副总统JD·万斯和得克萨斯州参议员特德·克鲁兹等共和党顶级代理人正奔走各地，为本党中期选举候选人助选——同时也让人一窥他们可能如何备战2028年。
Top Republican surrogates like Vice President JD Vance and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are hitting the road to boost their party’s midterm candidates — and offering a glimpse at how they might approach 2028.
本月，万斯几乎每天都在各地参加竞选活动，尤其是北卡罗来纳州、俄亥俄州和密歇根州等州。他专注于捍卫特朗普政府的执政记录，同时向选民保证政府正在努力降低生活成本。
Vance has traveled to campaign near-daily this month, especially to states like North Carolina, Ohio, and Michigan. He’s focused on defending the Trump administration’s record while assuring voters that it’s working to lower the cost of living.
与万斯一样，克鲁兹也试图将民主党人描绘成过于极端、不值得支持，同时确保将提前投票的南卡罗来纳州和艾奥瓦州列入自己的行程。
Like Vance, Cruz has sought to portray Democrats as too extreme to support, while making sure to add the early-voting states of South Carolina and Iowa to his schedule.
尽管政府官员指出，国务卿马尔科·卢比奥近期在竞选活动中的出行并不罕见，因为他兼任国家安全顾问，但总统唐纳德·特朗普本周在得克萨斯州出人意料地将他请上台——这一时刻可能会助推要求卢比奥参选的呼声。
And though administration officials note that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent campaign travels aren’t unusual given his dual role as national security adviser, President Donald Trump unexpectedly brought him onstage in Texas this week — a moment that could fuel a push for Rubio to run.
（原计划卢比奥今天也在俄亥俄州与特朗普同台，但这一安排被改为线上进行，尽管如此，外界的猜测仍在升温。）谢尔比·塔尔科特
(Plans for Rubio to join Trump in Ohio today, too, got shifted online speculation grew regardless.) Shelby Talcott