民主党将在2028年之前控制国会两院，在众议院拥有压倒性多数，在参议院同样拥有压倒性多数，并在州长职位、州议会和全州性公职选举中取得标志性胜利——其中许多胜利发生在仅仅一年前民主党获胜还被视为不可想象的地方。
The Democratic Party will control both houses of Congress through 2028, with a commanding majority in the House of Representatives, another commanding majority in the Senate, and signal victories in governor’s mansions, state legislatures, and statewide offices—many in parts of the country where Democratic wins looked unthinkable just a year ago.
在众议院，民主党的显著胜利既包括在那些为有利于共和党而经过重度不公正划分的新选区中获胜，也包括在肯塔基州东部这样的深红地区爆冷取胜——在那里，海军退伍军人扎克·登博无视共和党的又一次不公正划分，以近10个百分点的优势获胜。在弗吉尼亚州，2022年因不公正划分选区而失去席位的前众议员伊莱恩·卢里亚重新赢回议席。
In the House, notable victories by Democrats ranged from new districts heavily gerrymandered to favor Republicans to upsets in deep-red regions like eastern Kentucky, where Navy veteran Zach Dembo defied another GOP gerrymander to win by nearly 10 points. In Virginia, former Rep. Elaine Luria, gerrymandered out in 2022, retook office.
北卡罗来纳州第十一选区十多年来从未选出过民主党人，此次又见证了一场风向标式的胜利，获胜者是民主党农民杰米·阿格；曾于2007年至2013年担任该选区最后一位民主党籍众议员的前众议员希思·舒勒，是阿格的祖父。正如我的同事杰里米·舒尔曼所写：周二的结果不会终结总统在全球各地制造破坏的能力，但将使民主党能够远比以往更有效地反击本届政府。
And North Carolina’s eleventh district, which hadn’t elected a Democrat in over a decade, saw another bellwether win by Democratic farmer Jamie Ager; former Rep. Heath Shuler, the last Democrat in office from 2007 to 2013, was Ager’s grandfather. As my colleague Jeremy Schulman wrote: Tuesday’s result won’t put an end to the president’s ability to wreak havoc across the globe, but it will enable Democrats to push back far more effectively against the administration.
他们现在将拥有大得多的权力来举行听证会、强制取证和传唤文件，还能阻挠特朗普的立法议程、控制联邦开支、迫使对方作出政策让步，并且——至关重要的是——对政府的劣迹行使监督权并展开调查。
They will now have far more authority to hold hearings, compel testimony, and subpoena documents, as well as to derail Trump’s legislative agenda, control federal spending, extract policy concessions, and—critically—exercise oversight and launch investigations of the administration’s misdeeds.
这一结果对极右翼的众议院自由党团——MAGA议程在国会的引擎——以及右翼亿万富翁尤其是埃隆·马斯克试图在选举天平上做手脚的努力，都是一记沉重打击。它还为众议院、参议院和州级公职带来了一批多样性空前的新人，从得克萨斯州当选州长吉娜·伊诺霍萨——该州首位非白人行政长官——到密歇根州的阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德，后者即将成为全国首位穆斯林参议员。
The result is a body blow to both the hard-right House Freedom Caucus—the engine of the MAGA agenda in Congress—and the efforts of right-wing billionaires, especially Elon Musk, to put a thumb on the electoral scales. It also brings a freshman class of unprecedented diversity into the House, Senate, and state offices, from Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa, the state’s first non-white executive, to Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed, soon to be the nation’s first Muslim senator.
民主党大获全胜的最大亮点是夺得参议院控制权。不到一年前，普遍看法还是：无论共和党人变得多么不受欢迎，参议院的选举版图都会让共和党稳握权力。在特朗普任期结束前，参议院为他的司法提名人和白宫任命人选一路开绿灯，几乎板上钉钉。
The crown jewel of Democrats’ sweep was gaining control of the Senate. Less than a year ago, it was common wisdom that the Senate map left Republicans firmly in power, no matter unpopular they became. A rubber stamp for Trump’s judicial nominees and White House appointees looked all but guaranteed until the end of his term.
然而，民主党却取得了历史性胜利，例如詹姆斯·塔拉里科在得克萨斯州获胜，这是对极度亲特朗普的肯·帕克斯顿的否定；安妮·安德鲁斯在南卡罗来纳州获胜——这不仅是对MAGA的拒绝，也是对已故长期特朗普盟友林赛·格雷厄姆参议员政治遗产的拒绝，而这一遗产由其妹妹、共和党候选人达琳所代表。
Instead, the party notched historic wins like James Talarico’s in Texas, a rebuke to the uber-Trumpy Ken Paxton, and Annie Andrews’ in South Carolina—a rejection not just of MAGA, but of the legacy of the late, longtime Trump ally Sen. Lindsay Graham, embodied by his sister Darline, the Republican candidate.
