民主党人在周二的中期选举中，凭借选民不满情绪的浪潮，在长期由共和党把控的得克萨斯州和佐治亚州等州的州长竞选中取得胜利，对特朗普总统及共和党的政策制定予以谴责。这些胜利使民主党二十年来首次掌握多数州长席位，从而能够对特朗普第二任期的议程构筑更强有力的防线。
Democrats scored victories in governor’s races in states long controlled by Republicans, including Texas and Georgia, riding a wave of voter discontent in Tuesday’s midterm elections to deliver a rebuke to President Trump and GOP policymaking. The wins delivered a majority of governorships to Democrats for the first time in two decades, allowing them to put up a stronger defense against Trump's second-term agenda.
竞争激烈的州数量出奇地多——这反映出特朗普低迷的支持率拖累了其政党，民主党在总统选举摇摆州、人口大州以及特朗普2024年轻松拿下的州均斩获胜利。他们取得了一场历史性胜利，基莎·兰斯·博特姆斯在总统选举摇摆州佐治亚州获胜，成为美国历史上首位当选州长的黑人女性。民主党在爱荷华州、俄亥俄州和得克萨斯州获胜，这些州多年来均由共和党控制州政府，此外还赢下了特朗普2024年翻红并以此赢得白宫的所有六个总统选举摇摆州。除佛罗里达州外，民主党还将主管全国人口最多的十几个州。
The number of states in play was surprisingly large — a reflection of Trump’s poor approval ratings dragging on his party, with Democrats rolling up victories in presidential battleground states, heavily populated states and states that Trump won easily in 2024. They landed a historic victory, as Keisha Lance Bottoms’ victory in Georgia — a presidential battleground state — made her the first Black woman to be elected governor in the U.S. Democrats won in Iowa, Ohio and Texas, all states where Republicans have controlled state government for years, as well as all six presidential battleground states that Trump flipped in 2024 to win the White House. Democrats also will preside over the nation's dozen most heavily populated states, except for Florida.
在选举日前几周，特朗普前往共和党优势明显的地区，为寻求助选的共和党州长候选人主持集会，这预示着即将到来的失利。总的来说，周二有36个州选举州长，这些州拥有全国约80%的人口。其中19个州的州长职位空缺。选举前，民主党州长代表全国60%的人口，但共和党掌握全国50个州长职位中的26个。2027年，民主党将至少掌握28个州长职位。
In the weeks leading up to Election Day, Trump traveled to heavily Republican areas to headline rallies attended by GOP gubernatorial candidates looking for a boost, in a sign of the impending losses. All told, 36 states that are home to about 80% of the nation’s population were electing a governor Tuesday. In 19 states, the office was open. Heading into the elections, Democratic governors represented 60% of the nation’s population, but Republicans held 26 of the nation's 50 governors’ offices. In 2027, Democrats will hold at least 28 governorships.
民主党上一次获得州长职位多数是在2006年，在一位第二任期共和党总统执政下的上届中期选举中翻转了六个州长职位。四年后，共和党夺回了多数。
Democrats last gained a majority of governorships in 2006, flipping six governors’ offices in the last midterm under a second-term Republican president. Republicans recaptured the majority four years later.
更多由民主党领导的州可能意味着会有更多州长对抗——或无视——特朗普的议程。特朗普考验了各州的权力，主要与民主党领导的州在以下问题上发生冲突：国民警卫队的调动、移民行动、联邦援助的条件，以及试图对选举要求行使联邦控制权，包括限制邮寄投票。博顿斯曾任亚特兰大市长，也曾担任前总统乔·拜登的白宫顾问，她克服了共和党对她新冠疫情期间管理该市的攻击，击败了亿万富翁里克·杰克逊，后者在这场竞选中投入了自己超过2亿美元的资金。
More states under Democratic leadership could mean more governors fighting — or ignoring — Trump's agenda. Trump has tested the power of states, clashing primarily with Democratic-led states over call-ups of National Guard troops, immigration operations, conditions on federal aid and efforts to assert federal control over election requirements, including restricting mail voting. Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor and onetime White House adviser to former President Joe Biden, overcame GOP attacks on her management of the city during the COVID-19 pandemic to defeat Rick Jackson, a billionaire who plunged more than $200 million of his own money into the race.
