经过一个创纪录的广告支出和无休止的政治攻击所标志的备受重创的中期选举周期后，美国选民终于在周二作出了最终决定，民主党赢得了众议院和参议院的控制权。从阿拉斯加州安克雷奇到缅因州班戈，两党支持者挤满了工会大厅、酒店、酒吧和文艺场所，在布鲁克林，民主社会主义者甚至举行了集体慢跑活动。
After a bruising midterm cycle marked by record ad spending and relentless political attacks, American voters finally got the last word Tuesday as Democrats took control of both the House and Senate. From Anchorage, Alaska, to Bangor, Maine, supporters of both parties packed union halls, hotels, bars and arts venues, and in Brooklyn, Democratic socialists even held a group jog.
这次选举是对总统特朗普第二任期的首次全国性全民公投，选民们将他们对从伊朗战争到经济和数据中心等一切事物的看法直接带到了选票箱前。在装饰着气球的房间里，他们为美国权力天平的走向欢呼或咬牙切齿。得克萨斯州奥斯汀报道：萨布里纳·罗德里格斯在民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科的选举之夜观看派对上，支持者们从美国有线电视新闻网预测该候选人在得克萨斯州参议院竞选中击败共和党籍得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿的那一刻起就开始庆祝。
The election served as the first nationwide referendum on President Trump’s second term, and voters carried their views on everything from the Iran war to the economy and data centers right to the ballot box. In rooms decked with balloons, they cheered and gritted their teeth to see which way America’s balance of power would go. Sabrina Rodriguez in Austin, Texas Supporters at Democrat James Talarico’s watch party celebrated from the moment CNN projected the candidate as the winner of the Texas Senate race over Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
亲友们三五成群地拥抱在一起，可以听到几个人表达他们看到民主党人终于在30多年来首次赢得全州范围内的选举时是多么震惊。
Groups of family and friends hugged, and several could be overheard expressing how stunned they were to see Democrats finally win a statewide race for the first time in more than 30 years.
片刻之后，当美国有线电视新闻网预测民主党州长候选人吉娜·希诺霍萨击败了三任州长格雷格·阿博特时，响亮的欢呼声——以及一些人的泪水——更加高涨了。
The loud cheers—and tears from some—grew when moments later CNN projected Democratic gubernatorial nominee Gina Hinojosa had beaten three-term Gov. Greg Abbott.
47岁的克里斯滕·卢西奥说：“从当晚一开始我就知道我们赢了。你可以让埃隆·马斯克和唐纳德·特朗普来为你助选并给你几百万美元，但这是一场远比他们更伟大的运动。”得克萨斯州达拉斯报道：伊丽莎白·芬德尔随着暗淡的选举结果不断涌入帕克斯顿的选举之夜观看派对，原本就不多的稀疏人群进一步减少了。几十个人穿着红色的牛仔靴、戴着“让美国再次伟大”的帽子，在酒店宴会厅里闲逛，品尝着饮品，吃着爆米花，旁边摆着一门大炮，那是帕克斯顿以得克萨斯革命为主题的竞选活动的象征。
“I knew we won from the start of the night,” said Kristen Lucio, 47. “You can have Elon Musk and Donald Trump come and campaign for you and give you millions of dollars, but this was about a movement much bigger than them.”Elizabeth Findell in Dallas An already-light crowd thinned as the gloomy results rolled into Paxton’s election night watch party. A few dozen people, many in red cowboy boots and MAGA hats, milled around a hotel ballroom sipping drinks and eating popcorn near a cannon that was a symbol of Paxton’s Texas Revolution-themed campaign.
尽管如此，帕克斯顿的支持者对于当初协助提名帕克斯顿而非长期担任参议员的约翰·科宁并未表达任何悔意，而共和党领导层原本认为科宁更有可能赢得大选。来自附近凯勒的企业主科琳·格林将表现疲软归咎于共和党内部的内讧，但她表示很高兴科宁输掉了初选。“两党建制派必须下台——无论通过什么方式，”格林说道。
Still, Paxton supporters expressed no regret for helping nominate Paxton over longtime Sen. John Cornyn, whom GOP leaders had thought would be in a better position to win. Corinne Greene, a business owner from nearby Keller, blamed Republican infighting for the weak showing but said she was glad Cornyn had lost the primary. “The uniparty has got to go—one way or another,” Greene said.
