两州翻转参议员席位与州长职位，揭示下届大选的新政治现实民主党在得克萨斯州和俄亥俄州翻转州长与参议员席位——加上部分州议会席位的胜利——导致这两个州在选举之夜呈现出显著的“变蓝”态势。
Both states flipped Senate seats and governorships, revealing a new political reality for the next election The Democrats flipping governor and Senate seats in Texas and Ohio — along with some state legislature victories — resulted in both states turning dramatically blue on election night.
一些政治观察人士警告，尽管这些胜利意义重大，但并不一定意味着民主党的“蓝色”将成为永久的政治色彩——毕竟，每个州仍有一名共和党参议员。但这确实揭示了一种新的政治现实：得克萨斯州和俄亥俄州将成为2028年总统大选的选战摇摆州。
Some political observers caution that the wins, while significant, don't necessarily mean that Democratic blue will remain the permanent political colour — after all, each state still has one Republican senator. But it does reveal a new political reality that Texas and Ohio will be electoral battlegrounds in the 2028 presidential election.
周二，民主党在长期由共和党把控的州的州长选举中取得胜利，使该党二十年来首次拥有多数州长席位。
On Tuesday, Democrats scored victories in governor's races in states long controlled by Republicans, giving the party the first majority of governors for the first time in two decades.
民主党还在参议院翻转了七个席位，其中包括俄亥俄州，民主党人谢罗德·布朗击败了现任共和党参议员乔恩·赫斯特德。
Democrats also flipped seven seats in the upper chamber, including in Ohio, where Democrat Sherrod Brown defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Jon Husted.
同样在俄亥俄州，艾米·阿克顿以被视为冷门的胜利击败了共和党人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米，成为20年来首位赢得州长职位的民主党人。
Also in Ohio, Amy Acton delivered what was considered an upset victory, defeating Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and becoming the first Democrat to win the governorship in 20 years.
民主党州长候选人艾米·阿克顿周二在俄亥俄州哥伦布市选举之夜获胜后发表讲话。
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton speaks Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio, following her victory on election night.
得克萨斯州感受到的“地震” 但或许最令人惊讶的翻转出现在得克萨斯州，詹姆斯·塔拉里科击败共和党人肯·帕克斯顿，成为自1993年以来该州首位民主党参议员。
The 'earthquake' felt across Texas But perhaps some of the most surprising flips came in Texas, where James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton to become the state's first Democratic senator since 1993.
更令政治观察人士震惊的是，民主党人吉娜·伊诺霍萨击败了共和党现任州长格雷格·阿博特。伊诺霍萨成为30多年来得克萨斯州首位民主党州长。
More shocking to political observers was Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeating Republican incumbent Greg Abbott for the governorship. Hinojosa became the first Democratic governor of Texas in more than 30 years.
“塔拉里科是一个象征。吉娜是一场地震，”曾于1994年成为最后一批赢得全州性选举的民主党人之一的前得克萨斯州土地专员加里·莫罗对《纽约时报》表示。
"Talarico is a symbol. Gina is an earthquake," Garry Mauro, a former Texas land commissioner who was among the last Democrats to win a statewide race in 1994, told The New York Times.
民主党人不仅翻转了一个参议院席位、赢得州长职位，并时隔二十多年首次夺得得克萨斯州众议院控制权，还在联邦众议院选举中翻转了得州的两个席位。
Not only did Democrats flip a Senate seat, the governorship and seize control of the Texas House for the first time in more than two decades, they also flipped two Texas seats in the House of Representatives.
民主党人在得州中期选举中的胜利对2028年大选具有特殊意义，因为这是一个传统红州，长期以来被认为会自动将其40张选举人票投给共和党总统候选人。
The success of Democrats in Texas in the midterms is particularly significant for the 2028 election because it's a traditionally red state that has long been expected to automatically deliver its 40 electoral votes to the Republican presidential candidate.
得州利图诺大学政治学教授约翰·巴雷特对加拿大广播公司（CBC）新闻表示，如果塔莱里科是该州唯一的赢家，他可能会将其归因于政治“意外”，即塔莱里科只是一位面对弱势对手的优秀候选人。
John Barrett, a professor of political science at Texas-based LeTourneau University, told CBC News that had Talerico been the state's only winner, he may have chalked it up to a political "fluke," that Talerico was just a good candidate with a weak opponent.
但阿博特的认输，加上参议院和州长选举的胜利，向巴雷特表明，一场“政治地震”确实已经发生。
But Abbott's concession, along with the Senate and governorship victories, indicated to Barrett that a "political earthquake" had indeed occurred.
“我喜欢这个词，因为每隔一代左右，政治版块就会重新排列组合。”“得州将继续演变”巴雷特列举了得州多个地区，包括登顿县、塔兰特县、科林县，民主党几乎从未在这些地方获胜。
"I like that term because every generation or so, the political plates, you know, realign." Texas 'will continue to evolve' Barrett listed off a number of areas in Texas, including Denton County, Tarrant County, Collin County, that Democrats have almost never carried.