她指责他靠残缺的医疗体系发家致富，从他人的痛苦中获利。她的胜利打破了共和党对佐治亚州州政府的控制，民主党人艾米·阿克顿在俄亥俄州的胜利同样如此——在那场竞选中，生物科技亿万富翁、共和党人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米投放了一则广受批评的攻击广告，广告中出现了阿克顿关系疏远的母亲，使这场竞选成为全国头条新闻。
She accused him of getting rich off a broken healthcare system and profiting off pain. Her victory breaks GOP control of state government in Georgia, as does Democrat Amy Acton’s victory in Ohio, in a campaign that made national headlines when Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech billionaire, aired a widely criticized attack ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother.
在另外两个共和党控制的州，民主党人罗布·桑德在艾奥瓦州击败了共和党人扎克·拉恩；在得克萨斯州，民主党州众议员吉娜·伊诺霍萨击败了寻求第三任期的共和党州长格雷格·阿博特——自1994年以来，该州从未有民主党人当选全州公职。伊诺霍萨从初选中脱颖而出时，竞选资金总额仅为阿博特的一小部分，且在全州范围内毫无知名度，因此被视为胜算渺茫。
In two other GOP-controlled states, Democrat Rob Sand defeated Republican Zach Lahn in Iowa, while Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa beat third-term Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in Texas, where no Democrat had been elected to statewide office since 1994. Hinojosa was seen as a long shot after she emerged from a primary with a fraction of Abbott’s cash total and no statewide name recognition.
但随着农村共和党人对阿博特在数据中心、水权和公立学校方面政策的疑虑日益加深，同为拉丁裔的政界人士和政治操盘手致信民主党州长协会，请求提供1000万美元竞选援助，称伊诺霍萨已让这场竞选变得势均力敌。据AdImpact数据，民主党州长协会给了100万美元——远少于其在亚利桑那、佐治亚、艾奥瓦、密歇根、内华达、俄亥俄和威斯康星州的支出——而伊诺霍萨尽管在广告支出上以1比5落后，仍然赢得了选举。
But as misgivings grew louder among rural Republicans over Abbott's policies on data centers, water rights and public schools, fellow Latino politicians and politicos wrote to the Democratic Governors Association to request $10 million in campaign aid, saying Hinojosa had made it a close race. The DGA gave $1 million — far less than it spent in Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio and Wisconsin — and Hinojosa won despite being outspent 5-to-1 on ads, according to AdImpact data.
值得注意的是，阿博特缺席了特朗普在得克萨斯州的集会，这是总统不受欢迎的一个迹象。民主党人也看到了在阿拉斯加赢得州长职位的机会，那里的现任州长因任期限制无法连任。与佐治亚州一样，阿拉斯加自1998年以来未曾选出过民主党州长。共和党人赢得行政长官职位的最佳机会在堪萨斯州，这个通常是深红州的州份，民主党州长劳拉·凯利因任期限制无法连任。
Notably, Abbott skipped Trump’s rally in Texas, a sign of the president’s unpopularity. Democrats also saw an opportunity to pick up a governor’s office in Alaska, where the incumbent was term-limited. Like Georgia, Alaska hasn't elected a Democratic governor since 1998. Republicans' best chance to pick up an executive suite was in Kansas, a normally deep red state where Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly was term-limited.
