秋天是探索缅因州的最佳时节，此时壮丽的景色中红叶如火。这个东北部州一直在迎接民主党重量级人物纷至沓来。纽约州众议员亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯是最新一位，她于10月22日（周四）前来为特洛伊·杰克逊助选，后者是该党在即将于11月3日举行的中期选举中的候选人。在她之前，前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯以及参议员伯尼·桑德斯、伊丽莎白·沃伦和艾米·克洛布彻都已赶赴缅因州。甚至前总统巴拉克·奥巴马也录制了视频表示支持。
Autumn is the most beautiful season to explore Maine, when its magnificent landscapes blaze with red foliage. The northeastern state has been welcoming a parade of the Democratic Party's biggest names. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York congresswoman, was the latest on Thursday, October 22, coming to campaign for Troy Jackson, the party's candidate in the upcoming November 3 midterm election. Before her, former vice president Kamala Harris and Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar had all hurried to Maine. Even former president Barack Obama recorded a video endorsement.
这一突然的关注与枫树无关。如果民主党想要重夺参议院，他们需要增加四个席位。而共和党参议员苏珊·科林斯（现年73岁）占据的席位被视为潜在目标之一，她已连续近30年获得连任。重夺国会参议院之路必经缅因州。
The maples have nothing to do with this sudden interest. If Democrats want to retake the Senate, they need to gain four seats. And the seat held by Republican Senator Susan Collins, 73, who has been reelected continuously for nearly 30 years, has been singled out as one of the potential prizes. The road to winning back the upper chamber of Congress runs through Maine.
“我们这里有一场必须赢下的参议院竞选。我们有一位伐木工人，我们希望把他送进美国参议院，为劳动人民、更高工资和我们的医疗保健而战，”奥卡西奥-科尔特斯周四对热情的听众说。人群聚集在该州人口最多的城市波特兰的一座老音乐厅，参加名为“学生反对亿万富翁”的活动。
"We've got a Senate race to win here. We've got a logger that we are hoping to send to the United States Senate to fight for working people, higher wages and our healthcare," Ocasio-Cortez told an enthusiastic audience on Thursday. The crowd had gathered in an old concert hall in Portland, the most populous city in the state, for an event called "Students Against Billionaires."