民主党人亚当·汉密尔顿在堪萨斯州参议员竞选中击败共和党现任参议员罗杰·马歇尔。这一结果使堪萨斯州自1932年以来首次拥有民主党籍美国参议员。
Kansas turns blue after 94 years as Democrats storm Republican Senate strongholds Adam Hamilton defeated Republican incumbent Roger Marshall in the Kansas Senate race. The result gives Kansas its first Democratic US senator since 1932.
民主党候选人亚当·汉密尔顿在堪萨斯州击败共和党现任参议员罗杰·马歇尔，取得历史性胜利，终结了民主党在这个传统上由共和党主导的州长达94年的参议员选举连败纪录。汉密尔顿的胜利使他成为自1932年以来首位代表堪萨斯州进入美国参议院的民主党人。
Democratic candidate Adam Hamilton has defeated Republican incumbent Roger Marshall in Kansas, securing a historic victory that ends the party's 94-year losing streak in Senate elections in the traditionally Republican state. Hamilton's victory makes him the first Democrat to represent Kansas in the US Senate since 1932.
这一意外胜利的背景是，民众对总统唐纳德·特朗普处理经济和对伊朗战争的方式日益不满，汉密尔顿成功争取到了温和派共和党人和独立选民的支持。他在竞选中重点强调的问题包括生活成本上涨、医疗保健和食品援助被削减以及特朗普的关税政策。
The upset comes amid growing dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump's handling of the economy and the war with Iran, with Hamilton successfully appealing to moderate Republicans and independent voters. Rising living costs, cuts in healthcare and food assistance, and Trump's tariffs were among the issues he highlighted during his campaign.
汉密尔顿的胜利标志着民主党的重大斩获，尤其是在唐纳德·特朗普于2024年总统大选中以超过16个百分点的优势赢得得克萨斯州的情况下。这场参议员选举最初被认为共和党稳操胜券。
Hamilton's victory marks a major Democratic gain, particularly as Donald Trump won Texas by more than 16 percentage points in the 2024 presidential election. The Senate race had initially been considered safely Republican.
“这太了不起了。我们真的创造了历史，”汉密尔顿在获胜后对支持者说。“我们不是飞越地带。我们是这个国家的心脏，”他说。
"This is amazing. We really did make history," Hamilton told supporters after his victory. "We're not flyover country. We're the heart of the country," he said.
在堪萨斯城地区一家酒店发表的胜选演讲中，汉密尔顿表示，跨越党派界限的选民都对华盛顿的种种动向以及国内日益加剧的政治分裂感到不满。
In his victory speech at a hotel in the Kansas City area, Hamilton said voters across party lines were unhappy with developments in Washington and the growing political divisions in the country.
“我认为堪萨斯州的人民，无论是共和党人还是民主党人，都在说华盛顿正在发生的事情是不对的。堪萨斯人也厌倦了政客们分裂我们的方式，”他说。
"I think the people in Kansas, Republicans and Democrats, are saying that what's happening in Washington is not OK. Kansans are also fed up with the way politicians divide us," he said.
62岁的汉密尔顿是堪萨斯城地区拥有2.5万名成员的复活教会的创会牧师，该教会是美国最大的联合卫理公会教堂。他以生活负担能力和两党合作为竞选主题，称自己是一位“有独立思想的民主党人”，而共和党人则试图将他描绘成极左翼。
Hamilton, 62, is the founding pastor of the 25,000-member Church of the Resurrection in the Kansas City area, the country's largest United Methodist congregation. He campaigned on affordability and bipartisanship, describing himself as an "independent-minded Democrat", while Republicans tried to portray him as far left.
共和党曾发起大规模营救马歇尔的竞选活动，特朗普十月在堪萨斯州举办两场集会，副总统JD·万斯也为现任议员助选。然而，这些努力未能阻止汉密尔顿夺得该席位。这场竞选还创下堪萨斯州参议员选举的支出纪录，双方共花费约1.1亿美元。
The Republican Party had mounted an extensive campaign to rescue Marshall, with Trump holding two rallies in Kansas in October, while Vice President JD Vance also campaigned for the incumbent. However, the efforts failed to prevent Hamilton from flipping the seat. The campaign also witnessed record spending for a Senate race in Kansas, with approximately USD 110 million spent by both sides.