民主党提名人斯科特·科隆在密西西比州备受瞩目的联邦参议员选举中击败了共和党现任参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯，此前经历了漫长的选票计数过程，使该州自内战后重建时期以来首次迎来一位黑人联邦参议员。科隆的险胜在密西西比州引发巨变，该州数代以来一直由白人保守派把控，这一结果也将在全国产生回响。这一结果加剧了中期选举对唐纳德·特朗普总统的决定性否决，其所在政党在多个由共和党把控的州遭遇败绩，并将增强部分民主党人的论点，即该党的未来在于美国南部。
Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction. Colom's narrow victory is a seismic shift in Mississippi, which has been controlled mostly by white conservatives for generations, and it will echo through the country as well. The outcome adds to a decisive midterm rebuke of President Donald Trump, whose party suffered defeats in several Republican-controlled states, and it will bolster some Democrats' argument that their future runs through the American South.
美联社在周三宣布科隆胜选，此前当地选举官员花费数天时间处理缺席选票和临时选票，后者在密西西比州被称为宣誓选票。海德-史密斯在社交媒体上发布认输视频，海德-史密斯的一名发言人证实，她已致电科隆认输。密西西比州上一次选出民主党新参议员还是1947年，当时的获胜者是一名坚定的种族隔离主义者。
The Associated Press called the contest Wednesday in Colom's favor after local elections officials spent several days processing absentee and provisional ballots, called affidavit ballots in Mississippi. Hyde-Smith posted a concession video on social media, and a spokesman for Hyde-Smith confirmed that she had called Colom to concede. The last time Mississippi chose a new Democratic senator was 1947, and the winner then was a staunch segregationist.
43岁的当地检察官科隆，利用该州庞大的黑人人口、对经济的不满以及海德-史密斯在寻求第二个完整任期过程中的失误，发起了挑战。“他们实际上理应拥有一位会倾听他们心声、真正在乎他们想法、真正在乎他们遭遇的参议员，”科隆在竞选冲刺阶段表示。科隆在竞选期间称，他能代表整个密西西比州，这个种族分裂长期定义其政治和社会的州。
“关键在于要有一个再次代表农村美国、郊区美国、城市美国的政党——一个确保我们真正为选民兑现承诺、让他们的生活变得更好的政党，而不是找借口解释为什么我们做不到，”他说。
Colom, a 43-year-old local prosecutor, capitalized on the state’s large Black population, discontent with the economy and Hyde-Smith’s missteps as she sought a second full term.“They actually deserve a senator that will listen to them, that actually cares about what they think, actually cares about what they’re going through,” Colom said in the campaign's closing stretch. Colom said during the campaign that he could represent all of Mississippi, a state where racial divisions have long defined its politics and society.“It’s got to be about having a party that represents rural America again, suburban America, urban America — a party that makes sure we actually deliver for voters in ways that make their lives better, and we don’t come up with excuses as to why we can’t do it,” he said.
民主党参议院领袖舒默在社交媒体上庆祝。“斯科特·科隆是唯一能把这事成就的人，”舒默写道。“连同他的团队和志愿者，斯科特进行了一场毕生难忘的竞选，重新构想了民主党在南方的可能性。”华盛顿一度视为无望的竞争尽管获得舒默支持，这场竞争却是后来才进入全国聚光灯下，吸引了民主党人的关注，他们在黑人参议员——包括佐治亚州的沃诺克和马里兰州的阿尔斯布鲁克斯——敦促捐赠者和党魁将这场竞争视为可赢之后，才迟迟向科隆的竞选注资。
Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer celebrated on social media.“Scott Colom is the only person who could’ve gotten this done,” Schumer wrote. “Along with his staff and volunteers, Scott ran the campaign of a lifetime and re-imagined what’s possible for Democrats in the South.”A race Washington once viewed as a longshotDespite Schumer's support, the contest was a latecomer to the national spotlight, drawing attention from Democrats who belatedly infused cash into Colom's candidacy well after Black senators, including Georgia's Raphael Warnock and Maryland's Angela Alsobrooks, urged donors and party leaders to see the contest as winnable.
这位曾为罗纳德·里根总统工作的前共和党人的儿子，因其激进的竞选活动而受到关注，当时民主党正在扩大参议院战场版图，而海德-史密斯的弱点也逐渐显现。科隆因当年度传播最广的一些竞选广告而格外引人注目。
The son of a onetime Republican who worked for President Ronald Reagan, Colom garnered attention for his aggressive campaign as Democrats widened the Senate battleground map and Hyde-Smith's vulnerabilities crystallized. Colom attracted particular notice for some of the year’s most widely circulated ads.
