参议员泰德·克鲁兹（共和党-得克萨斯州）警告称，如果共和党在11月3日遭遇糟糕的一天，共和党可能在中期选举中失去多达八个参议院席位，并在所有得克萨斯州全州范围的竞选中惨败，包括共和党人肯·帕克斯顿与民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科之间的参议院竞争。
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is warning that Republicans could lose as many as eight Senate seats in the midterm election and get swept in all of the statewide Texas races, including the Senate contest between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico, if the GOP has a bad day on Nov. 3.
克鲁兹在周五播出的其播客节目《与泰德·克鲁兹的裁决》中表示：“距离选举仅剩几天，全国范围内的参议院竞争都异常胶着。全国有八到十场参议院竞争基本处于平局状态。”“如果我们在选举日迎来一个美好的夜晚，我们可能会取得一个极好的结果。我们最终可能在参议院拥有53名共和党人。我们可能会扩大在参议院的多数优势。”
“The election is just a few days away and all across the country that are Senate races that are incredibly close. There are eight to 10 Senate races across the country that are basically tied,” Cruz said on a Friday episode of his podcast, “The Verdict with Ted Cruz.”“If we have a good night on Election Day, we could have a fantastic result. We could end up with 53 Republicans in the Senate. We could end up growing our majority in the Senate,” he said.
但他警告说，“如果我们遭遇糟糕的一天”，共和党“醒来时可能不是拥有53名共和党参议员，而是45名”。“如此巨大的差距正处于博弈之中，”克鲁兹在前往佐治亚州、得克萨斯州、南卡罗来纳州、北卡罗来纳州、密歇根州和爱荷华州为共和党候选人助选后表示。
But he warned “if we have a bad day” Republicans “could wake up the day after Election Day, instead of 53 Republicans, with 45.”“That big a delta is at play,” Cruz said after traveling to Georgia, Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Michigan and Iowa to campaign for GOP candidates.
克鲁兹称，中期选举将出现“大规模民主党选民投票”，并警告如果共和党选民不大量前往投票站，共和党将面临潜在的“惨败”。
Cruz said there will be “massive Democratic turnout” in the midterm elections and warned that Republicans face a potential “blood bath” if Republicans don’t turn out to the polls in big numbers.
他说：“我很担忧。我们在全国范围内看到的是大规模的民主党选民投票。
“I’m worried,” he said. “What we’re seeing across the country is massive Democrat turnout.
“民主党选民正在现身，他们情绪高涨，他们恨、恨、恨唐纳德·特朗普，”他说。“如果选举今天结束，如果只计算目前已投出的提前选票，共和党将惨败。”但克鲁兹辩称，“那里有共和党选票可以扭转局面”，前提是倾向共和党的选民受到激励去投票。
“Democrats are showing up, they’re energized, they hate, hate, hate Donald Trump,” he said. “If the election were over today, if just the early votes that have been cast so far are counted, Republicans would lose massively.”But Cruz argued “there are Republican votes out there to turn that around” if GOP-leaning voters get motivated to vote.
他说，可靠的民主党选民“以巨大数量”现身投票。但他说，可靠的共和党选民提前投票的比例不如铁杆民主党选民高。“请、请、请务必现身投票，”克鲁兹恳请他的听众。
He said reliable Democratic voters are showing up “in massive numbers.”But he said the reliable Republican voters aren’t voting early at the same rate as stalwart Democrats. “Please, please, please show up and vote,” Cruz pleaded to his listeners.
他说，在倾向共和党的参议院关键战场州，有更多可靠的共和党选民，但他们需要投出选票才能产生影响。
He said there are more reliable Republican voters in the GOP-leaning Senate battleground states but they need to cast their ballots to make a difference.
克鲁兹警告称，得克萨斯州的全州范围选情极其胶着，并警告如果对共和党不利，共和党可能在“孤星州”遭遇全盘溃败。
Cruz warned that the statewide races in Texas are extremely close and warned that Republicans could get swept in the Lone Star State if things go wrong for their party.
“得克萨斯州极其胶着。明白这一点：我们可能会输掉得克萨斯州，”他警告说。“不仅仅是参议院选赛。我们可能会输掉得克萨斯州的每一场全州范围选举。数字就这么接近。”他反驳了认为民调有误的共和党人，表示虽然民调机构有时可能表现出左倾偏见，但显示今年民主党投票率巨大的数据却是非常真实的。
“Texas is excruciatingly close. Understand we could lose Texas,” he warned. “Not just the Senate race. We could lose every single statewide race in Texas. That’s how close these numbers are.”He countered Republicans who argue the polls are wrong by saying while pollsters may show left-leaning bias on occasion, the data showing huge Democratic turnout this year is very real.
“我可以告诉你，作为一个竞选过很多次、分析过很多数据的人，这些数据不是假的。民主党大规模地超越共和党投票。我们必须扭转这一局面。”克鲁兹的参议院办公室未回复置评请求。
“I can tell you having run a lot of campaigns, having examined a lot of numbers, these data are not fake. The Democrats are massively out-turning out the Republicans. We got to fix that.”Cruz’s Senate office did not return a request for comment.