据决策台总部的初步结果预测，得克萨斯州民主党参议院候选人凯蒂·帕迪利亚·斯托特将赢得该州第23国会选区空缺席位，该席位此前由前众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯（共和党-得克萨斯州）腾出。
Texas Democratic Senate candidate Katy Padilla Stout is projected to win the Lone Star State’s open seat for the 23rd Congressional District vacated by former Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), according to preliminary results from Decision Desk HQ.
帕迪利亚·斯托特击败了YouTube名人布兰登·埃雷拉（共和党），后者是一位直言不讳的枪支倡导者，并获得特朗普总统的背书。她参选的选区曾被选举预测机构《库克政治报告》预测为埃雷拉的稳赢选区。
Padilla Stout defeated YouTube personality Brandon Herrera (R), an outspoken firearms advocate with President Trump’s endorsement. She ran in a district that the election handicapper Cook Political Report predicted would be a likely win for Herrera.
截至周三早些时候已报告55%的选票，她获得近52%的选票，而埃雷拉获得约44%。
She notched almost 52 percent while Herrera garnered about 44 percent, with 55 percent of the vote reported early Wednesday.
冈萨雷斯于4月离开众议院，此前有报道称他与一名后来自杀身亡的工作人员有婚外情。面对基于性行为不端指控而日益高涨的要求其辞职或被驱逐的呼声，冈萨雷斯表示他将“提交我的退休申请”。据其竞选网站介绍，帕迪利亚·斯托特以改善医疗保健的可负担性为竞选纲领，并呼吁国会采取两党行动维护南部边境安全，同时允许更多“合理且人道的移民法律”，包括以公平的方式使入籍途径简单但合理。
Gonzales departed the House in April following a reported affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. Facing growing calls for resignation or expulsion based on allegations of sexual misconduct, Gonzales said he would “file my retirement from office.”Padilla Stout campaigned on improving the affordability of healthcare and called on Congress to take bipartisan action to keep the southern border secure, but also to allow for more “reasonable and humane immigration laws,” including fair methods to make the pathway to citizenship simple but reasonable, according to her campaign website.
这位得克萨斯州民主党人此前曾在一家家庭法律事务所担任律师，代理寄养儿童。
The Texas Democrat previously worked as an attorney at a family legal practice representing foster children.
据《圣安东尼奥快报》报道，在她于初选中击败另外三名民主党人后，全国民主党阵营将更多精力投入到这场竞选中。该党投入数百万美元支持她的竞选，前交通部长皮特·布蒂吉格在竞选活动中为帕迪利亚·斯托特站台助选。
National Democratic Party operatives channeled more effort into the race following her win against three other Democrats during the primary, the San Antonio Express-News reported. The party funneled millions of dollars to back her campaign, with former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stumping for Padilla Stout on the campaign trail.
帕迪利亚·斯托特对《美国展望》表示，民主党人需要赢得选民的信任，这促使她与全州其他候选人一起组织拉票活动以争取支持。
Padilla Stout told The American Prospect that Democrats would need to earn voters’ trust, leading her to organize with other candidates across the state to canvass for support.
“我们让两党领袖都不必对选民负责，”她对该媒体表示。“人民才是老板……而不是反过来。”
“We’ve allowed leaders on both sides of the aisle to not have to answer to their constituents,” she told the outlet. “The people are the boss … not the other way around.”