就在共和党人在深红选区遭受重大失利仅几小时后，周二选举的余波已开始重塑众议院共和党领导层。
Just hours after Republicans suffered major losses in deep-red districts, the fallout from Tuesday’s election was already reshaping House GOP leadership.
据两名获准匿名讨论私人通话的众议院共和党领导层消息人士透露，将于1月民主党接管众议院时失去议长木槌的迈克·约翰逊周三在与其工作人员的私人电话会议上表示，他不会竞选众议院少数党领袖。
Speaker Mike Johnson, who is set to lose his gavel when Democrats take control of the House in January, told members of his staff on a private conference call Wednesday that he would not run for House minority leader, according to two House GOP leadership sources who were granted anonymity to discuss the private call.
随着共和党最高职位出现空缺，众议院共和党二号人物——多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯（共和党-路易斯安那州）向同僚发出信件，宣布竞选少数党领袖。保守派众议员吉姆·乔丹——现任众议院司法委员会主席——也做了同样的事。
With the top GOP spot now open, the No. 2 House Republican — Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La. — sent his colleagues a letter announcing his candidacy for minority leader. And conservative Rep. Jim Jordan — the current chair of the House Judiciary Committee — did the same thing.
“在未来两年里，我们的工作不能仅仅是聚焦这届新民主党有多激进——进攻而非防守才能赢得选举，”这位俄亥俄州共和党人写道。“要夺回多数党地位，我们必须恢复选民对我们兑现这些原则能力的信心。”这场竞争形成了2023年10月议长竞选的重演，当时斯卡利斯和乔丹均未能获得足够支持赢得议长木槌。那次僵局最终促使共和党团结在约翰逊背后，将这位路易斯安那州共和党人推上议长宝座。
“In these next two years, our job cannot be merely to spotlight how radical this new Democrat party is — offense, not defense, wins elections,” the Ohio Republican wrote. “To restore our majority, we must restore voters’ faith in our ability to deliver on these principles.”The contest sets up a rematch of the speakership race from October 2023, when neither Scalise nor Jordan was able to secure enough support to win the speaker’s gavel. That standoff ultimately led to Republicans uniting behind Johnson, elevating the Louisiana Republican to the speakership.
但随着约翰逊宣布不寻求最高领导职位，国会山已开始流传疑问：约翰逊是否打算完成刚当选的这个任期。
But with Johnson announcing that he won’t seek the top leadership spot, there were questions already swirling around the Capitol about whether Johnson intended to serve the term he was just elected to.
约翰逊在周三晚些时候发布的一封信中表示，他的妻子和四个孩子为他担任议长做出了牺牲。“在担任这一职务三年后，我认为是时候给予他们更多理应得到的关注和陪伴了，”他写道。
In a letter released later Wednesday, Johnson said his wife and four children had made sacrifices so he could serve as speaker. “After three years in this role, I believe the time has come for me to give them more of the attention and presence they so richly deserve,” he wrote.
约翰逊担任议长期间，以微弱多数、温和的立法胜利以及对唐纳德·特朗普总统的坚定效忠为标志。
Johnson’s stint as speaker was marked by narrow majorities, modest legislative victories and fierce allegiance to President Donald Trump.
特朗普在争取关键选票方面发挥了重要作用，约翰逊得以在2025年强行通过共和党“税收与支出协调法案”。共和党人原本希望这项立法能在周二选举中推动他们取得选举胜利。然而，他们的竞选信息被选民对生活成本、高油价和腐败的担忧所淹没——这些都是对特朗普的更广泛不满情绪的产物。特朗普被削弱，民主党正准备利用两院控制权来调查和质疑其政府。
With Trump playing a crucial role in securing the votes, Johnson was able to muscle through the GOP’s tax-and-spending reconciliation bill in 2025. Republicans had hoped that legislation would propel them to electoral success on Tuesday. Instead, their campaign message was drowned out by voter concerns about the cost of living, high gas prices and corruption — all products of a broader dissatisfaction with Trump, who Johnson and Republicans in Congress cheered on as he remade Washington and the federal government in his own image.
现在，共和党人面临一个更根本的问题：在经历这些令人震惊的失败后，该党领导层应该是什么样子？
Now, Republicans face a more fundamental question: What should their party’s leadership look like in the wake of these stunning losses?
特朗普已被选举严重削弱，民主党正准备利用两院控制权来调查和挑战其政府。
Trump has been severely weakened by the election, and Democrats are preparing to use their control of both chambers to investigate and challenge his administration.
民主党究竟能在白宫与特朗普共事期间推动多少立法，仍不清楚。周二晚间，随着一个又一个州和一个又一个选区转为蓝党，特朗普在接受福克斯新闻直播电话采访时告诉观众，民主党可以通过各种各样的法案，而他将把法案直接退回并予以否决。
It remains unclear how much Democrats will be able to accomplish legislatively with Trump in the White House. On Tuesday night, as state after state and district after district turned blue, Trump told Fox News during a live telephone interview that Democrats could pass all sorts of bills, and he would send the legislation right back with a veto.
