据决策办公室（Decision Desk HQ）的初步结果，德州众议院候选人汤姆·塞尔（Tom Sell，共和党）预计将赢得退休众议员乔迪·阿林顿（Jodey Arrington，R-德州）第19国会选区的竞选。
Texas House candidate Tom Sell (R) is projected to win the race to lead outgoing Rep. Jodey Arrington's (R-Texas) 19th Congressional District, according to preliminary results from Decision Desk HQ.
塞尔是一名农业游说人士，在共和党稳固的选区中与民主党对手凯尔·拉布尔（Kyle Rable）竞争。
Sell, an agriculture lobbyist, campaigned in a solid Republican district against Democratic opponent Kyle Rable.
这位德州共和党人获得了特朗普的背书，以及众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（Mike Johnson，R-路易斯安那州）、众议院多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯（Steve Scalise，R-路易斯安那州）和众议员吉姆·乔丹（Jim Jordan，R-俄亥俄州）的背书。
The Texas Republican won Trump's endorsement, along with endorsements from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).
塞尔此前曾在该选区为前众议员拉里·康贝斯特（Larry Combest，R-德州）工作，据塞尔的竞选网站介绍，他在康贝斯特担任美国众议院农业委员会主席期间“担任他的得力助手”。
Sell previously worked for the district under former Rep. Larry Combest (R-Texas), "serving as his right-hand man when Combest chaired the U.S. House Agriculture Committee," according to Sell's campaign website.
在推动2002年农业法案后，塞尔回到德州卢布克，并于2005年联合创立了咨询公司康贝斯特、塞尔与合伙人事务所（Combest, Sell & Associates）。该公司宣称拥有超过15年“捍卫农业利益”的经验。
After working to advance the 2002 Farm Bill, Sell returned home to Lubbock, Texas, and co-founded the consultancy firm Combest, Sell & Associates in 2005. The firm promotes itself as having over 15 years of "defending agricultural interest."
该公司网站表示：“来自全国各地的农业利益联盟寻求[塞尔和康贝斯特]的咨询和领导，以在2005年预算调和过程中保护农业基线——这一努力最终非常成功。”
"A coalition of agricultural interests from across the nation sought out [Sell and Combest's] counsel and leadership to protect the agricultural baseline in the 2005 Budget Reconciliation Process – an effort that was ultimately very successful," the firm's website states.
阿林顿于2017年首次当选众议员，去年11月宣布计划在任期结束时退出国会。
Arrington, who was first elected to the House in 2017, announced last November that he planned to retire from Congress at the end of his term.
他声称帮助特朗普通过了“一大美丽法案”立法，并帮助“履行他从人民那里获得的授权”。
He took credit for helping Trump get the One Big Beautiful Bill legislation passed and for helping "fulfill his mandate from the people."
去年他在接受福克斯新闻采访时解释退休决定时说：“这似乎是个恰当且正确的结束时机。”
"It just seems like a good and right place to leave it," he said in an interview with Fox News last year, in explaining his announcement to retire.
第19国会选区位于德州与新墨西哥州交界处，辖区内包括卢布克和阿比林两座城市。
The 19th Congressional District is nestled along Texas's border with New Mexico and is home to the cities of Lubbock and Abiliene.