
据 Decision Desk HQ 预测,参议员汤米·图伯维尔(共和党-阿拉巴马州)将在阿拉巴马州州长选举中击败前民主党参议员道格·琼斯。
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) is projected to defeat former Democratic Sen. Doug Jones in Alabama’s gubernatorial race, according to Decision Desk HQ.
两人此前曾在 2020 年参议院选举中交锋,当时图伯维尔以约 20 个百分点的优势击败琼斯,将该席位翻转为共和党控制。
The two previously faced off in the 2020 Senate election, when Tuberville defeated Jones by roughly 20 percentage points, flipping the seat to Republican control.
图伯维尔将接任因任期限制无法连任的共和党州长凯·艾维,使州长府继续掌握在共和党手中。
Tuberville will succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Kay Ivey, keeping the governor’s mansion in GOP hands.
这位参议员曾是大学橄榄球教练,于 2020 年首次当选参议员。进入政界前,他于 1999 年至 2008 年担任奥本大学主教练。
The senator, a former college football coach, was first elected to the Senate in 2020. Before entering politics, he served as head football coach at Auburn University from 1999 to 2008.
图伯维尔 5 月在共和党初选中以逾 85% 的得票率提名,击败肯·麦克费特斯和威尔·桑蒂瓦西。琼斯在民主党初选中以近 79% 的得票率获胜。
Tuberville secured the Republican nomination in May with more than 85 percent of the vote, defeating Ken McFeeters and Will Santivasci. Jones won the Democratic primary with nearly 79 percent of the vote.
这位共和党人在竞选期间紧贴特朗普总统,强调移民执法、减税和保守社会政策。
The Republican aligned himself closely with President Trump throughout his campaign, emphasizing immigration enforcement, tax cuts and conservative social policies.
根据截至 10 月 27 日的竞选财务报告分析,图伯维尔在竞选日前拥有显著筹款优势,筹得约 1770 万美元,而琼斯筹得 680 万美元。
Tuberville held a significant fundraising advantage heading into Election Day, raising approximately $17.7 million compared with Jones’s $6.8 million, according to an analysis of campaign finance reports through Oct. 27.
自 1998 年唐·西格尔曼当选以来,阿拉巴马州未再选出民主党州长。
Alabama has not elected a Democratic governor since Don Siegelman won the office in 1998.
此次竞选的分歧集中在医疗补助扩展和学校选择问题上。图伯维尔反对扩大医疗补助,称州政府负担不起;琼斯支持扩大医疗补助,并提议逐步取消阿拉巴马州的 CHOOSE 法案学校券计划,图伯维尔则支持扩大该计划。
The race was marked by disagreements over Medicaid expansion and school choice. Tuberville opposed expanding Medicaid, arguing the state could not afford it, while Jones supported expansion and proposed phasing out Alabama’s CHOOSE Act school voucher program. Tuberville supported expanding the program.
图伯维尔还拒绝与琼斯辩论;琼斯曾在 10 月举办竞选活动,播放这位共和党人过去言论的视频片段。
Tuberville also declined to debate Jones, who held a campaign event in October featuring video clips of the Republican’s past statements.