海德-史密斯（67岁）似乎轻描淡写地回应高昂牛肉价格，称消费者可以选择其他蛋白质来源，科隆随即推出一则30秒竞选广告，画面中难以置信的选民表示他们会“另选一位参议员”。
After Hyde-Smith, 67, seemed to brush off high beef prices by saying consumers could choose other proteins, Colom cut a 30-second spot depicting incredulous voters saying they’d “pick another senator instead.”
当特朗普于10月下旬来到密西西比州科林斯为海德-史密斯举行集会时，科隆在特朗普支持者排队等候入场的队伍中穿行。他自我介绍，询问他们的关切，并阐述自己的施政重点。
When Trump came to Corinth, Mississippi, in late October for a rally with Hyde-Smith, Colom walked the line of Trump supporters as they waited outside the gates. He introduced himself, asked about their concerns and explained his priorities.
当晚晚些时候，特朗普邀请海德-史密斯上台，她用六秒钟说了九个词：“这难道不是我们有生之年最好的总统吗？”随后她退到一旁。
Later that evening, when Trump called Hyde-Smith to the stage, she said nine words in six seconds: “Is this not the best president in our lifetime?”
“我喜欢这样，”特朗普在继续长达80多分钟的演讲时回应道。“有时他们上来讲上10分钟。”
Then she stepped away.“I love that,” Trump replied when he continued his 80-plus minutes at the microphone. “Sometimes they get up and they talk for 10 minutes.”
这次露面符合科隆的策略：批评特朗普的政策——尤其是伊朗战争和关税，他称这些政策对密西西比州农民打击尤为严重——但不人身攻击总统或投给他的选民。相反，他始终将责任归咎于海德-史密斯，将她描绘成华盛顿的“无足轻重者” —— 这种批评在该州引起共鸣，因为该州习惯了塔德·科克伦、特伦特·洛特和约翰·斯坦尼斯等资深参议员，他们都晋升到权力核心职位，为密西西比州争取回大量联邦资金。
The appearance tracked Colom's tactic of criticizing Trump’s policies — especially the Iran war and tariffs that he said were especially hard on Mississippi farmers — without taking personal jabs at the president or people who voted for him. Instead, he consistently put the onus on Hyde-Smith, framing her as a non-entity in Washington — a critique that resonated in a state that has been accustomed to long-serving senators like Thad Cochran, Trent Lott and John Stennis, who all rose to powerful posts and routed federal money back to Mississippi.
海德-史密斯在面对科隆时陷入被动，这其中颇具讽刺意味。2022年，时任总统乔·拜登提名科隆担任密西西比州北区联邦地区法院法官。密西西比州资深共和党参议员罗杰·威克和前州长……海利·巴伯，这位前共和党全国委员会主席，也支持了该提名。然而，海德-史密斯依据参议院惯例阻止了科隆的确认，该惯例允许参议员否决总统在其家乡州提名的联邦法官人选。
There is some irony to Hyde-Smith finding herself flat-footed against Colom. In 2022, then-President Joe Biden nominated Colom to be a U.S. District Court judge in the Northern District of Mississippi. Mississippi’s senior Republican Sen. Roger Wicker and former Gov. Haley Barbour, who is also a former national Republican chairman, backed the nomination. Hyde-Smith, however, blocked Colom’s confirmation under the Senate tradition that members can spike a president’s choices for federal judicial positions in their home state.
科隆表示，他的参议院竞选从来不是为了向海德-史密斯报复。科隆呼吁铭记密西西比州的历史。这位当选参议员以一则广告结束了他的竞选活动，广告中他在杰克逊市梅格·埃弗斯的故居前出镜。埃弗斯是一位民权领袖，1963年在自家车道上被一名白人至上主义者枪杀，当着家人的面身亡。科隆说：“在密西西比州，没有人凌驾于法律之上，也没有人应置于法律保护之外。”
Colom said his Senate bid was never about getting even with Hyde-Smith. Colom called on Mississippi's historyThe senator-elect concluded his campaign with an ad that featured him at the Jackson home of Medgar Evers, the civil rights leader who, in 1963, was gunned down in his driveway by a white supremacist and died in front of his family.“In Mississippi, no one is above the law, and no one should be outside its protection,” Colom said, telling the story of Evers' military service at Normandy in World War II, his voter registration efforts in Mississippi, his assassination and the three decades it took to win a conviction.“He was killed for helping Mississippians vote,” Colom said.
