内华达州检察长、州长候选人亚伦·福特将其个人经历和劳工记录作为竞选核心。怀疑态度的基层选民会买账吗？
The Governor’s Race That 2028 Democrats Need to Watch Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is making his biography and labor record central to his bid for governor. Will skeptical rank-and-file voters buy his pitch?
内华达州检察长兼州长候选人亚伦·福特于2026年9月12日星期六在拉斯维加斯的一个工会竞选活动上发表讲话。David Becker/AP 摄内华达州亨德森——在拉斯维加斯郊外一个阴云密布的清晨，负责建设“罪恶之城”天际线的卡车司机工会631分会工人重返纠察线，进行第266天的抗议。他们手举写着“未签合同，罢工中”的标语，齐声高呼，围绕着他们雇主——全美最大的建材公司之一——门口那只高达二十英尺的巨型充气“老鼠斯卡比”转圈。
Nevada Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Aaron Ford speaks at a labor union campaign event on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in Las Vegas. David Becker/AP HENDERSON, Nevada – On a cloudy morning just outside of Las Vegas, the Teamsters Local 631 workers responsible for building the Sin City skyline were back on the picket line for their 266th day of protesting. Carrying signs declaring “NO CONTRACT, ON STRIKE” and chanting in unison, they circled the twenty-foot giant inflatable “Scabby the Rat” stationed outside their employer, one of the largest building materials companies in the country.
随后，一位访客走上纠察线加入他们：内华达州检察长亚伦·福特。这位出生于达拉斯、现年54岁的福特将目光投向内华达州下一任州长宝座，他来此是为了向这约60名焊工、机床操作员和卡车司机证明，他站在他们这边——而共和党籍州长乔·隆巴多并不站在他们这边。这是距离大选还有一个月时，漫长竞选日程的第一站。福特身穿剪裁合体的深蓝色西装、系着银色领带，急切地想同尽可能多的人握手。
Then a visitor stepped onto the line to join them: Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford. A native of Dallas, Ford, 54, has set his sights on becoming the next governor of Nevada and he was here to prove he had the backs of the roughly 60 welders, machine operators and truck drivers — and that Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo did not. It was the first stop of a slog of a campaigning day a month out from the election and Ford, dressed in a well-fitted navy suit and a silver tie, was eager to shake as many hands as possible.
“我为你们如此坚强感到无比自豪，”福特对这群以年轻西班牙裔男性为主的工人说。“这是奉献。我来这里也是要站在你们身边。”
“I’m so proud that you guys have been so strong,” Ford told the group of mostly young Hispanic men. “That’s dedication. I’m here to stand with you as well.”
随后，福特——年轻时曾在墨西哥生活学习——流利地切换到西班牙语，传达了类似的信息：“我支持你们……我们共同能赢。”
Then Ford, who lived in Mexico as a student, smoothly switched over to Spanish to deliver a similar message: “Te apoyo… Juntos podemos ganar.”