奥斯汀的一群人欢呼雀跃，庆祝詹姆斯·塔拉里科当选参议员、吉娜·希诺霍萨当选得克萨斯州州长。（贾宾·博茨福德为《华尔街日报》供图）在达拉斯的一场共和党参议员候选人肯·帕克斯顿的选举之夜活动上，与会者正盯着屏幕观看计票结果。卡梅伦·麦克沃特发自亚特兰大佐治亚州民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫轻松实现连任，以超过20个百分点的优势击败共和党人迈克·柯林斯。
A crowd in Austin cheers as James Talarico is elected to the Senate and Gina Hinojosa is elected Texas governor. (Jabin Botsford for WSJ) Attendees watch results on a screen during an election night event for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton in Dallas. Cameron McWhirter in Atlanta Georgia’s Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff cruised to re-election, beating Republican Mike Collins by more than 20 percentage points.
在一场热闹非凡的民主党人集会上，党内狂欢者不仅为奥索夫欢呼雀跃，也为凯莎·兰斯·博托斯欢呼，她成为了美国历史上首位当选州长的黑人女性。民主党还赢得了佐治亚州的州务卿、总检察长和副州长选举。
At a boisterous event for Democrats, partygoers shouted with joy for Ossoff, but also for Keisha Lance Bottoms, who became the first Black woman elected governor in U.S. history. Democrats also won Georgia’s secretary of state, attorney general and lieutenant governor races.
“人们已经受够了，”现年65岁、来自亚特兰大郊区士麦那的玛丽琳·布莱克本说。“生活成本太疯狂了。”她的朋友、现年65岁、来自亚特兰大的丽塔·洛夫·欧文斯表示，选民对他们眼中特朗普政府的腐败现象也感到愤怒。
“People were fed up,” said Maryline Blackburn, 65, of Smyrna, an Atlanta suburb. “The cost of living is crazy.”Her friend, Rita Love Owens, also 65, of Atlanta, said voters were also angry about what they saw as corruption in the Trump administration.
在佐治亚州邓伍迪的一家酒店里，气氛则截然不同，客人们开始离开柯林斯的选举观摩派对。音响系统播放着滚石乐队的歌曲《你不能总如愿》。约书亚·查芬发自佛罗里达州西棕榈滩晚上9点左右，Eatalia Pizza Pasta & Grill餐厅里传出一声尖叫。聚集在那里的MAGA支持者刚刚得到了一个难得的好消息：福克斯新闻宣布佛罗里达州州长竞选由共和党人拜伦·唐纳兹获胜。“感谢上帝赐予这些小小的奇迹，”一名女子哭喊道。
The mood was far different at a Dunwoody, Ga., hotel, where guests began leaving a watch party for Collins. The sound system played the Rolling Stones song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”Joshua Chaffin in West Palm Beach, Fla. Around 9 p.m., a scream went up at the Eatalia Pizza Pasta & Grill. The MAGA crowd gathered there had just gotten a rare bit of good news: Fox News had called the Florida governor’s race for Republican Byron Donalds. “Thank God for little miracles,” one woman cried.
与此同时，整体气氛则没有那么乐观。这场派对原本是为共和党州众议员梅格·温伯格举办的——但她输给了一名民主党挑战者。
Meanwhile, the overall mood was less upbeat. The party was for Republican state Rep. Meg Weinberger—and she lost her race to a Democratic challenger.
共和党籍州长候选人、众议员拜伦·唐纳兹（共和党-得克萨斯州，注：此处按原文直译）与妻子埃里卡·唐纳兹一同庆祝。（丽贝卡·布莱克韦尔/美联社）克里斯·马赫发自宾夕法尼亚州伯利恒自特朗普在2016年首次胜选以来，许多工人阶级选民已经向右转。鲍勃·布鲁克斯是四名将目标对准宾夕法尼亚州共和党掌控的众议院议席的民主党人之一，他的竞选是对该党能否赢得这些选民回流的一次检验。
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds (R., Fla.) celebrates with his wife, Erika Donalds. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP) Kris Maher in Bethlehem, Pa. Many working-class voters have swung right since Trump first won in 2016. Bob Brooks, one of four Democrats targeting Republican-held House seats in Pennsylvania, was a test of whether his party could win them back.