共和党在佛罗里达州保住了控制权，联邦众议员拜伦·唐纳兹击败了戴维·乔利，后者是前共和党联邦众议员转为独立人士，并以民主党人身份在全美第三大州参选。唐纳兹将成为佛罗里达州首位黑人州长。共和党也曾觊觎俄勒冈州，但民主党州长蒂娜·科特克击退了共和党州参议员克里斯汀·德拉赞的第二次挑战。纽约州民主党州长凯西·霍楚尔赢得连任，前联邦卫生与公众服务部长、民主党人哈维尔·贝塞拉在加利福尼亚州轻松获胜。
Republicans hung onto control in Florida, where U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds defeated David Jolly, a former Republican congressman-turned-independent who ran as a Democrat in the nation’s third-most populous state. Donalds will be Florida's first Black governor. Republicans also had an eye on Oregon, but Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek fended off a second straight challenge from Republican state Sen. Christine Drazan. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York won reelection, and Democrat Xavier Becerra, a former U.S. health and human services secretary, cruised to victory in California.
民主党人还在2024年总统大选的六个摇摆州——亚利桑那州、佐治亚州、密歇根州、内华达州、宾夕法尼亚州和威斯康星州——全面掌控了行政部门。在内华达州，州检察长亚伦·福特击败了共和党州长乔·隆巴多。福特将成为该州首位黑人州长，他在竞选中强调自己挑战特朗普政府的法庭记录，并将隆巴多与总统捆绑。在宾夕法尼亚州，民主党州长乔什·夏皮罗赢得连任，亚利桑那州民主党州长凯蒂·霍布斯也是如此。
Democrats also swept control of the executive branch in the six swing states from the 2024 presidential election: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In Nevada, state Attorney General Aaron Ford knocked off Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo. Ford will be the state’s first Black governor after campaigning on his record of challenging the Trump administration in court and tying Lombardo to the president. In Pennsylvania, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro won reelection, as did Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs of Arizona.
密尔沃基县行政长官、民主党人大卫·克劳利赢得了威斯康星州空缺的州长职位，密歇根州州务卿乔斯林·本森赢得了该州空缺的州长职位。这些获胜者可能在2028年总统大选的选举管理中拥有重大影响力。考虑到特朗普有意扩大联邦对选举的控制，这一点可能很重要。
Democrat David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, won the open governor's job in Wisconsin, and Michigan’s secretary of state, Jocelyn Benson, won her state's open governor’s office. The winners could have substantial influence over election administration during the 2028 presidential election. That could be important, considering Trump’s interest in expanding federal control over elections.
与此同时，三位被视为2028年总统潜在候选人的民主党州长全部赢得连任：马里兰州的韦斯·摩尔、伊利诺伊州的JB·普里茨克和宾夕法尼亚州的夏皮罗。分析人士表示，展现出巨大的胜选优势、筹款实力以及帮助其他民主党人获胜的选举实力，向捐赠者和党内活动人士发出了强烈信号。在得克萨斯州，伊诺霍萨将成为该州首位拉丁裔女州长，而德布·哈兰德在新墨西哥州的胜利使她成为首位当选领导一个州的美洲原住民女性。
Meanwhile, three Democratic governors who are considered possible presidential candidates in 2028 all won reelection: Wes Moore of Maryland, JB Pritzker of Illinois and Shapiro, of Pennsylvania. Demonstrating a big margin of victory, fundraising prowess and the electoral strength to help other Democrats win sends a strong signal to donors and party activists, analysts say. In Texas, Hinojosa will be the state's first Latina governor, while Deb Haaland 's victory in New Mexico made her the first Native American woman elected to lead a state.
更多州选出了黑人州长。共有八位黑人主要政党州长提名人出现在选票上。在过去250年里，仅有三位当选州长是黑人，其中包括摩尔。博托姆斯、克劳利、唐纳兹和福特的胜利使这一数字在仅一次选举中翻了一倍多。与此同时，各州有望打破14位女州长的纪录。莱维为美联社撰稿。
More states elected Black governors, as well. Eight Black major party gubernatorial nominees were on ballots. In the past 250 years, only three elected governors have been Black, including Moore. Victories by Bottoms, Crowley, Donalds and Ford more than doubled that number in just one election. Meanwhile, states were on course to possibly beat the record number of 14 female governors. Levy writes for the Associated Press.