特朗普还说，“他们什么也做不了。”但民主党多数席位足够大，只需要相对较少数量的共和党议员投票即可推翻总统否决。而且，这么多共和党议员在红州落选——许多甚至差一点就落选——一些共和党议员可能正在看到一场政治重组正在发生。在投票箱上为特朗普效忠，曾经帮助许多共和党人成功，但这一策略可能已不再可行。
And, Trump said, “there’s nothing they can do about that.”But the Democratic majorities are large enough that Democrats would need only a relatively small number of Republican votes to override a presidential veto. And after so many Republicans in red districts lost — and many more came close to losing — some GOP lawmakers may see a political realignment taking place. The fealty to Trump that has served so many Republicans well at the ballot box may no longer be a viable strategy.
然而，新兴的领导权竞争所提供的证据，几乎没有显示共和党人正在反思导致其陷入这一低位的政治路线。
The emerging leadership contests, however, offer little evidence of a reckoning with the political approach that helped bring Republicans to this low point.
斯卡利斯自2014年以来一直在众议院领导层任职，此后一直是每一项共和党立法决策的核心人物。乔丹于20年前首次当选国会议员，他是众议院自由核心小组的创始主席——这个极右翼派系几乎在每一个机会都推动共和党进一步右转。他也曾与特朗普亲近，并将对总统的忠诚作为党内的一项关键试金石。
Scalise has served in House leadership since 2014, and he has been at the center of every GOP legislative decision since. Jordan was first elected to Congress 20 years ago, and he was the founding chairman of the House Freedom Caucus — the far-right faction that pushed Republicans further right at nearly every opportunity. He, too, cozied up to Trump and made loyalty to the president a key litmus test in the party.
周二惨败的一个讽刺之处在于，留下来的共和党人是国会中最保守的一些议员。无论谁当选少数党领袖，都只需要党团会议的简单多数支持。而且投票是闭门进行的。
An irony of the deep losses Tuesday is that the Republicans who are left are some of the most conservative members of Congress. Whoever is elected minority leader will need only a simple majority of the conference. And the vote is held behind closed doors.
预计共和党在下届国会的众议院席位将不足180席，这意味着少数党领袖之争实际上是一场争取90票的竞赛。这种态势可能会极大地改变候选人的盘算，使各个派系和各州代表团在决定结果时拥有更大的影响力。同样的态势也将在共和党其他待争夺的职位上发挥作用。
Republicans are projected to have fewer than 180 members in the House next Congress, meaning the race for minority leader is effectively a race to 90 votes. Those dynamics could dramatically alter the calculations for the candidates, giving individual factions and state delegations greater leverage in deciding the outcome. The same dynamics will be at play in the other GOP positions up for grabs.
据一位要求匿名讨论私下通话的共和党助手透露，明尼苏达州众议院共和党党鞭汤姆·埃默已经在就再次竞选其职位打电话。但如果他选择参选，他将面临得克萨斯州共和党众议员奥古斯特·普弗卢格的竞争，后者目前是共和党研究委员会的主席——这是众议院共和党最大的保守派团体。
House GOP Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota is already making calls about running for his position again, according to a Republican aide who requested anonymity to discuss the private calls. But if he chooses to run, he will face competition from Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, who is currently the chairman of the Republican Study Committee — the largest conservative House GOP group.
尽管埃默在共和党党团会议中拥有众多盟友——并与特朗普建立了重要的关系——但考虑到普弗卢格在共和党研究委员会成员中的支持以及与庞大的得克萨斯州代表团的联系，第二号职位的争夺可能会十分激烈。
Even with Emmer having a number of allies in the GOP conference — and making important inroads with Trump — the battle for the No. 2 position could be bruising, considering Pfluger’s support with RSC members and his ties to the large Texas delegation.
在领导层的更下层，据一位要求匿名的众议院共和党助手透露，密歇根州众议员丽莎·麦克莱恩——现任众议院共和党会议主席——正计划竞选连任其职位，因为她尚未正式启动这一计划。
Further down the leadership trough, Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan, the current House Republican Conference chair, is planning to run for re-election to her position, according to a House GOP aide who requested anonymity because she hasn’t officially launched the plan.
共和党圈内还流传着其他一些名字，涉及谁可能挑战麦克莱恩，以及谁可能竞选其他职位，比如全国共和党国会委员会主席。
There are other names floating around GOP circles about who might challenge McClain and who might run for other positions, such as chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
佐治亚州共和党众议员布赖恩·杰克周三也致信同事，MS NOW获得了这封信，信中宣布他将竞选全国共和党国会委员会主席。印第安纳州共和党众议员鲁迪·亚基姆的办公室向MS NOW证实，他也将角逐这一职位。
Rep. Brian Jack, R-Ga., also sent a letter to colleagues on Wednesday, obtained by MS NOW, that announced he was running for NRCC chair. And Rep. Rudy Yakym’s office confirmed to MS NOW that the Indiana Republican would also be vying for the spot.
但其他议员可能在未来几天乃至几小时内加入这些竞选，尽管竞选时间并不多。议员们定于下周初返回，众议院共和党领导层选举定于周二开始。
But other members may be jumping into these races in the coming days and hours, though there isn’t much time for campaigning. Lawmakers are due back at the start of next week, and House GOP leadership elections are scheduled to start on Tuesday.