乔什·图雷克翻转艾奥瓦州参议院席位，为民主党赢得重大胜利。图雷克是一名残奥会选手兼州众议员，他在今年最受关注的参议院选战之一中击败了共和党众议员阿什利·欣森。
Josh Turek Flips Iowa Senate Seat in a Major Victory for Democrats Mr. Turek, a Paralympian and state representative, defeated Representative Ashley Hinson, a Republican, in one of this year’s top Senate races.
据美联社报道，残奥会选手、民主党州众议员乔什·图雷克于周二翻转了艾奥瓦州的开放参议院席位。他在今年最受关注的战场选战之一中击败了已连任三届的共和党众议员阿什利·欣森。
Josh Turek, a Paralympian and Democratic state representative, flipped Iowa’s open Senate seat on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. He overcame Representative Ashley Hinson, a third-term Republican, in one of this year’s top battleground races.
《纽约时报》此前预测图雷克获胜，而这一胜利发生在特朗普总统曾三次赢下的州，包括2024年以13个百分点的优势获胜。这为民主党带来了一个被视为该党争夺参议院控制权关键的席位，也表明特朗普总统的政策在美国腹地引发了反弹。
Mr. Turek’s victory, projected earlier by The New York Times, came in a state that President Trump won three times, including by 13 percentage points in 2024. It delivers Democrats a seat viewed as crucial to the party’s fight for control of the Senate and signals a backlash to President Trump’s policies in America’s heartland.
图雷克在竞选中大力抨击总统的关税政策和伊朗战争，认为欣森与特朗普的立场一致正在伤害艾奥瓦州民众，并抨击她支持削减医疗补助和食品券。他还称她脱离民众，强调她的个人财富以及她投票支持有利于上层阶级的减税政策。
Mr. Turek campaigned hard against the president’s tariffs and the war in Iran, argued that Ms. Hinson’s alignment with Mr. Trump was hurting Iowans and slammed her for supporting cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. He also cast her as out of touch, emphasizing her personal wealth and her votes in favor of tax breaks that benefited the upper class.
由于特朗普的关税和战争导致农民在化肥、柴油和汽油的高昂成本中挣扎，政治环境对图雷克有利。
The political environment worked in Mr. Turek’s favor as farmers struggled with the high costs of fertilizer, diesel and gas because of Mr. Trump’s tariffs and the war.
图雷克还避开了本党一些较不受欢迎的立场，他在一则竞选广告中表示，他将与“任何人”合作——包括特朗普——来确保边境安全，并在竞选过程中避开了文化战争议题。他历来寻求两党合作：2022年，他以六票之差翻转了自己所在的倾向共和党的艾奥瓦州众议院选区，并且是艾奥瓦州西部这一保守地区为数不多的当选民主党人之一。
Mr. Turek also eschewed his party’s less popular positions, saying in a campaign ad that he would work with “anyone,” including Mr. Trump, to secure the border and steering clear of culture war issues on the trail. He had a history of seeking out bipartisanship: He flipped his Republican-leaning Iowa House district by six votes in 2022 and is among the few Democrats elected in Western Iowa, a conservative area.
辛森女士的落选对该州共和党建制派是一个打击。她参选时的知名度高于图雷克，曾在锡达拉皮兹担任电视记者十年，随后成为州众议员，继而当选联邦众议员。她被视为共和党的一名优秀候选人。
Ms. Hinson’s loss is a blow to the state’s Republican establishment. She entered the race with stronger name recognition than Mr. Turek, having worked as a television journalist in Cedar Rapids for a decade before becoming a state representative, then a congresswoman. She was viewed as a top recruit for Republicans.
辛森试图通过批评特朗普的部分行政命令，摆脱特朗普在爱荷华州下滑的支持率所带来的负面影响，其中包括一项降低部分外国牛肉关税的举措，该举措遭到中西部牧场主的强烈反对。但她同时也紧贴特朗普的基本盘，在大选前两周于苏城与特朗普共同举行集会。最终，她长期支持总统议程的记录难以摆脱。
Ms. Hinson sought to escape Mr. Trump’s flagging approval rating in Iowa by criticizing some of his executive orders, including a move to reduce tariffs on some foreign ground beef that Midwestern ranchers vehemently opposed. But she also kept his base close, rallying with Mr. Trump in Sioux City two weeks before the election. In the end, her longtime support for the president’s agenda was difficult for her to overcome.
图雷克的胜利可能会在2028年总统大选前引发爱荷华州共和党人的担忧。前总统奥巴马曾两度赢得该州，随后特朗普在2016年将其翻红。
Mr. Turek’s victory is likely to set off worries among Iowa Republicans ahead of the 2028 presidential election. Former President Barack Obama twice won the state before Mr. Trump flipped it in 2016.
支持者表示，图雷克的人生故事激励了他们。他是两届残奥会篮球金牌得主，因出生时患有脊柱裂而使用轮椅，这一病症与其父亲在越战中接触“橙剂”有关。
Supporters said Mr. Turek’s life story inspired them. A two-time Paralympic gold medalist in basketball, he uses a wheelchair because he was born with spina bifida, a condition connected to his father’s exposure to Agent Orange in the Vietnam War.
明年宣誓就职时，他将接替共和党联邦参议员乔尼·恩斯特的席位，后者决定不寻求连任。
When Mr. Turek is sworn in next year, he will succeed Senator Joni Ernst, a Republican who declined to seek re-election.
他还将继承前民主党联邦参议员汤姆·哈金曾担任的席位，后者的政治遗产在于推动通过了《美国残疾人法案》，这是一部保障残疾人权利的里程碑式民权法。两周前的一次竞选活动上，图雷克表示，由他赢得该席位将是“诗意的”。“我之所以能站在这里，是因为参议员哈金的努力，”他说。
And he will inherit the seat once held by former Senator Tom Harkin, a Democrat whose legacy rests on his passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act, a landmark civil rights law for people with disabilities. At a campaign event two weeks ago, Mr. Turek said it would be “poetic” for him to win the seat. “I’m only here because of the work of Senator Harkin,” he said.
贝利斯·瓦格纳是一名政治记者，也是2026-27年度《纽约时报》奖学金获得者，该计划面向职业生涯早期的记者。
Bayliss Wagner is a political reporter and a member of the 2026-27 Times Fellowship, a program for journalists early in their careers.