约翰·E·苏努努本周反驳了其兄长近期的言论，后者曾表示，如果选民认为是他在参选，新罕布什尔州参议员提名人将“领先30个百分点”。
John E. Sununu pushed back this week against his brother’s recent suggestion that the New Hampshire Senate nominee would be “up by 30 points” if voters believed it was him on the ballot.
前州长克里斯·苏努努在接受CNN采访时发表了上述言论。此前，该席位的民主党提名人、联邦众议员克里斯·帕帕斯（民主党-新罕布什尔州）暗示，他的对手在竞选材料中故意省略名字，意在让选民误以为是其兄长在竞选参议员。
Former state Gov. Chris Sununu made the comment in an interview with CNN after the Democratic nominee in the race, Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.), suggested his opponent was purposefully omitting his first name from campaign materials to confuse voters into thinking his brother was running for Senate.
当福克斯新闻记者保罗·斯坦豪泽周二询问该言论时，约翰·苏努努表示：“我爱我的兄弟，但他完全错了。”
“I love my brother, but he’s totally wrong,” John Sununu said when asked by Fox News’s Paul Steinhauser about the comment Tuesday.
他接着说：“这是一场一年前没人认为会有竞争的选战，现在却是势均力敌。这恰恰证明了我们的竞选团队走街串巷、逐人争取，聚焦正确议题：降低生活成本、解决负担能力问题、创造就业。”这位前新罕布什尔州议员目前正与帕帕斯陷入胶着的参议院角逐。《库克政治报告》本月早些时候在帕帕斯民调领先后，将该选情评级从“势均力敌”调整为倾向民主党。
“This is a race that no one thought would be in play a year ago, and it’s a toss-up race right now,” he continued. “And that’s just a testament of our campaign going town to town, person to person, focusing on the right issues: bring down the cost of living, affordability, job creation.”The former New Hampshire lawmaker is locked in a competitive Senate race against Pappas. The Cook Political Report shifted its rating in this race from a “toss-up” to favoring Democrats earlier this month after Pappas pulled ahead in the polls.
圣安塞尔姆学院上周发布的民调显示，民主党提名人领先7个百分点；而近期一项由共和党资助的“国家公共事务”民调则显示帕帕斯领先5个百分点。
A Saint Anselm College poll released last week found the Democratic nominee pulling ahead by 7 points, while a recent GOP-sponsored National Public Affairs survey displayed a 5-point advantage for Pappas.
这位共和党参议员提名人出自苏努努家族，该家族长期主导“花岗岩州”政坛。
The GOP Senate nominee is part of the Sununu family dynasty that has long dominated politics in the Granite State.
现任“美国航空业协会”总裁兼首席执行官的克里斯·苏努努本周早些时候告诉CNN，他“完全没有参与”兄长的竞选，但表达了对约翰·苏努努参议员竞选的支持。
Chris Sununu, who now serves as the president and CEO of Airlines for America, told CNN earlier this week that he was “not involved at all” in his older brother’s campaign but expressed his support for John Sununu’s Senate bid.
“我们都信奉服务，但你得靠自己，”克里斯·苏努努对CNN说，“你得站稳脚跟。我非常支持他，他让我做什么我都会做，但他知道、我也知道，你得靠自己跑好自己的选战。”
“We all believe in service, but you got to do it on your own,” Chris Sununu told CNN. “You got to stand on your own two feet. And I’m incredibly supportive, I’d do anything he asked me to, but he knows and I know that you’ve got to run your own race.”