民主党人布莱恩·波因德克斯特是一名工会工人和地方议员，他在俄亥俄州第七国会选区的竞选中击败了共和党众议员马克斯·米勒。这场竞选因针对现任议员的家庭暴力指控而成为焦点。美联社于美国东部时间周三凌晨1点30分前后宣布了选举结果。
Democrat Brian Poindexter, a union worker and local councilman, has beaten out Republican Rep. Max Miller in the race for Ohio’s seventh congressional district in a race that became dominated by domestic abuse allegations against the incumbent. The AP called the race shortly before 1:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday.
米勒的落选发生在家庭暴力指控（他予以否认）动摇其竞选活动之后，这促使民主党人增加了对波因德克斯特竞选的投入，尽管唐纳德·特朗普总统在2024年曾以11个百分点的优势赢得该选区。
Miller’s defeat comes after domestic abuse allegations, which he denies, shook his campaign, spurring Democrats to invest more in Poindexter’s bid despite President Donald Trump winning the district by 11 points in 2024.
现年46岁的波因德克斯特是一名钢铁工人，也是布鲁克帕克市议会成员。他的竞选活动以争取他在克利夫兰机场附近郊区长大时所接触的那类蓝领选民为中心。他的竞选纲领主要集中在降低符合医疗保险资格的最低年龄、监管数据中心以及限制对伊朗战争的资金支持。
Poindexter, 46, is an iron worker and member of the Brook Park City Council. He centered his campaign around targeting the kind of working-class voters he grew up around in a suburb near Cleveland’s airport. Much of his campaign platform centered around lowering the minimum age to qualify for Medicare, regulating data centers, and limiting funding for the war in Iran.
“我参选不是为了给民主党撑旗帜，”他在8月表示，“我是为了给工薪家庭翻转这个席位。”这场胶着的众议院竞选因围绕米勒的指控争议而受到全国关注。
“I’m not in this to carry the flag for the Democratic Party,” he said in August. “I’m in this to flip a seat for working families.”The tight House race received national attention over the controversy surrounding allegations against Miller.
米勒的前妻艾米莉·莫雷诺曾指控米勒实施家庭暴力，包括向她泼热水、用枪指着她的头，以及涉及他们女儿锁骨骨折的一项指控。米勒否认所有指控，并以诽谤罪起诉了莫雷诺。最终，一家县检察官办公室认定，就他们女儿的受伤一事而言，存在“证据不足，不足以提交大陪审团起诉”。
Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno, had accused Miller of domestic violence, including throwing hot water on her, holding a gun to her head, and an allegation involving their daughter’s fractured collarbone. Miller, who denied all of the allegations, sued Moreno for defamation. Ultimately, a county prosecutor’s office found that, in the case of their daughter’s injury, there was “insufficient admissible evidence” to bring a case to a grand jury.
前白宫新闻秘书斯蒂芬妮·格里沙姆也曾指控米勒在特朗普第一任期内的一段恋情中实施家庭暴力和不当行为，并曾申请针对米勒的临时限制令。米勒同样否认了这些指控。米勒未面临任何刑事指控。
Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham had also accused Miller of domestic abuse and misconduct during a romantic relationship during Trump’s first term and previously filed a temporary restraining order against Miller. Miller also denied those allegations. No criminal charges have been filed against Miller.
俄亥俄州共和党参议员伯尼·莫雷诺是米勒的前岳父，他表示米勒应该在夏季“寻求公众帮助”，并与俄亥俄州另一位参议员、共和党人乔恩·赫斯特德一起呼吁米勒退出竞选。
Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio, Miller’s former father-in-law, said that Miller should “seek public help” over the summer and joined Ohio’s other Senator, Republican Jon Husted, in calling for Miller to exit the race.
当夏季被问及其指控者是否在撒谎时，米勒将自己的处境比作特朗普在2016年竞选总统期间面临的指控。
When asked over the summer whether his accusers were lying, Miller compared his situation to allegations that Trump faced during his 2016 presidential run.
“他留在了竞选中并表现出了韧性，”米勒在接受CNN采访时谈到特朗普说，“这是美国人民珍视的品质，因此我绝不会坐在这里，继续忍受虚假且毫无根据的指控的贬低。” 众议院道德委员会于8月宣布，正在积极审查针对米勒的指控。
“He stayed in and was resilient,” Miller said of Trump, in a CNN interview. “That is a quality that the American people cherish, and so for no second am I going to sit here and continue to be debased by false and baseless allegations.”The House Ethics Committee announced in August it was actively reviewing allegations against Miller.
米勒是一名前海军陆战队员，自2023年起在众议院任职。他曾在特朗普首个总统任期内担任白宫助手。
Miller, a former Marine, has served in the House since 2023. He previously worked as a White House aide during Trump’s first presidential term.
俄亥俄州第七国会选区位于该州东北部，从克利夫兰郊区延伸至伊利湖，涵盖梅迪纳县、韦恩县和阿什兰县的全部地区。
Ohio’s seventh district is located in the northeastern pocket of the state and stretches from the suburbs of Cleveland to Lake Erie and encompasses all of Medina, Wayne, and Ashland counties.