“一次地震”：民主党大胜震惊得州，在一场曾被认为不可想象的剧变中，詹姆斯·塔拉里科和吉娜·伊诺霍萨的胜选终结了共和党长达数十年、在全美人口最多的保守州的统治地位。
‘An Earthquake’: A Democratic Rout Stuns Texas In a seismic shift that was once unthinkable, victories by James Talarico and Gina Hinojosa upended decades of statewide dominance in what had been the nation’s most populous conservative state.
周二晚，在奥斯汀詹姆斯·塔拉里科的竞选之夜聚会上，支持者们欢呼雀跃。得州可能再也不会是从前的得州了。
Supporters of James Talarico at his election night watch party in Austin on Tuesday. Credit...Haiyun Supported by Texas may never be the same.
民主党打破了共和党长达32年对得州全州职位的控制，直到周二之前，得州一直是全美人口最多的保守州。
Democrats shattered the 32-year-long Republican grip on statewide offices in what had been, until Tuesday, the nation’s most populous conservative state.
詹姆斯·塔拉里科在联邦参议员竞选中击败了深陷丑闻的共和党候选人肯·帕克斯顿，这仅仅是民主党周二晚在得州取得的一系列震撼性胜利的开端。
James Talarico’s victory over Ken Paxton, a scandal-scarred Republican candidate, in the U.S. Senate race was only the beginning of a series of seismic victories for Democrats on Tuesday in Texas.
吉娜·伊诺霍萨击败寻求连任的州长格雷格·阿博特创造了历史，这位三届州长和政治实力派人物就在几个月前似乎还稳操胜券、将赢得创纪录的第四个任期。她成为得州首位西班牙裔州长。一夜之间，该州面貌焕然一新。
Gina Hinojosa made history with her defeat of Gov. Greg Abbott, the third-term governor and political powerhouse who, just a few months ago, appeared to have a lock on winning a record fourth term. She becomes Texas's first Hispanic governor. In one night, the state was transformed.
“塔拉里科是一个象征，吉娜则是一场地震，”前得州土地专员加里·毛罗说，他是1994年以来最后一位赢得全州职位的民主党人。“这是一场海啸。世界变了。政治版图将永远不再相同。”共和党长达数十年的全面统治已成过去。这种霸权导致了一系列日益保守的领导人接连上台，从乔治·W·布什到里克·佩里再到格雷格·阿博特，以及日益保守的立法，包括堕胎禁令、公立学校引入基督教教材和扩大持枪权利。
“Talarico is a symbol. Gina is an earthquake,” said Garry Mauro, a former Texas land commissioner who was among the last Democrats to win a statewide race, in 1994. “It’s a tsunami. The world has changed. The political maps will never be the same again.”The decades of total Republican Party domination are over. Its hegemony had resulted in a succession of increasingly conservative leaders, from George W. Bush to Rick Perry to Greg Abbott, and increasingly conservative lawmaking, including abortion bans, Christian teaching material in public schools and expanded gun rights.
随着选民因伊朗战争、高强度移民打击和生活成本担忧而对特朗普政府产生全国性反弹，得州民主党崛起。但帕克斯顿的大部分成功归功于他与特朗普的亲密关系，而阿博特则将自己与特朗普的政策紧密绑定。
Democrats in Texas rose as national blowback against the Trump administration mounted among voters troubled by the war in Iran, an intense immigration crackdown and cost-of-living concerns. But Mr. Paxton owed much of his success to his closeness to Mr. Trump and Mr. Abbott tied himself closely to Mr. Trump’s policies.