今日来自全国各地的竞选相关新闻。在俄亥俄州州长竞选中，克利夫兰《平原经销报》编辑委员会数月前宣布，将不再在选票首位的竞选中背书。在看到共和党人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米那则臭名昭著的攻击广告后，编辑们改变了主意，转而背书拉马斯瓦米的民主党对手艾米·阿克顿。背书中写道：有时，一个社区必须决定它坚持什么，其机构有责任发声，而沉默本身也成了一种表态。俄亥俄州已到达这一时刻。
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. In Ohio’s gubernatorial race, the editorial board of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland announced months ago that it would no longer make endorsements in top-of-the-ballot races. After seeing Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s notorious attack ad the editors changed their mind and endorsed Ramaswamy’s Democratic rival, Amy Acton. From the endorsement: There are moments when a community must decide what it stands for, when its institutions have a duty to speak and when silence itself becomes a statement. Ohio has reached such a moment.
寻求该州最高职位的维韦克·拉马斯瓦米，发动了一场将对手艾米·阿克顿童年遭受的性虐待武器化的竞选。各政治光谱的人士都理所当然地予以谴责。
Vivek Ramaswamy, seeking the highest office in this state, has produced a campaign that weaponizes the sexual abuse his opponent, Amy Acton, suffered as a child. People across the political spectrum have rightly condemned it.
但谴责必须有实际意义。我们的政治已堕落十年，但这一点我们绝不接受。一个将童年性虐待作为武器攻击亲历者的候选人，跨越了一条俄亥俄人应当捍卫的红线，无论其党派为何。
But condemnation has to mean something. Our politics have been debased for a decade, but this we will not accept. A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party.
就拉马斯瓦米而言，这位共和党提名人仍在播放这则令人作呕的攻击广告，不过其竞选团队已将60秒版本改为30秒版本。拉马斯瓦米周一上午还出现在福克斯新闻节目中，指责阿克顿“疯狂”且“不稳定”，此前唐纳德·特朗普曾在周末花费部分时间重申对这则卑鄙攻击的支持。
For his part, the GOP nominee is still airing the disgusting attack, though his campaign has switched from a 60-second version to a 30-second version Ramaswamy also appeared on Fox News on Monday morning and accused Acton of being “crazy” and “unstable,” which came after Donald Trump spent part of the weekend reiterating his support for the vile attack.
同样在周一上午，阿克顿出现在MS NOW节目上表示：“我可以告诉大家，体面正处于这场选举的选票之上。”在密西西比州出人意料地激烈的联邦参议员竞选中，支持当地检察官斯科特·科洛姆的民主党人上周开始投资该竞选。随即，参议院领导力基金——这一最大的参议院共和党超级政治行动委员会——宣布将斥资逾100万美元，试图挽救参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯的竞选。
Also on Monday morning, Acton appeared on MS NOW and said, “I can tell you that decency is on the ballot in this election.”In Mississippi’s unexpectedly competitive U.S. Senate race, Democrats supporting local prosecutor Scott Colom began investing in the contest last week. And soon after, the Senate Leadership Fund, the top Senate Republican super PAC, announced that it’s spending more than $1 million in the hopes of rescuing Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
这些举动先于总统定于在密西西比州举行的、为海德-史密斯助选的集会。
These moves precede the president’s scheduled rally in Mississippi in support of Hyde-Smith.
在得克萨斯州的联邦参议员竞选中，民主党籍州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科继续获得一些共和党人的背书，其中包括得克萨斯州最高法院前共和党籍首席大法官托马斯·菲利普斯的新近背书。
In Texas’ U.S. Senate race, Democratic state Rep. James Talarico continues to pick up some GOP endorsements, including a new one from Thomas Phillips, the former Republican chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
菲利普斯在《博蒙特企业报》的一篇评论文章中写道：“帕克斯顿长期以来的声誉将以我们州根本无法承受的方式让得克萨斯州蒙羞”，文中指的是共和党籍得克萨斯州检察长肯·帕克斯顿。
“Paxton’s longstanding reputation will embarrass Texas in ways our state simply cannot afford,” Phillips wrote in an op-ed for The Beaumont Enterprise, referring to Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
在相关报道中，《ProPublica》上周报道称，这位深陷丑闻的共和党提名人的信托基金在一名已定罪欺诈者的公司投资了60万美元，这与帕克斯顿“严厉打击犯罪”的主张形成反差。
On a related note, ProPublica reported last week that the scandal-plagued GOP nominee’s trust invested $600,000 in a convicted fraudster’s company, Paxton’s “tough on crime” claims notwithstanding.
在南卡罗来纳州的联邦参议员竞选中，一个代表数据中心行业的新超级政治行动委员会正争分夺秒地试图帮助获委任的共和党参议员达琳·格雷厄姆。
In South Carolina’s U.S. Senate race, a new super PAC representing the data center industry is scrambling to try to help appointed Republican Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina.
而在北卡罗来纳州，《纽约时报》报道称，新的邮寄选票规则为成千上万张选票不被计数敞开了大门。
And in North Carolina, The New York Times reported that new mail ballot rules are opening the door to thousands of ballots not being counted.
文章解释说：“争议焦点在于一项要求，即选民不仅要密封邮寄选票的外信封，还要密封装有选票本身的内信封。”
“At issue is a requirement that voters seal not only the outer envelope of their mail ballot but also an inner envelope that contains the ballot itself,” the article explained.
周一竞选综述，10.26.26：拉马斯瓦米广告余波持续 MS NOW
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