在密歇根州，医生兼流行病学家阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德将成为美国首位穆斯林参议员，他在特朗普、共和党候选人迈克·罗杰斯及其盟友持续不断、且往往令人震惊的种族主义攻击下顺利获胜。埃尔-赛义德以毫不掩饰的进步主义纲领竞选——而密歇根人喜欢这一点。就连他的初选对手、众议员海莉·史蒂文斯在最后时刻的倒戈也未能改变选情。
In Michigan, physician and epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed will be the nation’s first Muslim senator, cruising to victory in the face of relentless and often breathtakingly racist attacks by Trump, GOP candidate Mike Rogers, and their friends. El-Sayed ran on an unapologetically progressive platform—and Michiganders liked it. Even the last-minute defection of his primary opponent Rep. Haley Stevens didn’t move the needle.
在艾奥瓦州，前残奥会选手、州众议员乔什·图雷克成为该州自参议院中坚人物汤姆·哈金2015年退休以来的首位民主党参议员，哈金本人支持了图雷克。我的同事朱莉娅·梅特罗周二写道，哈金“在该州相当大的影响力是图雷克的一项资产”（她今年早些时候曾为图雷克撰写人物报道）。与此同时，与许多选战一样，特朗普对其对手、众议员阿什利·欣森的支持可能适得其反：考菲尔德认为，今年竞争激烈的民主党初选可能对民主党有利，尤其是如果欣森作为现任全国性政治人物——一个华盛顿圈内人——的身份在艾奥瓦州这样一个民粹主义摇摆州帮不上忙的话。
In Iowa, former Paralympian state Rep. Josh Turek became the state’s first Democratic senator since Senate stalwart Tom Harkin, who endorsed him, retired in 2015. Harkin’s “considerable sway in the state was an asset” for Turek, my colleague Julia Métraux wrote Tuesday (she profiled Turek earlier this year). Meanwhile, as in many races, Trump’s endorsement of his opponent, Rep. Ashley Hinson, may have backfired: Caufield believes that a competitive Democratic primary this year may work in Democrats’ favor, especially if Hinson’s status as a sitting national politician—a DC insider—doesn’t help in a populist swing state like Iowa.
毕竟，在大选中，独立选民或共和党选民把票投给民主党人，最有可能就是对特朗普的否定。
A vote for a Democrat from an independent or Republican voter in the general election, after all, would most likely be a rebuke of Trump.
在俄亥俄州，前参议员谢罗德·布朗再次进军参议院，击败了共和党现任议员乔恩·赫斯特德，尽管后者在竞选中与明显对其痴迷的特朗普一同奔波了数周。在缅因州，进步派人士、前伐木工特洛伊·杰克逊——在竞选路上仅走了100天——终结了共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯长达三十年的参议院生涯，柯林斯的政治遗产将通过她确认布雷特·卡瓦诺和尼尔·戈萨奇出任最高法院大法官的关键投票而长存。
In Ohio, former Sen. Sherrod Brown is once again heading to the Senate, ousting Republican incumbent Jon Husted despite weeks on the campaign trail with a clearly besotted Trump. And in Maine, progressive former logger Troy Jackson—on the campaign trail for barely 100 days—put an end to the three-decade Senate career of Republican Sen. Susan Collins, whose legacy will live on through her key votes to confirm Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. My colleague Sophie Hurwitz covered Jackson’s victory speech:
我的同事索菲·赫尔维茨报道了杰克逊的胜选演讲：“如果你是在下班回家后看到这段讲话，或者正坐在桌前发愁下一张账单该怎么付，我想让你清楚地听到这句话，”杰克逊说，“你正在把一个人送往华盛顿，而他完全知道那是什么滋味。”北卡罗来纳州、南卡罗来纳州、艾奥瓦州、俄亥俄州，当然还有得克萨斯州——詹姆斯·塔拉里科成为32年来首位赢得全州选举的得州民主党人。
“If you’re watching this after getting home from a shift, or sitting at the table wondering how you’re going to pay the next bill, I want you to hear something very clearly,” Jackson said. “You are sending somebody to Washington who knows exactly what that feels like.”North Carolina, South Carolina, Iowa, Ohio, and, of course, Texas, where James Talarico became the first Texas Democrat to win a statewide election in 32 years.
