加里·菲尔兹 华盛顿报道 —— 华盛顿特区的选民正在选举12年来的首位新市长，一位自称民主社会主义者的候选人被普遍看好将赢得选举。
GARY FIELDS WASHINGTON — Voters in the nation’s capital are electing their first new mayor in 12 years, and a self-described democratic socialist is heavily favored to win.
特区议员简尼斯·刘易斯·乔治在6月的民主党初选中轻松获胜，她目前面对的是华盛顿特区建州绿党候选人罗伯特·格罗斯、独立候选人朗达·汉密尔顿以及11名登记随写候选人。在民主党力量悬殊的华盛顿，共和党没有派出市长候选人。
Janeese Lewis George , a D.C. council member who easily won the Democratic primary in June, is facing DC Statehood Green Party candidate Robert Gross, independent Rhonda Hamilton, and 11 write-in candidates. Republicans in heavily Democratic Washington did not field a mayoral candidate.
刘易斯·乔治在初中阶段远远甩开包括前议员肯尼安·麦克杜菲在内的6位竞争对手，以54%的得票率赢得党内初选。
Lewis George far outpaced six rivals, including former council member Kenyan McDuffie, to win her party’s primary, capturing 54% of the vote.
刘易斯·乔治承诺将强力抵制联邦对华盛顿特区事务的干预，这为她与共和党籍总统唐纳德·特朗普之间可能爆发的对峙埋下了伏笔，起因是特朗普政府采取行动挑战该市有限的自治权。
Lewis George has pledged to aggressively stand up to federal intervention into Washington, D.C.’s affairs, setting up a potential showdown with Republican President Donald Trump over his administration’s moves to challenge the city’s limited autonomy.
联邦领导层对地方事务保留了重大控制权，包括对预算以及特区议会通过的法律的批准权。该市大约四分之三的选民是注册民主党人，自从居民于1973年根据《地方自治法》获得选举地方官员的权力以来，该市选出的全部都是民主党籍市长。
Federal leaders retain significant control over local affairs, including approval of the budget and laws passed by the D.C. Council. About three of every four voters in the city are registered Democrats, and the city has only elected Democratic mayors since residents got the right to elect local officials under Home Rule in 1973.
特朗普去年在宣布进入犯罪紧急状态后，曾短暂将该市警察队伍联邦化并部署了国民警卫队，进一步侵蚀了这种自治权。他还下令推进一些大型建设项目——如果这些项目能在诉讼中存活下来——将改变该特区的面貌。
Trump further encroached on that autonomy last year when he briefly federalized the city’s police force and also deployed the National Guard after announcing a crime emergency. He has ordered major construction projects that — if they survive court challenges — would change the district’s landscape .
刘易斯·乔治已经遭到特朗普的抨击，特朗普在初选前曾威胁称，如果她获胜，将把该市置于联邦管控制之下。刘易斯·乔治回应称，因为不喜欢居民的投票方式就威胁地方自治“是对民主本身的攻击”。特朗普已经数月没有公开提及她了。
Lewis George has already come under fire from Trump, who had threatened before the primary to place the city under federal control if she won it. Lewis George responded that threatening home rule “because you do not like how residents vote is an attack on democracy itself.”Trump has not mentioned her publicly in months.
下一任市长将接替现任市长穆丽尔·鲍泽。鲍泽将于明年1月2日完成她的第三个四年任期，并决定不再竞选连任。鲍泽曾表示，她的成就包括改善了公共教育，并在来自特朗普和共和党把持的国会的压力下维护了该市有限的自治权。
The next mayor will succeed Mayor Muriel Bowser , who is completing her third four-year term next Jan. 2 and decided not to run again. Bowser has said her achievements include improvements in public education and preserving the city’s limited autonomy amid pressure from Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.