“它们全都变蓝了，”他说。“城市周围的郊区全都变蓝了。”巴雷特表示，这在很大程度上归因于拉美裔选民和所谓的“足球妈妈”将选票从共和党转投民主党。
"They all turned blue," he said. "The suburbs all around the cities turned blue." Barrett says much of this can be attributed to Latino voters and so-called soccer moms switching their votes from Republican to Democrat.
两年前，这些人群可能因特朗普承诺修复经济、降低通胀而被吸引，但巴雷特说，他们此后对这位总统感到失望，因为他们认为他没有兑现承诺。他相信，未来这些选民仍将处于可争取状态。
Those demographics may have initially been drawn to Trump two years earlier over his promises to fix the economy and lower inflation, but he says they've since soured on the president because they believe he hasn't lived up to his promises. He believes that in the future, those voters will still be up for grabs.
“并不是说民主党从现在开始就会赢，”他说。“但我确实认为，对他们来说获胜将更具可行性。”
"That's not to say that the Democrats are going to win from here on out," he said. "But I do think it's going to be more feasible for them to win."
“得克萨斯州将以一种前所未有的方式成为竞争焦点。”得克萨斯州南卫理公会大学政治学教授卡尔·吉尔森表示，现在断言得州共和党已无望还为时过早。
"Texas is going to be in play in a way that it hasn't been to date." Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Texas-based Southern Methodist University, says it's too soon to write off Republicans in Texas.
他指出，多年前该州曾是民主党的大本营，共和党花了数十年才成为天然的执政党。
He noted that years ago, the state was a Democratic stronghold and it took decades for the Republicans to become the natural governing party.
吉尔森认为，中期选举结果部分源于选民对特朗普持负面态度，视顶尖共和党人与其捆绑，并普遍认为共和党傲慢且自以为是。
Jillson says he believes the midterm results were due, in part, to an electorate that was negative on Trump, saw top Republicans as tied to him and regarded the Republican Party in general as arrogant and entitled.
“我认为得州仍是红州，但不像过去那样深红，并将继续向两党竞争的政治格局演变，”吉尔森对加拿大广播公司（CBC）新闻表示。
"I think Texas is still a red state, but not as deeply red as it once was, and it will continue to evolve toward two-party competitive politics," Jillson told CBC News.
民主党“聚焦”民粹价值观 俄亥俄州鲍灵格林州立大学政治学教授罗伯特·亚历山大表示，全美各地的民主党候选人，尤其是在俄亥俄州和得克萨斯州，都呈现出同类候选人传递同类民粹信息的特点。
Democrats 'zero in' on populist values Political science professor Robert Alexander at Ohio-based Bowling Green State University, said Democrats all over the U.S., but particularly in Ohio and Texas, featured the same kind of candidates hitting the same kind of populist messages.
特朗普三次赢得俄亥俄州，2024年更以11个百分点的优势拿下该州。但身兼民主与公共政策网络创始主任的亚历山大指出，当年选择特朗普的选民，今年却转身将布朗送入参议院。“所以我认为民主党确实聚焦于那些民粹价值观，”他说。
Trump has won Ohio three times, and carried the state by 11 points in 2024. But Alexander, who is also the founding director of the Democracy and Public Policy Network, says the same voters who chose Trump then, turned around and voted Brown into the Senate this year. "So I think the Democrats really did zero in on those populist values," he said.
民主党在俄亥俄州州议会也取得巨大进展，打破了共和党的超级多数地位。
Democrats also made huge inroads in Ohio's state legislature, breaking the Republican supermajority there.
亚历山大表示，尽管共和党在参议员和州长层面失利，但该党在州和地方层面的竞选中仍具竞争力。
Alexander says that despite Republican losses at the Senate and governor level, the party was still competitive in races at the state and local level.
“他们在大多数情况下仍然落败，但那些竞选的得票差距极小，”他对加拿大广播公司（CBC）新闻表示。“我认为这说明，即使在民主党大胜的年份，俄亥俄州仍然存在向共和党倾斜的趋势。”
"They still lost in most cases, but those races were razor thin," he told CBC News. "I think that speaks to, there is a pull toward the Republican Party in the state, even in a wave year."
亚历山大表示，与其说俄亥俄州截然呈现红色（共和党）或蓝色（民主党），不如说他眼中的俄亥俄州“更具民粹主义色彩，呈紫色（摇摆州）状态。”
Alexander says that rather than being distinctly red or blue, he sees Ohio as "more populist and purplish."
他还指出，尽管共和党今年遭遇挫败，2028年的大选依然将是一场硬仗。“我是说，竞争将异常激烈。”
He also notes that 2028 will still be a fight, despite the defeat the Republicans suffered this year. "I mean, it's going to be hyper competitive."