The statement added: "Rick Jackson is not letting up, refusing to be outworked by anyone, and is committed to sharing his story and vision with Georgians every day."
暂停食品杂货税 博特姆斯谈到了她解决负担能力问题的计划，她表示这“不需要民调来源来告诉我”。
Suspending the grocery tax Bottoms spoke about her plans to address affordability, which she says she "didn't need a polling source to tell me."
除了暂停纸尿裤和女性卫生用品等物品的税收、为该州设立负担得起住房信托基金提供资金外，博特姆斯还详细阐述了一项“食品杂货税减免计划”。“这将赋予地方政府暂停或取消食品杂货税的权力，因为这些税是由地方政府征收的，”博特姆斯说。
In addition to suspending taxes on items like diapers and feminine hygiene products and funding an affordable housing trust fund for the state, Bottoms detailed a "grocery tax relief plan." "It would give local governments the ability to suspend or end the grocery tax, because they are collected by local governments," Bottoms said.
博特姆斯还表示，如果当选州长，她将反对特朗普政府的移民与海关执法局政策，以及对退伍军人事务部和疾病控制与预防中心等联邦机构的削减。
Bottoms also said that as governor, she would stand up against the Trump administration's Immigrations and Customs Enforcement policies and cuts to federal agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“我完成了我当选服务的四年任期” 许多来自博特姆斯政敌的攻击源于她担任亚特兰大市长的时期。
'I completed the four-year term that I was elected to serve' Many of the attacks on Bottoms from her political opponents stem from her time as mayor of Atlanta.
博特姆斯选择不在2021年寻求连任，此前她经历了动荡的第一个任期，期间因应对新冠疫情和城市犯罪的方式受到批评。
Bottoms chose not to run for reelection in 2021 after a tumultuous first term in which she faced criticism over her handling of COVID-19 and city crime.
“凯莎·兰斯·博特姆斯曾有机会领导。结果是灾难性的，”杰克逊上周在佐治亚州道尔顿与特朗普总统共同出席的一场集会上说。“糟糕的市长当不成好州长，”杰克逊对人群说。博特姆斯将犯罪率上升归咎于疫情。
"Keisha Lance Bottoms had her chance to lead. The results were disastrous," Jackson said at a rally with President Trump in Dalton, Georgia last week. "Bad mayors don't make good governors," Jackson told the crowd. Bottoms places the blame for a rise in crime rates on the pandemic.
“就在事情关闭之前——我们在佐治亚州并没有关闭很长时间——我还在宣称我们城市的犯罪率在下降，”博特姆斯告诉美国广播公司（ABC）。
"Just before things shut down -- which, we didn't shut down very long in Georgia -- I was touting a reduction in crime in our city," Bottoms told ABC.
“然后疫情来了，接着州长决定重新开放佐治亚州……所以，我们的数字上升了，而且我们在许多其他城市看到这一趋势之前就已经看到了。”据《亚特兰大宪法报》的数据分析，2019年至2020年，亚特兰大暴力犯罪增加了59%，而同期其他城市的增幅为33%。博特姆斯还回应了因在城市艰难时期不寻求连任而受到的批评。
"Then there was the pandemic, and then the governor made the decision to reopen Georgia ... So, our numbers went up, and we started seeing the trend before many other cities saw it." According to data analysis from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, violent crime increased by 59% in Atlanta from 2019 to 2020, compared to an increase of 33% in other cities during that time period. Bottoms also responded to criticism she's received for not seeking reelection during the difficult time for the city.
“我完成了我当选服务的四年任期，”博特姆斯说，称2021年决定不再竞选是“非常个人的决定”。“我有两个孩子在上小学，一个上初中，一个上高中……而且我经历了一些我从未公开谈论过的健康问题，”博特姆斯说。
"I completed the four-year term that I was elected to serve," Bottoms said, calling the decision not to run again in 2021 "deeply personal." "I had two kids in elementary school, one in middle school, one in high school ... And I was experiencing a number of health issues I'd never talked about publicly," said Bottoms.
“如果我像父亲那样睡去却再也醒不来，我想把这四年过在哪里？对我来说，答案是想成为最好的自己，为了我的家人。所以这和放弃完全不同，”她补充道。
"If I go to bed like my daddy did and I don't wake up, where do I want to spend these four years? And for me, it was wanting to be the best version of myself for my family. So that's very different than quitting," she added.
如果在11月当选，博特姆斯将成为美国历史上首位黑人女性州长。
Would be the 1st Black woman governor in US If elected in November, Bottoms would become the first Black woman governor in U.S. history.
她也将成为佐治亚州历史上首位当选的女性州长和首位当选的黑人州长。
She would also be the first woman and the first Black person elected governor in Georgia.
“我的家族在佐治亚州至少生活了五代……我双方祖先都是奴隶的后裔，”博特姆斯说，并称这一潜在的里程碑对她而言“更具个人意义”。
"My family goes back at least five generations in Georgia... I'm a descendant of slaves on both sides," Bottoms said, calling the potential milestone "much more personal" for her.