远投密西西比州参议员候选人Ty Pinkins可能成为该选区的“搅局者”，民主党提名人Scott Colom目前仅以微弱优势领先共和党现任议员Cindy Hyde-Smith。
Longshot Mississippi Senate candidate Ty Pinkins could be a spoiler in the race, where Democratic nominee Scott Colom is narrowly leading Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican. Pinkins, who ran as an independent, said he stayed in the race after realizing from an April poll that he had no chance of winning.
Pinkins曾以独立候选人身份参选，并表示自己在4月的民调显示毫无胜算后，仍选择留在竞选中，目的是搅乱选情。
He told a local TV station he hoped to boost Colom's odds of beating Hyde-Smith. Longshot Mississippi Senate candidate Ty Pinkins at first wanted to win — but says he stayed in to spoil.
他告诉当地电视台，希望帮助Colom击败Hyde-Smith。
Pinkins told a local TV station he remained in the race after an April poll showed he had no chance to boost Democratic nominee Scott Colom's chances of beating Republican incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Pinkins声称的搅局策略或许能奏效。目前Colom以96.2%的选票计票结果，仅以1,936张票的微弱优势领先Hyde-Smith，差距仅为0.2个百分点。这一差距大约是Pinkins所获2.1个百分点选票的十分之一。
Pinkins' purported strategy might pay off. Colom is narrowly leading Hyde-Smith in ongoing counting by just 1,936 votes, a margin of just 0.2 percentage points with 96.2% of the vote counted, according to the Associated Press. That margin is about one-tenth as large as Pinkins' 2.1-percentage-point share of the vote.
截至目前已计票近95.2万张选票中，Pinkins仅获得20,010票。
Pinkins has won just 20,010 votes so far out of the nearly 952,000 votes already counted.
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他说：“我所争取的那部分选票——人们担心这会分裂黑人选票——实际上是我把共和党选票分化了。”
"The portion of the vote that I drew — and people were concerned about splitting the Black vote — what I actually did was split the Republican vote," he said.
平金斯在图佩洛的电视台表示，他刻意避免在黑人人口较多的地区竞选，以免分走科隆的选票，科隆和他一样是黑人。
Pinkins told the station in Tupelo that he intentionally avoided campaigning in areas with large Black populations to avoid cutting into the vote share of Colom, who, like Pinkins is Black.
他说，这一策略奏效了，选举结果显示，他的大部分支持来自黑人人口相对较少的地区。
That tactic worked, he said, as the election results show he got most of his support from areas with relatively low Black populations.
“我来当替罪羊吧，”他说，“但我要告诉你：这场竞选中的无党派候选人把大部分选票从一名共和党人那里拉走了，自重建时期以来，首次出现一名黑人民主党候选人领先。” 平金斯是一名律师，曾竞选密西西比州州务卿，是2024年参议员选举的民主党提名人。他惨败给共和党参议员罗杰·威克，后者获得近63%的选票，而平金斯仅得约37%。
"I'll be the boogeyman," he said. "But I'll tell you this: The independent in this race pulled most of his votes from a Republican, and for the first time since Reconstruction, a Democrat who is a Black man is leading." Pinkins, a lawyer who previously ran for Mississippi secretary of state, was the Democratic nominee for Senate in 2024. He was crushed by Republican Sen. Roger Wicker who won nearly 63% of the vote, compared to about 37% for Pinkins.
尽管表现不佳，这位美国陆军退伍军人决定在2026年再次角逐参议员席位。但到了春天，他看清了自己参选的前景。
Despite that showing, the U.S. Army veteran decided to take another crack at the Senate in 2026. But in the spring, he saw the writing on the wall for his candidacy.
“我参选是为了赢，”平金斯告诉WTVA电视台，“4月时我就知道自己会输，但我也知道，根据[南方贫困法律中心行动基金和影响力研究公司]的民调，我正在拉走70%的共和党选票。” 南方贫困法律中心行动基金在发布民调时表示，“参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯的支持率下滑可能为民主党开辟一条获胜之路。
"I got in this race to win," Pinkins told WTVA. "In April, I knew I was going to lose, but I also knew that I was pulling 70% of the Republican vote based on the [SPLC Action Fund and Impact Research] poll." SPLC Action Fund, when it released the poll, said, "Sagging favorability numbers for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith could open up a path to victory for Democrats.
‘无党派候选人泰·平金斯有可能对任一候选人起搅局作用，’”南方贫困法律中心行动基金在4月表示。
"Independent Ty Pinkins has the potential to play spoiler for either candidate," SPLC Action Fund said in April.
在接受WTVA采访时，平金斯说，“夏天我大概可能只参加了六场竞选活动。”
In the WTVA interview, Pinkins said, "I probably attended maybe, maybe six events over the summer" as part of his campaign. "Six events. I don't have to," Pinkins said.
“六场活动。我不必参加，”平金斯说，“为什么？我反正赢不了。那为什么要去那些他要去的黑人社区呢？” “一些共和党人说他们会投给我，”他说。
"Why? I'm not going to win. So why go to these Black communities that he's going to?" "Some Republicans that say they're gonna that they're gonna vote for me," he said.
“他们真的在给我打电话、发邮件：‘我们要投给你，因为我们不想把票浪费在辛迪·海德-史密斯身上，我们不想捏着鼻子投给她，所以我们要投给你。请继续留在竞选中。’” 科隆和海德-史密斯的竞选团队没有立即回应CNBC的置评请求。
"They were literally calling me and sending me emails: 'We're gonna vote for you because we don't want to waste our vote on Cindy Hyde-Smith, we don't want to hold our nose and vote for her, so we're going to vote for you. Please stay in the race.'" The campaigns of Colom and Hyde-Smith did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment.