据Decision Desk HQ预测，代表共和党竞选得克萨斯州铁路专员的博·弗伦奇将输给民主党人乔恩·罗森塔尔。
Bo French, the GOP nominee running for Texas railroad commissioner, is projected to lose his race to Democrat Jon Rosenthal, according to Decision Desk HQ.
此前，弗伦奇在社交媒体上发布关于得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校南亚裔学生的内容，导致他失去了该州几位知名共和党人的支持。
The Republican lost support from several prominent Republicans in his state after he posted on social media about University of Texas at Austin students of South Asian descent.
在9月的一条社交媒体帖子中，这位候选人转发了一张南亚裔学生参加得克萨斯大学橄榄球比赛的照片。
In a September social media post, the candidate reshared an image of South Asian students attending a Texas football game.
弗伦奇在帖子配文中写道：“我听说今年得克萨斯大学的毕业典礼看起来就是这样。我本来不相信。现在问题显然比任何人想象的都要严重得多。”
“I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined,” French wrote in the post’s caption.
即将卸任的得克萨斯州参议员约翰·科宁（共和党）在9月宣布，他不会在这次竞选中投票给弗伦奇，并警告说，弗伦奇可能会“因为他的种族主义言论拖累整个候选人名单”。
Outgoing Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) announced in September he would not cast a vote for French in this race, warning that French could “drag the whole ticket down because of his racist comments.”
曾担任前总统乔治·W·布什高级政治顾问的卡尔·罗夫也表示，他不会支持弗伦奇，并称他会改投罗森塔尔。罗森塔尔是一名机械工程师，已连任四届得克萨斯州众议员。
Karl Rove, who served as a top political adviser for former President George W. Bush, also stated he would not support French and said he would vote for Rosenthal instead. Rosenthal is a mechanical engineer and a four-term member of the Texas House.
弗伦奇的落败之前，共和党在得克萨斯州参议院选举中遭遇了令人震惊的意外失利，民主党州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科为该党翻转了这一席位。
French's loss follows a shocking upset for Republicans in the Texas Senate race, in which Democratic state Rep. James Talarico flipped the seat for his party.