数百人聚集在伯利恒一座高耸的前伯利恒钢铁厂对面的一家艺术中心，为布鲁克斯的派对助兴，当他在宾夕法尼亚州第七国会选区击败现任共和党籍众议员瑞安·麦肯齐时，人群欢呼雀跃。其他三名民主党人也赢得了各自的众议院竞选。
Hundreds gathered at an arts center across from a towering former Bethlehem Steel plant for Brooks’s party and cheered when he ousted incumbent Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie in Pennsylvania’s 7th District. The other three Democrats also won their House races.
布鲁克斯是一名留着山羊胡的前消防员，没有大学学历，他将自己塑造为一个能与工人阶级选民的经济困境产生共鸣的人。
Brooks, a goateed former firefighter without a college degree, campaigned as someone who related to the economic struggles of working-class voters.
77岁的朱迪·温赖特戴着一顶红色的塑料消防员头盔，她说：“他出身贫寒，而且他理解我们的处境。”她在阿伦敦地区的服装厂工作了近40年。
“He grew up poor, and he understands where we’re coming from,” said Jody Weinreich, 77, who wore a red plastic firefighter helmet. She worked in garment factories in the Allentown area for nearly 40 years.
她说，她希望民主党人能对总统特朗普形成牵制。“总得有人快点把他管束住，”她说。罗山·费尔南德斯发自纽约市民主社会主义者达里亚莉萨·阿维拉·舍瓦利耶在6月份的纽约国会初选中爆冷胜出，并于周二跃升进入国会。
She said she hoped Democrats would provide a check on President Trump. “Somebody has got to rein him in fast,” she said. Roshan Fernandez in New York City Democratic socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier pulled off an upset in New York’s congressional primaries in June and soared to Congress on Tuesday.
在为该候选人举办的欢欣鼓舞的派对上，“当我们组织起来时，我们就会赢”和“解放巴勒斯坦”的标语装饰着酒馆的砖墙。美国民主社会主义者协会成员整晚都在高呼“对富人征税”并跳舞。竞选经理们鼓励非该协会成员扫描摆放在酒吧各处的二维码——以加入该协会。
At a jubilant party for the candidate, signs saying “When We Organize, We Win” and “Free Palestine” decorated the brick walls of the tavern. DSA members chanted “tax the rich” and danced throughout the night. Campaign managers encouraged nonparty members to scan QR codes placed around the bar—to join the DSA.
31岁的美国民主社会主义者协会成员亚娜·沃特金斯表示，她“很高兴看到人们开始转变态度”。她多次说道：“你无法与人们的钱包争辩。”
Yahna Watkins, a 31-year-old DSA member, said she was “happy to see people starting to turn around.”“You can’t argue with people’s pockets,” she said repeatedly.
为了结束当晚的活动，阿维拉·舍瓦利耶向支持者问道：“今晚是谁赢了？”人群回答：“是我们赢了！”“明天谁来执政？”数百名美国民主社会主义者协会成员齐声高喊：“我们来执政！”
To close out the night, Avila Chevalier asked her supporters: “Who won tonight?”“We did,” the crowd responded. “And who will govern tomorrow?”“We will!” hundreds of DSA members shouted back. Laura Nelson and Jim Carlton in Anchorage
劳拉·纳尔逊（Laura Nelson）和吉姆·卡尔顿（Jim Carlton）发自安克雷奇当安克雷奇当地时间晚上7点35分，全国广播公司新闻（NBC News）的主播宣布民主党已经赢得众议院和参议院的控制权时，市中心的一场民主党观选派对上爆发出了欢呼声和口哨声，一个人高兴得大声爆了粗口（“太他妈棒了！”）。
When NBC News anchors announced at 7:35 p.m. local time in Anchorage that Democrats had won control of the House and the Senate, a Democratic watch party downtown burst into cheers and whistles, and one person screamed a gleeful profanity (“Oh, f— yes!”).
