今日来自全国各地的竞选相关新闻摘要。
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
- 国家共和党国会委员会（NRCC）的宗旨是帮助尽可能多的共和党众议院候选人当选，领导该委员会并非易事。主席不仅要负责招募和培训候选人，还要调配资源、监测民调，同时还要履行国会议员的全职职责。
- The National Republican Congressional Committee exists to help elect as many House GOP candidates as possible, and leading the NRCC is not an easy task. Not only does the chair have to oversee recruiting and training, but he or she also has to direct resources and monitor polling, all while doing the job of a full-time member of Congress.
在今年的中期选举中，是北卡罗来纳州共和党众议员理查德·哈德森（Richard Hudson）承担了这一重任，他深知之前表现出色的 NRCC 主席都曾借此职位作为跳板，迈向更高更大的舞台。
In this year’s midterm elections, it was Republican Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina who took on the challenge, knowing that previous NRCC chairs who did well used the gig as a springboard to bigger and better things.
麻烦在于，哈德森在全力关注全国几十个关键选区的同时，却在自己的保守派选区遭遇了比预期更艰难的挑战。
The trouble is, Hudson, while focusing on several dozen key races nationwide, ended up facing a tougher-than-expected challenge in his own conservative district.
周四，美联社宣布了选举结果：这一结果具有讽刺意味，颇能代表整个选举周期的缩影——现任 NRCC 主席在唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）2024 年以 16 个百分点优势拿下的选区里，以微弱劣势败选，连任失利。
On Thursday, The Associated Press called the race: In an outcome that proved surprisingly emblematic of the entire election cycle, the sitting chair of the NRCC narrowly lost his own re-election bid in a district that Donald Trump won by 16 points in 2024.
- 相关地，北卡罗来纳州第 1 国会选区成为美国历史上开支最大的众议院竞选，但共和党的巨额投入打了水漂：现任民主党众议员唐·戴维斯（Don Davis）成功连任。该选区正是州内共和党官员专门重新划分、意图击败戴维斯的选区，但这项精心策划的杰利蝾螈划区阴谋最终落空。
- On a related note, North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District proved to be the most expensive U.S. House race in American history, but the Republican spending was for naught: The incumbent Democrat, Rep. Don Davis, prevailed. This is the same district GOP officials in the state redrew specifically to defeat Davis in a failed gerrymandering scheme.
- 印第安纳州显然诞生了一个名为“林肯党”的新政党。据 NBC 新闻报道：“根据初步结果，该党首位候选人、印第安纳波利斯前两任市长格雷格·巴拉德（Greg Ballard）在周二的印第安纳州州务卿竞选中获得了逾 3% 的选票。依据州法律，若候选人在该竞选中获得至少 2% 的选票，其所属政党即可获得未来四年的选票资格。”
- The state of Indiana apparently has a new political party called the Lincoln Party. As NBC News reported, “The party’s first candidate, former two-term Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, won more than 3% of the vote in the Indiana secretary of state’s race Tuesday, according to initial results. Under state law, if a candidate wins at least 2% of the vote in that race, his or her party secures ballot access for the next four years.”
- 在洛杉矶市长选举中，市议员尼蒂亚·拉曼（Nithya Raman）——一位民主社会主义者——成功击败了现任市长凯伦·巴斯（Karen Bass），后者曾是民主党籍联邦众议员。
- In Los Angeles’ mayoral race, City Council member Nithya Raman, a democratic socialist, successfully defeated Mayor Karen Bass, a former Democratic member of Congress.
- 在爱荷华州，民主党人埃里克·阿姆斯特朗（Eric Armstrong）因健康问题于9月被迫暂停州众议员竞选活动。美联社（AP）本周报道称，他仍然获胜，以约9个百分点的优势击败共和党对手，阿姆斯特朗将于新年履新。
- In Iowa, Democrat Eric Armstrong had to suspend his state House campaign in September due to health issues. This week, the AP reported that he won anyway, defeating his Republican rival by roughly 9 points, and Armstrong will take office in the new year.
- 说到爱荷华州，民主党人罗布·桑德（Rob Sand）当选州长后，关于共和党联邦参议员查克·格拉斯利（Chuck Grassley）是否会退休的新一轮讨论随之展开。不过，这位93岁现任议员的发言人周四坚称，该参议员将继续履职。
- Speaking of Iowa, after Democratic Gov.-elect Rob Sand won, a new round of chatter began about whether Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley might retire. A spokesperson for the 93-year-old incumbent insisted Thursday, however, that the senator will continue to serve.
- 在纽约州北部，美联社周五上午宣布，共和党人安东尼·康斯坦蒂诺（Anthony Constantino）在该州第21国会选区获胜。这位康斯坦蒂诺正是选举之夜发表怪异激烈言论、并被视频记录下来的同一人，他在视频中用粗俗言辞公开谴责报道其竞选活动的记者。
- And in upstate New York, the AP announced Friday morning that Republican Anthony Constantino has prevailed in the state’s 21st Congressional District. This is the same Constantino who delivered a bizarre rant on election night, which was captured on video, in which he publicly condemned journalists who covered his campaign in vulgar terms.