民主党人周二晚间以两场迅速、果断的参议院胜利拉开序幕——分别是佐治亚州现任参议员乔恩·奥索夫和北卡罗来纳州前州长罗伊·库珀获胜——这为他们向更深层的红州腹地进军注入动力，投入资金达数千万美元。
Democrats started Tuesday night with two quick, decisive Senate victories — by Georgia incumbent Jon Ossoff and former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper — that are fueling their drive deeper into red territory, to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.
据向Semafor透露的信息，该党的首要参议院超级政治行动委员会（Super PAC）在最近几周撤下了这两个南方州数周的广告投放，在北卡罗来纳州节省了2200万美元，在佐治亚州节省了1100万美元。
The party’s top Senate super PAC pulled down several weeks’ worth of ads in those two Southern states in recent weeks, per information shared with Semafor, saving $22 million in North Carolina and $11 million in Georgia.
民主党参议院竞选委员会（DSCC）在冲刺阶段也取消了两州的部分广告购买，这些决定在周二晚间党早早拿下这两个席位时得到了回报。参议院控制权仍取决于包括俄亥俄州和得克萨斯州在内的几场尚未宣布结果的竞选，但民主党人对赢得多数席位感到非常乐观——且比一些人预期的要早。
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee also scrapped some ad buys in both states down the stretch, decisions that paid off as the party won both seats early on Tuesday night. Control of the chamber still rests on several uncalled races, including in Ohio and Texas, but Democrats were feeling very optimistic about taking the majority — and earlier in the night than some had expected.
他们决定从佐治亚州和北卡罗来纳州抽调资金，帮助主要民主党团体批准了在密西西比州、南卡罗来纳州和堪萨斯州等州的新参议院支出。这也帮助该党在密歇根州和缅因州等摇摆州巩固自家候选人，此时共和党资金雄厚的参议院领导力基金（Senate Leadership Fund）超级政治行动委员会正投入惊人的巨资。
Their decision to pull cash out of Georgia and North Carolina helped top Democratic groups approve new Senate spending in states like Mississippi, South Carolina, and Kansas. It also helped the party shore up candidates in the battleground states of Michigan and Maine as Republicans’ deep-pocketed Senate Leadership Fund super PAC poured in astounding sums.
“库珀和奥索夫竞选团队的强势表现，使参议院多数党政治行动委员会（Senate Majority PAC）能够将最初的投资重新投入到我们扩大后的战场版图中。在共和党向竞选倾注巨资之际，这是一个改变游戏规则的因素，”参议院多数党政治行动委员会发言人劳伦·弗伦奇表示。
“The strength of the Cooper and Ossoff campaigns allowed Senate Majority PAC to re-invest our initial investments into our expanded battleground map. That is a game-changer when Republicans poured money into races,” said Lauren French, a spokesperson for Senate Majority PAC.
据知情人士透露，参议院多数党政治行动委员会除在传统摇摆州大量投入外，还在堪萨斯州投入巨资，而民主党参议院竞选委员会在后期向南卡罗来纳州参议院竞选投入了50万美元。此前Semafor曾报道，该委员会已在密西西比州投入50万美元。
Senate Majority PAC spent heavily in Kansas on top of its spending in traditional battlegrounds, while the DSCC put in $500,000 in South Carolina’s Senate race late, according to a person familiar with the buy. That spending followed $500,000 in Mississippi previously reported by Semafor.
这只有在奥索夫和库珀实力强劲的情况下才有可能实现，两人均筹集了巨额资金，并在数周前就击退了各自的对手。截至10月中旬，库珀筹集了超过4900万美元，奥索夫筹集了超过1亿美元。
That was only possible due to the strength of Ossoff and Cooper, who both raised gobs of money and put away their opponents weeks ago. Cooper raised more than $49 million through mid-October, and Ossoff raised more than $100 million.
库珀和奥索夫均以两位数的显著优势战胜了各自的对手——众议员迈克·柯林斯和迈克尔·沃特利。民主党在缅因州、南卡罗来纳州、堪萨斯州、俄亥俄州和得克萨斯州均显现出竞争力——这些席位目前均由共和党把持。
Cooper and Ossoff are both notching considerable, double-digit victories over their respective opponents, Rep. Mike Collins and Michael Whatley. Democrats are looking competitive in Maine, South Carolina, Kansas, Ohio, and Texas — all seats currently held by Republicans.
在参议院竞选中，候选人素质至关重要。它还能影响一个政党名单上的所有其他候选人。
In Senate races, candidate quality matters. And it can affect all of the other candidates on a party’s slate.
奥索夫和库珀开展了如此枯燥而高效的竞选活动，使得民主党领导层得以将精力集中在别处。而这可能会成为决定参议院多数党归属的其他一些竞选中的关键差异。
Ossoff and Cooper ran such boringly effective campaigns that it allowed Democratic leaders to concentrate their efforts elsewhere. And that could be the difference in some of the other races that will determine the Senate majority.