谢罗德·布朗在俄亥俄州关键胜选重返参议院，为民主党夺回一席两年前败给共和党挑战者的布朗重返华盛顿，接回曾由副总统万斯持有的参议院席位。
Sherrod Brown Regains an Ohio Senate Seat in Crucial Win for Democrats Ousted two years ago by a Republican challenger, Mr. Brown returns to Washington in the seat once held by Vice President JD Vance.
据美联社报道，俄亥俄州前民主党参议员谢罗德·布朗周二击败参议员乔恩·赫斯特德，将再次代表该州。布朗在本届中期选举最受瞩目的竞争之一中获胜，翻转了一个对民主党争取参议院控制权至关重要的席位。
Sherrod Brown, a former Democratic senator from Ohio, will represent his state again after unseating Senator Jon Husted on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. Mr. Brown’s victory in one of the midterms’ marquee races flips a seat central to the Democrats’ quest to retake control of the Senate.
现年73岁的布朗将在两年前败给俄亥俄州参议员伯尼·莫雷诺后重返华盛顿。他的东山再起反映出自2024年共和党大获全胜以来，政治环境发生了多大变化。
Mr. Brown, 73, will return to Washington two years after he was defeated by Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio. His comeback reflects just how much the political environment has changed since the Republican Party swept into power in 2024.
这也是对特朗普总统和共和党的重大打击，他们在该竞选中投入的时间和资源，仅次于现代史上最昂贵选举周期中的另一场竞争。
It is also a significant blow to President Trump and the Republican Party, which invested more time and resources into this race than all but one other contest during the most expensive election cycle in modern history.
俄亥俄州在特朗普三次竞选总统中均支持他，是其政治崛起的基石。
Ohio backed Mr. Trump in all three of his presidential bids, serving as a cornerstone of his political rise.
赫斯特德于2025年获任命为参议员，以完成特朗普现任副总统万斯的剩余任期。他作为一名亲商保守派参选，与白宫关系紧密，这与其他摇摆州候选人在特朗普支持率下滑时选择与总统保持距离形成对比。
Mr. Husted was appointed to the Senate in 2025 to finish the term of Mr. Trump’s current vice president, JD Vance. He ran as a business-minded conservative closely aligned with the White House, diverging from other battleground candidates who distanced themselves from the president as his popularity sagged.
尽管赫斯特德担任过该州副州长，但他难以让选民认识自己。州内一些人认为，自1970年代以来就是俄亥俄州政坛常客的布朗才是这场竞选中的现任者。
Despite the time he had spent as the state’s lieutenant governor, Mr. Husted struggled to introduce himself to voters. Some in the state believed Mr. Brown, a fixture in Ohio politics since the 1970s, was the incumbent in the race.
选举结果既反映了赫斯特德及其政党的弱点，也揭示了布朗在此时此地的政治优势。
As much as the results reflected the weaknesses of Mr. Husted and his party, they revealed the strengths of Mr. Brown for this particular political moment.
比起西装，布朗先生更喜欢穿抓绒衣。近五十年来，他大部分时间都在宣扬一种经济民粹主义，称华盛顿的体制受到操纵，并把政策争端描绘成工人与亿万富翁之间的斗争。
More comfortable in a fleece than a suit, Mr. Brown has spent the better part of five decades preaching a version of economic populism that calls the system in Washington rigged and frames policy disputes as battles between workers and billionaires.
事实证明，这正是那些关注生活成本、警惕腐败的选民想听到的讯息。
That proved to be the message that voters, focused on affordability and wary of corruption, wanted to hear.
布朗先生的竞选活动甚至赢得了俄亥俄州共和党竞选人员的尊重。他很早就意识到公众对数据中心的普遍担忧，并通过投放广告抨击赫斯特德先生在州政府任职期间支持此类投资，将赫斯特德先生作为攻击目标。
Mr. Brown ran a campaign respected by even Republican operatives in Ohio. He was early to recognize widespread concern about data centers, and he made Mr. Husted a target by running ads that called out his support of such investments when he served in state government.
他的胜利标志着不仅战胜了赫斯特德先生，也战胜了加密货币行业。该行业的主要超级政治行动委员会费尔谢克在两年前花费4100万美元，帮助将布朗先生赶下台。
His victory marks a triumph not only over Mr. Husted but also over the cryptocurrency industry, whose main super PAC, Fairshake, spent $41 million to help oust Mr. Brown two years ago.
在当前的选举周期中，费尔谢克花费了超过5500万美元，以阻止布朗先生重返公职。但这一次，这还不够。
In the current election cycle, Fairshake spent more than $55 million to keep Mr. Brown from returning to office. This time, it was not enough.