他讲述了埃弗斯在二战诺曼底登陆中的军旅生涯、他在密西西比州推动选民登记的努力、他遇刺身亡，以及长达三十年才最终定罪的过程。科隆说：“他因帮助密西西比州民投票而被杀害。周二，请行使你的投票权，以此致敬所有为这项权利献出生命的人。”马里兰州参议员安吉拉·奥尔布鲁克斯和佐治亚州参议员拉斐尔·沃诺克等黑人民主党人早早就为科隆的竞选造势。
“On Tuesday, use your vote and honor everyone who died for that right.”Black Democrats, including Maryland Sen. Angela Alsobrooks and Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, highlighted Colom's bid early.
参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默协助科隆筹款，他还获得了其他外部人士的资金支持，其中包括伊利诺伊州州长J·B·普里兹克，这位亿万富翁也是潜在总统候选人。前总统比尔·克林顿和前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯在竞选最后几周为科隆助选。尽管共和党占据主导地位，但获胜之路始终存在。作为拥有全美最高比例黑人选民的州，密西西比州的大选多年来比其周边南方州份更具竞争力。
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer helped Colom raise money, and he drew financial support from other outside players, including Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a billionaire and potential presidential candidate. Former President Bill Clinton and former Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned on Colom's behalf in the campaign's closing weeks. Despite Republicans' domination, the path was always thereWith the largest share of Black voters of any state, Mississippi’s general elections have been closer for years than its immediate Southern neighbors.
特朗普在其三次总统竞选中均以两位数优势获胜，但2023年，共和党籍州长……塔特·里夫斯以仅 3 个百分点的优势成功连任。科隆和其他黑人党领袖及策略师在 2026 年全年坚持认为，凭借强劲的黑人选民投票率、共和党选民的不满情绪，以及民主党在密西西比州通常获得的白人选票份额有所上升，他能够缩小差距。
Trump won by double digits in each of his three presidential contests, but in 2023, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves managed to win reelection by a margin of just 3 percentage points. Colom and other Black party leaders and strategists insisted throughout 2026 that he could narrow the gap with strong Black turnout, Republican voter discontent and an uptick in Democrats' usual share of the white vote in Mississippi.
结果显示，密西西比三角洲地区及其黑人占多数的县投票率很高。但与 2024 年大选相比，该州几乎所有地区都向左倾斜，当时特朗普在密西西比州以近 23 个百分点的优势获胜。
Results showed strong turnout in the Mississippi Delta and its concentration of majority Black counties. But nearly all of the state moved leftward from the 2024 election, when Trump carried Mississippi by nearly 23 points. Then-Gov.
当时的州长菲尔·布莱恩特于 2018 年在科克伦辞职后，任命时任州农业专员的海德-史密斯为参议员。她在 2018 年赢得特别选举决选，又在 2020 年赢得完整任期。这两次她都击败了民主党人迈克·埃斯皮，后者曾任美国农业部长，也是重建时期以来密西西比州首位黑人联邦众议员。
Phil Bryant first appointed Hyde-Smith, who was state agriculture commissioner, to the Senate in 2018 when Cochran resigned. She won a special election runoff in 2018 and a full term in 2020. Both times she defeated Democrat Mike Espy, a former U.S. agriculture secretary who'd also been Mississippi's first Black congressman since Reconstruction.
在漫长的计票过程中，科隆承认了做到埃斯皮未能做到之事的历史性意义。但他表示，与其个人故事相比，他更看重自己在其他密西西比人，尤其是该州最年轻居民心中的位置。“我的工作是把下一任美国参议员的职责履行得足够好，以便下一次当某个年轻的黑人男孩或女孩拥有职业道德、远见和价值观，”他说，“他们想当美国参议员时，没人会因为我做过的任何事而说他们不该获得机会。”
During the extended vote count, Colom acknowledged the historic nature of doing what Espy could not. But he said he sees his place more in terms of other Mississippians, especially its youngest residents, than his individual story.“My job is to do well enough as the next United States senator that the next time some young black boy or girl has the work ethic, the vision, and the values,” he said, “and they want to be United States senator, that nobody says because of anything I’ve done that they shouldn’t get a chance.”