全国广播公司新闻部（NBC News）预测，全国共和党国会委员会主席、北卡罗来纳州共和党众议员理查德·哈德森周二在连任竞选中失利。
Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, lost his re-election bid on Tuesday, NBC News projected.
哈德森在北卡罗来纳州第九国会选区败给民主党人理查德·奥赫达，落后约2个百分点，竞争十分激烈。共和党自1963年以来一直控制该选区。
Hudson fell short to Democrat Richard Ojeda in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District. Ojeda bested Hudson by about 2 points in the close contest.
全国共和党国会委员会是负责赢得或维持众议院多数席位的官方党派组织。
Republicans have held this district since 1963.
哈德森是过去两个中期选举周期中第二位连任失利的党派竞选委员会主席。
National Republican Congressional Committee is the official party organization tasked with winning or maintaining the House majority.
2022年，时任民主党国会竞选委员会主席、众议员肖恩·帕特里克·马洛尼在纽约州第十七选区连任失败。
Hudson is the second party campaign chairman to lose a re-election in the last two midterm cycles.
哈德森的失利发生在共和党在北卡罗来纳州备受瞩目的参议院竞选中基本停止投入、距离选举仅剩数周之际。
In 2022, then Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman, lost his re-election bid in New York’s 17th District.
当时民主党籍前州长罗伊·库珀在对阵共和党人迈克尔·沃特利的竞选中建立了看似不可逾越的优势，沃特利是特朗普亲自挑选的候选人，曾任共和党全国委员会主席和北卡罗来纳州共和党主席。
Hudson’s defeat came after Republicans largely stopped investing in North Carolina’s high-profile Senate contest with weeks to go in the race after Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper built a seemingly insurmountable advantage over Republican Michael Whatley, Trump’s handpicked candidate who was previously Republican National Committee chairman and head of the North Carolina state GOP.
截至周二晚10点，全国广播公司新闻部预测库珀将在该竞选中获胜，库珀领先沃特利近20个百分点，提振了该州多位下票民主党候选人。
As of 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Cooper, whom NBC News projected as the victor in the contest, led Whatley by nearly 20 points in the race, boosting multiple down-ballot Democrats in the state.