共和党内的领导权之争已经结束。对民主党人来说，痛苦才刚刚开始。
The Republican leadership fights are over. For Democrats, the pain has only just begun.
为何重要：如果没有人站出来竞选，所有关于更换党派领导层的讨论都是空谈。
Why it matters: All the talk about changing party leadership is empty if no one steps up to run.
- 参议院共和党人要求有更多时间、就领导层问题进行更深入的讨论，但没有人站出来挑战约翰·图恩，图恩以鼓掌方式当选。
• Senate Republicans demanded more time and deeper conversations about their leadership, but no one stepped forward to challenge John Thune, who won by acclamation.
- 民主党人则要求就本党的未来以及查克·舒默和哈基姆·杰弗里斯的领导层问题进行他们自己的讨论。两人都没有挑战者。
• Democrats are demanding their own conversations about the party's future and the leadership of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries. Neither has a challenger.
内情：在有竞争的领导权角逐中，挑战者都赢了。
** The intrigue:** Where there was a contested leadership fight, the challenger won.
- 众议员吉姆·乔丹是自由核心小组的创始成员，多年来一直给共和党领导人制造麻烦，如今他将领导遭受重创的众议院共和党人，此前他以33票的优势击败了在领导层任职12年的老将、众议员史蒂夫·斯卡利斯。
• Rep. Jim Jordan, the Freedom Caucus founding member who spent years tormenting Republican leaders, will now lead the battered House GOP after defeating 12-year leadership veteran Rep. Steve Scalise by 33 votes.
- 议员们对Axios表示，众议院共和党人即将进入少数党地位，乔丹正是他们想要用来对抗民主党人的那种斗士。
• Jordan is the kind of fighter House Republicans want to take on Democrats as they enter the minority, lawmakers told Axios.
- “我们正在为战争做准备。而你正在交谈的这个人被称为锤子。你知道我们需要一个能重拳出击的人，我认为他会做到这一点，”众议员兰迪·法恩（共和党-佛罗里达州）对Axios说。
• "We're gearing up for war. And you're talking to a guy who's known as a hammer. You know we need someone who can punch hard, and I think that he'll do that," Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) told Axios.
聚焦：民主党内部还没有出现这样的斗士来挑战本党领导人，舒默表示他“有信心我会当选多数党领袖”。
** Zoom in:** No such fighter has emerged to challenge Democratic leaders from within their ranks, and Schumer said he is "confident I will be elected majority leader." • The closest thing to a challenge is Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who's listening to calls to run for Democratic leader while also considering a presidential campaign.
- 最接近挑战的是参议员克里斯·范霍伦（民主党-马里兰州），他正在听取外界要求他竞选民主党领袖的呼声，同时也在考虑竞选总统。两者很难兼顾。
It's hard to do both.
- 与此同时，对舒默的反对正在积聚：“现在是变革的时候了，”参议员伯尼·桑德斯（独立人士-佛蒙特州）周二说。他与参议员埃莉萨·斯洛特金（民主党-密歇根州）一同露面，斯洛特金表示她并未“积极争取这一职位”，但要求拿出一份变革计划。
• Meanwhile, opposition to Schumer is building: "[T]he time is now for change," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday. He appeared with Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), who said she's not "actively seeking the job" but demanded a plan for change. ** Over in the House,**
在众议院方面，中期选举让杰弗里斯获得了压倒性多数，对于会有人挑战他的说法，他不以为然。
Jeffries is dismissive of the idea that anyone would challenge him after the midterms gave him a massive majority.
- “你觉得我没把票数锁定？那就下周三见分晓吧，”他周一对记者说。
• "You think I don't have the vote nailed down? I guess we'll find out next Wednesday," he told reporters on Monday.
- 他的一些新成员正放出信号，表示不怕违抗他们的新领导人。当选众议员唐·伦纳德（民主党-俄亥俄州）表示，可能反对第一位黑人议长让他心里“发痛”，“但罗马正在燃烧”。
• Some of his new members are signaling that they're not afraid to defy their new leaders. Rep.-elect Don Leonard (D-Ohio) said it "aches" his heart to potentially oppose the first Black speaker, "but Rome is burning."
- 但其他新成员站在杰弗里斯一边，比如当选众议员玛尼·冯·威尔珀特（民主党-加利福尼亚州）、丹尼斯·鲍威尔（民主党-内布拉斯加州）和凯特·康利（民主党-纽约州）。
• But other new members are on Jeffries' side, like Reps.-elect Marni von Wilpert (D-Calif.), Denise Powell (D-Neb.) and Cait Conley (D-N.Y.).
杰弗里斯还获得了
** Jeffries also has**
知名进步派现任议员的支持，如众议员格雷格·卡萨尔（民主党-得克萨斯州）、亚历山德里娅·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（民主党-纽约州）、普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔（民主党-华盛顿州）和罗·卡纳（民主党-加利福尼亚州）。
high-profile progressive incumbents on board, such as Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.).
- “这场竞选中只有一位候选人，哈基姆·杰弗里斯，我认为大家更关心的是这种领导意味着什么，承诺了什么？”奥卡西奥-科尔特斯周二对记者说。
• "There is one candidate in this race, Hakeem Jeffries, and I think that everyone is far more concerned about what that leadership means, what is it promising?" Ocasio-Cortez told reporters on Tuesday.
言外之意：图恩和乔丹关系并不密切；乔丹到来两年前，图恩就已离开众议院前往参议院。
Between the lines: Thune and Jordan don't have much of a relationship; Thune had left the House for the Senate two years before Jordan arrived.
接下来：参议员们说，他们计划在退伍军人节当天到国会大厦工作。
What's next: Senators say they plan to be in the Capitol working on Veterans Day.
- 参议员们说，图恩承诺在跛脚鸭会期增加工作天数，以确保不留下任何法官任命未完成。
• Thune committed to working more days during the lame-duck session to ensure they leave no judge appointments behind, senators said.