退休社工珍妮丝·班塔（Janice Banta）说道：“整个世界都在变蓝，”尽管当时她对民主党参议员候选人玛丽·佩尔托拉（Mary Peltola）的胜算仍持谨慎乐观的态度。
“The whole world is turning blue,” said Janice Banta, a retired social worker, even as she was cautiously optimistic about Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s chances.
在佩尔托拉的对手、参议员丹·沙利文（Dan Sullivan）的观选派对上，大约150名与会者一边享用着包括炸虾和烤鸡肉串在内的自助餐，一边端着饮料等待结果。沙利文走上台宣布，这可能是一个漫长夜晚。
At a watch party for Peltola’s rival, Sen. Dan Sullivan, the 150 or so attendees ate from a buffet including fried shrimp and chicken skewers and nursed drinks as they awaited results. Sullivan came on stage to announce it might be a long night.
他说：“外面的情况有点令人沮丧，但我们不认为那股蓝色浪潮会在阿拉斯加达到顶峰。”
“It’s a little depressing out there,” he said, “but we don’t think that blue wave is going to crest up in Alaska.”
但在巨型吊灯下，鲍勃·哈尔（Bob Harr）瘫坐在椅子里，端着啤酒。他担心随着国会即将被民主党接管，损害已经造成。69岁的哈尔在阿拉斯加经营着一家稀土矿，他说：“我非常担心美国对资源开发的监管。我还担心输油管道。”
But Bob Harr sat slumped in a chair under a giant chandelier, nursing his beer. He worried the damage was already done with an imminent Democratic takeover of Congress. “I’m very concerned about regulations over resource development here in the United States. I’m also concerned about pipelines,” said Barr, 69, who runs a rare-earth mineral mine in Alaska.
达里娅莉扎·阿维拉·谢瓦利埃（Darializa Avila Chevalier），纽约州民主党众议院候选人，摄于纽约的一场观选派对。（路透社/凯特琳·奥克斯）底特律参议员候选人迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers）的观选派对上，观众对民调数字做出反应。（欧新社/Shutterstock/阿里·萨佩尔斯坦）萨布里纳·西迪基（Sabrina Siddiqui）发自底特律很少有选战争像民主党人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（Abdul El-Sayed）与共和党人迈克·罗杰斯（Mike Rogers）之间的密歇根州参议院席位之争那样吸引如此多的全国关注。
Darializa Avila Chevalier, New York Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives, at a watch party in New York. (Caitlin Ochs/Reuters) Spectators react to polling numbers during Senate candidate Mike Rogers's watch party in Detroit. (ARI SAPERSTEIN/EPA/Shutterstock) Sabrina Siddiqui in Detroit Few contests had drawn as much national attention as the race between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers for the Michigan Senate seat.
在选战的最后几天，埃尔-赛义德此前的党内初选竞争对手、众议员海利·史蒂文斯（Haley Stevens）改变立场并背书罗杰斯，令这场选战受到震动。
The race was jolted in its final days when Rep. Haley Stevens, El-Sayed’s former primary rival, reversed course and endorsed Rogers.
在密歇根州民主党于底特律市中心举办的观选派对上，数百名支持者挤在一家前百货商店改建的活动场所内，为“蓝色浪潮”欢呼雀跃。但在等待参议院竞选结果时，乐观情绪夹杂着紧张。有人表示，感觉随时都可能吐出来。
At a watch party convened by Michigan Democrats in downtown Detroit, hundreds of supporters in a former department store-turned-event space cheered at the blue wave. But as they waited for returns in the Senate race, optimism was tempered by nerves. Some said they felt as if they could throw up at any moment.
支持者们说，艾赛义德有望成为美国首位穆斯林联邦参议员，这让选举结果显得更加举足轻重。
The prospect of El-Sayed becoming the nation’s first Muslim U.S. senator, supporters said, made the outcome feel all the more consequential.
底特律郊区的一名42岁医生哈泽姆·塔巴说，共和党对艾赛义德信仰和背景的攻击，增强了他和其他穆斯林公开拥抱自身身份的决心。
Dr. Hazem Tabbaa, a 42-year-old physician in suburban Detroit, said Republican attacks on El-Sayed’s faith and background strengthened the resolve he and other Muslims felt to embrace their identities more openly.
