托马斯·博蒙特 华盛顿——选民们用破坏球砸向了传统的政治战场地图，在长期被视为共和党可靠票仓的州选出了民主党人。
THOMAS BEAUMONT WASHINGTON — Voters took a wrecking ball to the traditional map of political battlegrounds, electing Democrats in states that were long considered reliably Republican.
堪萨斯州、南卡罗来纳州、得克萨斯州、俄亥俄州和艾奥瓦州——这些州两年前在总统选举中都被共和党人唐纳德·特朗普轻松拿下——周二却支持了民主党人进入美国参议院，有时还支持了民主党州长候选人。
Kansas, South Carolina, Texas, Ohio and Iowa, all states Republican Donald Trump easily won two years ago in the presidential election, backed Democrats for the U.S. Senate and occasionally governor, too, on Tuesday.
现在的问题是，这些结果究竟代表着一个持久的构造性转变——可能重塑通往总统宝座的道路——还是源于特朗普极不受欢迎以及选民对生活成本上涨不满的偶然现象。
Now the question is whether the results represent a durable tectonic shift — one that could reshape the path to the presidency — or a fluke stemming from Trump’s deep unpopularity and voters’ unhappiness with the rising cost of living .
无论如何，共和党人正因他们在选举年之初从未预料到的失利而震惊不已。
Either way, Republicans are reeling from losses they never expected at the start of this election year.
堪萨斯州自1932年以来首次支持了一位民主党参议员，卫理公会大型教会牧师亚当·汉密尔顿击败了共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔。
Kansas backed a Democratic senator for the first time since 1932 as Adam Hamilton, a Methodist megachurch pastor, defeated Republican Sen. Roger Marshall.
南卡罗来纳州拒绝了共和党参议员达琳·格雷厄姆，转而支持儿科医生安妮·安德鲁斯，这是自1998年以来首位在该州赢得参议院席位的民主党人。
South Carolina rejected Republican Sen. Darline Graham in favor of pediatrician Annie Andrews , the first Democrat to win a Senate seat there since 1998.
纽约州民主党参议院领袖查克·舒默称这是“参议院版图的世代性重塑”。民主党的胜利在得克萨斯州更为深入。詹姆斯·塔拉里科击败肯·帕克斯顿赢得参议院席位，吉娜·伊诺霍萨淘汰了州长格雷格·阿博特，维基·古德温赶走了副州长丹·帕特里克，内森·约翰逊击败梅斯·米德尔顿当选司法部长。
Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer of New York called it a “generational remake of the Senate map.”The Democratic victories went even deeper in Texas . James Talarico beat Ken Paxton for Senate, Gina Hinojosa ousted Gov. Greg Abbott, Vikki Goodwin dislodged Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Nathan Johnson defeated Mayes Middleton for attorney general.
直到周二之前，自1994年以来还没有民主党人在得克萨斯州赢得过全州范围的选举。
Until Tuesday, no Democrat had won a statewide race in Texas since 1994.
“这是一场席卷得克萨斯州和全国各地的浪潮选举，”帕特里克在一份声明中承认。
“This was a wave election in Texas and across the country,” Patrick acknowledged in a statement.
民主党人还在那些曾经是战场、但最近被视为遥不可及的州一举掌权。
Democrats also swept to power in states that were once battlegrounds but were more recently viewed as out of reach.
艾奥瓦州选择了罗布·桑德担任州长，乔什·图雷克担任参议员；俄亥俄州支持艾米·阿克顿担任州长，谢罗德·布朗担任参议员。
Iowa chose Rob Sand for governor and Josh Turek for senator, and Ohio backed Amy Acton for governor and Sherrod Brown for senator.
布朗是一位前参议员，两年前刚刚失去席位，被共和党人伯尼·莫雷诺击败。这一次，他击败了共和党参议员乔恩·赫斯特德。
Brown is a former senator who lost his seat just two years ago, defeated by Republican Bernie Moreno. This time, he beat Republican Sen. Jon Husted.