他并不孤单。我的同事蒂姆·墨菲报道了即将上任的得州州长吉娜·伊诺霍萨的惊人胜利，她是该州自1996年以来首位民主党州长——也是有史以来首位有色人种州长。
He wasn’t alone. My colleague Tim Murphy covered the stunning win of incoming Texas Gov. Gina Hinojosa, the state’s first Democratic governor since 1996—and its first governor of color ever.
2024年，当年竞选连任参议员的特德·克鲁兹以8个百分点的优势轻松获胜。唐纳德·特朗普那一年以近14个百分点的优势拿下该州。2022年，如今已被击败的州长格雷格·阿博特以超过10个百分点的优势赢得第三个任期。周二，塔拉里科以特朗普式的优势——55比43——击败了丑闻缠身的肯·帕克斯顿，而伊诺霍萨的得票数比阿博特高出远超50万票。
In 2024, Ted Cruz, up for re-election to the Senate that year, cruised to victory by eight points. Donald Trump won the state that year by almost 14 points. And in 2022, now-defeated Gov. Greg Abbott won a third term by a more than 10 percent margin. On Tuesday, Talarico defeated the scandal-plagued Ken Paxton by Trumpian margins—55 to 43—with Hinojosa outperforming Abbott by well over half a million votes.
民主党人赢得了得州总检察长职位、副州长职位和州众议院。得州州审计长、农业专员和土地专员都将是民主党人。该州的铁路专员也将是民主党人——罗得西亚狂热爱好者博·弗伦奇曾因一条关于得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校橄榄球赛上南亚学生的臭名昭著的种族主义推文而“出名”，他以超过50万票的差距落败。
Democrats won the Texas attorney general’s office, the lieutenant governorship, and the state House Texas’ state comptroller, agriculture commissioner, and land commissioner will be Democrats. So will the state’s railroad commissioner—Rhodesia enthusiast Bo French, made famous by a notoriously racist tweet about South Asian students at a University of Texas, Austin, football game, lost by more than half a million votes.
在佐治亚州，当选州长基莎·兰斯·博顿斯成为首位当选领导任何一州的非裔女性，终结了共和党对州长职位的牢牢掌控，并与以近20个百分点优势赢得连任的参议员拉斐尔·沃诺克和乔恩·奥索夫一道改写格局。我的同事戴维·科恩和加里森·海斯在最新一期节目中讨论了博顿斯的胜选——这一胜利建立在投票权倡导者、前州众议员斯泰西·艾布拉姆斯2018年和2022年参选的基础之上。
In Georgia, governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms became the first Black woman elected to lead any state, ending the Republican stranglehold on the governor’s office and joining Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, who won re-election by nearly 20 points. My colleagues David Corn and Garrison Hayes discussed Bottoms’ win—which built on voting rights champion and former state Rep. Stacey Abrams’ 2018 and 2022 candidacies—on the latest episode of .
截至周三上午，密西西比州、阿拉斯加州和加利福尼亚州的一些关键选战仍未分出胜负。但结果不会明显改变这场史无前例的民主党浪潮。
As of Wednesday morning, some key races in Mississippi, Alaska, and California still had not been decided. But the results would not markedly change what is the unprecedented Democratic wave.
周二或许首先会被铭记为一场针对科技寡头和加密货币大亨、Flock摄像头和数据中心、AI骗子、金融圈哥们以及其他共和党大金主的公投——尤其是埃隆·马斯克，他在此次选举中花费了近5亿美元。
Tuesday might be remembered, above all, as a referendum on tech oligarchs and crypto barons, Flock cameras and data centers, AI grifters, finance bros, and other GOP megadonors—notably Elon Musk, who spent close to half a billion dollars on the election.
马斯克把重点放在得克萨斯州，结果在那里惨败，他向帕克斯顿的参议院竞选投入了近2亿美元。在俄亥俄州，维韦克·拉马斯瓦米失败的州长竞选获得了共和党亿万富翁、宾夕法尼亚州首富杰夫·亚斯1000万美元的支持，后者向全国各地的共和党候选人投入了超过1亿美元。其他亿万富翁各自为该党提供了数千万美元的资金，希望保住共和党对参议院的控制权。他们全都输了。
Musk focused on Texas, where his ass was handed to him, sinking almost $200 million into Paxton’s Senate bid. In Ohio, Vivek Ramaswamy’s failed gubernatorial candidacy was backed with $10 million from Republican billionaire Jeff Yass, Pennsylvania’s richest man, who dropped north of $100 million GOP candidates across the country. Other billionaires financed the party to the tune of tens of millions each, hoping to preserve Republican control of the Senate. They all lost.