“像这样反而让我们毫不羞愧地做穆斯林，”塔巴说。“这是我们的国家，我们觉得有资格在这里，有资格享受美国人应享有的一切。”底特律 奥文·塔克-史密斯报道罗杰斯的支持者们挤满了一家酒店的宴会厅，大快朵颐炸鸡和华夫饼。但随着夜色渐深，一些参加者开始咬指甲、发呆。其他人紧握酒杯，瘫坐在靠墙的地板上。一些支持者抱怨高物价和伊朗战争正在损害共和党。他们所有人都停不下来地谈论海莉·史蒂文斯。
“In a way, this has made us unashamedly Muslim,” Tabbaa said. “This is our country, and we feel entitled to be here and entitled to everything that Americans should be entitled to.”Owen Tucker-Smith in Detroit Supporters of Rogers crowded into a hotel ballroom, chowing down on chicken and waffles. But as the night dragged on, some partygoers started biting at their nails and staring into space. Others clutched their wine glasses and sat on the floor, slouched against the wall. Some supporters lamented that high prices and the Iran war were hurting Republicans. None of them could stop talking about Haley Stevens.
“我惊讶于社会主义者竟能获得如此支持，”71岁的前牙医凯文·希尔林格说。“我希望这场战争赶紧结束。”
“I’m surprised that the socialists are getting the support that they are,” said Kevin Schierlinger, a 71-year-old former dentist. “I wish this war would get done with.”
晚上11点，随着屏幕上闪现更多民主党获胜的消息，宴会厅开始慢慢空荡下来。
By 11 p.m., as more Democratic wins flashed across the screen, the ballroom slowly started to empty out.
“我累了，”86岁的退休老人哈里·莫里斯说。“恐怕这个国家的人都非常短视。”
“I’m tired,” said Harry Morris, an 86-year-old retiree. “People are very shortsighted in this country, I’m afraid.”
支持者们在缅因州班戈参议员苏珊·柯林斯的竞选派对上观看选举结果。（Sofia Aldinio for WSJ 摄）缅因州 贾里德·米托维奇和希奥班·休斯报道参议员苏珊·柯林斯在班戈的希尔顿花园酒店注视着缓慢流进的选票。许多支持者——尤其是那些来自北部地区、称自己认识柯林斯或其家人的支持者——在龙虾鞑靼已经吃光后，直到深夜依然坚信这位政治巨擘几乎不可能输给民主党人、伐木工兼前州参议院议长特洛伊·杰克逊。
Supporters watch election results at Sen. Susan Collins's campaign party in Bangor, Maine. (Sofia Aldinio for WSJ) Jared Mitovich and Siobhan Hughes in Maine Sen. Susan Collins watched a slow trickle of votes at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bangor. Many supporters, especially those from upstate who said they knew Collins or her family personally, maintained well into the night—once the lobster tartare had run out—that there was next-to-no chance of the political titan losing to Democrat Troy Jackson, a logger and former state Senate president.
然而，随着杰克逊开始领先，尤其是在沿海地区，乐观的氛围逐渐消散。宴会厅里的电视从美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）换成了福克斯新闻（Fox News），现金酒吧也安静了下来。
Yet the upbeat vibe faded as Jackson started pulling ahead, especially along the coast. The TV in the ballroom switched from CNN to Fox News, and the cash bar quieted.
“奥本？！”南波特兰志愿者埃米·斯皮尔在听说杰克逊似乎翻盘了这个该州第五大城镇时说道，而在2020年，柯林斯曾在这里以8个百分点的优势获胜。现年69岁的斯皮尔随后质疑，这是否是该地区庞大索马里人口带来的结果，该群体一直是共和党人攻击的目标。午夜过后，柯林斯向杰克逊认输，结束了她在参议院的五届任期。
“Auburn?!”South Portland volunteer Amy Spear said when hearing that Jackson had seemingly flipped the state’s fifth-largest town after Collins won it by eight points in 2020. Spear, 69, then questioned whether it was the result of the area’s large Somali population, which has been the subject of attacks by Republicans. After midnight, Collins conceded to Jackson, ending her five-term run in the Senate.