参议员查克·舒默（民主党-纽约州）周二晚对蓝色浪潮欢欣鼓舞，这股浪潮已翻转至少六个共和党席位，使民主党明年将牢牢掌控参议院。舒默在民主党参议院竞选委员会（DSCC）总部于午夜前不久宣称：“哦，天哪！哇，哇，哇！在所有人都不看好的情况下，我们民主党赢得了参议院。”此前，选举追踪者预测参议院民主党将至少赢得六个席位。
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is now poised to become Senate majority leader, exulted Tuesday night over the blue wave that has flipped at least six Republican seats and put Democrats firmly in control of the Senate next year. “Oh man! Wow, wow, wow! Against all odds we Democrats have won the Senate,” Schumer declared at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) headquarters shortly before midnight after election trackers predicted that Senate Democrats would gain at least six seats.
他表示：“我们对美国人民有五句话：救济即将到来。”舒默认为，本周的选举产生了“参议院版图的代际重塑，这将改变现在和未来的美国”。“美国人投票支持变革，现在民主党必须兑现承诺，”他说。舒默得意地指出，很少有政治预测人士认为民主党有机会在2026年选举周期夺回参议院多数席位，因为选举地图对共和党有利，许多竞选在得克萨斯州、堪萨斯州和南卡罗来纳州等深红州进行。
“We have five words for the American people: Relief is on the way,” he said. Schumer argued that this week’s election had produced “generational remake of the Senate map that is going to change America now and into the future.”“Americans voted for change and now Democrats must deliver,” he said. Schumer triumphantly observed that few political prognosticators gave Democrats any chance of winning back the Senate majority in the 2026 cycle as the electoral map favored Republicans as many of the races were in deep-red states such as Texas, Kansas and South Carolina.
“人们翻白眼。他们说这不可能做到。我们是怎么赢的？首先，也是最重要的是，我们关注美国家庭及其痛苦和需求。他们的苦难。他们生活得并不好，担心自己和孩子的未来。我们关注他们需要什么、想要什么。他们要求什么，”他说。舒默表示，全国各地的选民都厌倦了华盛顿的高成本和腐败。他还赞扬了民主党在北卡罗来纳州、爱荷华州和得克萨斯州等关键摇摆州招募的“优秀候选人”。
“People rolled their eyes. They said it couldn’t be done. How did we win? First and foremost we focused on American families and their pain and their needs. Their suffering. They’re not having a good life and they’re worried about the future for themselves and their children. We focused on what they needed and what they wanted. What they asked for,” he said. Schumer said voters across the country were sick of high costs and corruption in Washington. He also lauded the “great candidates” that Democrats recruited in key battlegrounds such as North Carolina, Iowa and Texas.
但他认为，共和党未能与一位不受欢迎的总统划清界限，是推动民主党在南卡罗来纳州和得克萨斯州等倾向共和党的州获胜的支持浪潮的另一个关键因素。“共和党拥抱了特朗普，有史以来最糟糕的总统。
“共和党人做出了选择，跟随特朗普走向悬崖，因为有时他谈论一些无关紧要、荒谬的事情，但大部分时间他实施的政策却增加了他们的成本，无论是在电力、医疗保健还是商品方面，”他说。
But he argued that Republicans’ failure to distance themselves from an unpopular president was another key ingredient in the wave of support that pushed Democrats to victory in GOP-leaning states such as South Carolina and Texas. “The Republicans embraced Trump, the worst president ever. Republicans made a choice and followed Trump over the cliff as some of the time he talked about extraneous things that were ridiculous but much of the time he implemented things that raised their cost, on electricity, on health care, on goods,” he said.
舒默发表上述言论时，预测显示民主党将在六个州翻转共和党参议院席位，其中许多州长期以来一直选举共和党候选人。决策台总部（DDHQ）和其他选情追踪机构得出结论，民主党已在北卡罗来纳州、南卡罗来纳州、得克萨斯州、俄亥俄州、堪萨斯州和爱荷华州赢得了共和党把持的席位。参议院民主党人还认为，他们在缅因州和阿拉斯加翻转共和党参议院席位的机会很大。
Democrats were projected to flip Republican Senate seats in six states, many of them with strong track records of electing GOP candidates, when Schumer made his comments. Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) and other election trackers concluded Democrats had won GOP-held seats in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Ohio, Kansas and Iowa. Senate Democrats also think they have a good chance of flipping Republican Senate seats in Maine and Alaska as well.
民主党还守住了他们在密歇根州、明尼苏达州、佐治亚州和新罕布什尔州的弱势参议院席位。这将使他们在2027年获得53至55个席位的参议院多数优势。
Democrats also protected their vulnerable Senate seats in Michigan, Minnesota, Georgia and New Hampshire. That would give them a Senate majority of between 53 and 55 seats in 2027.
根据DDHQ的数据，在密西西比州参议院竞选中，共和党参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯（R-密西西比州）和民主党人斯科特·科隆布在超过95%的选票统计完毕后陷入胶着。然而，一位资深民主党策略师表示，密西西比州仍有足够多的未决临时选票，科隆布仍有机会缩小差距。
Sen. Cindy Hyde Smith (R-Miss.) and Democrat Scott Colomb were locked in a near tie in the Mississippi Senate race with more than 95 percent of the vote counted in the state, according to DDHQ. A senior Democratic strategist, however, said there are enough outstanding provisional ballots in Mississippi that Colomb still has a chance of closing the gap.
当被问及是否将民主党的胜利归功于个人时，舒默回答：“我将夺回多数党地位的功劳归于我的党团。”
Asked if he took personal credit for the Democratic wins, Schumer replied: “I give my caucus credit for taking back the majority.”
“我们拥有高度的团结和卓越的领导力。我们专注于美国人民想要的东西。我们找到了优秀的候选人，结果我们赢了。我们整个党团到处奔波，我也是，”他说。
“We had great unity, great leadership. We focused on what the American people wanted. We found great candidates and as a result we won. Our whole caucus was everywhere, as was I,” he said.
当被问及特朗普总统威胁一旦民主党控制国会就成为“否决总统”时，舒默表示他愿意与白宫合作，为美国人民带来成果。
Asked about President Trump’s threat to become a “veto president” once Democrats take control of Congress, Schumer said he’s willing to work with the White House to deliver results for the American people.
“今晚我听说他说想与我们合作。听着，无论有没有总统，我们都将为美国人民兑现承诺，”他说。
“I heard tonight he said he wants to work with us. Look, we’re going to deliver for the people of America, with or without the president,” he said.
他说，新的民主党多数派“首要关注点必须是为美国人民解决他们最迫切的需求：特朗普强加给他们的高昂成本”。他说，第二优先事项将是“打击腐败”。“这是美国历史上最腐败的政府，”他说。
He said the new Democratic majorities’ “number one focus has to be producing for the American people in terms of their number one need: the high costs that Trump has imposed on them.”He said that the second priority would be to “go after the corruption.”“This is the most corrupt administration in American history,” he said.