德克萨斯州参议员当选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科在2026年11月12日于丹佛“下一步”政治大会上的使命舞厅发表讲话。
Texas Senator-elect James Talarico speaks at the Mission Ballroom during the What's Next Denver political convention on Nov. 12, 2026.
大卫·扎卢博夫斯基/美联社 丹佛——民主党人涌入丹佛，参加为期两天的会议，这场会议一半是胜利派对，一半是对如何为选民交出答卷的清醒审视。
David Zalubowski/AP DENVER — Democrats descended on Denver for a two-day conference that was half victory party, half sober look at the road ahead on delivering for the voters who elected them.
由“多数民主党”团体主办的“下一步”会议，早在民主党以自水门事件以来最好的选举表现超出预期之前就已安排好。会议聚集了新星——如爱荷华州当选州长罗布·桑德、德克萨斯州参议员当选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科——以及策略师、组织者、州和联邦立法者以及潜在的总统竞选者。
The "What's Next" conference, hosted by the group Majority Democrats, was scheduled long before Democrats outperformed expectations with their best electoral performance since Watergate. It brought together rising stars — like incoming Gov. Rob Sand in Iowa Sen.-elect James Talarico in Texas— along with strategists, organizers, state and federal lawmakers and potential presidential contenders.
会议在一家音乐厅举行，会场内点缀着民主党重量级人物的多彩艺术画作，与会者参加了“选民想要什么”和“需要改变什么”等会议。演讲者强调的重点是，民主党必须重新赢得信任。
Held at a concert hall, with colorful artwork of party heavy hitters dotting the venue, Democrats attended sessions like "What Voters Want" and "What Needs To Change." The overwhelming emphasis from speakers was that Democrats have to earn back trust.
2026年11月12日，在丹佛“下一步”会议上展出的一系列海报。
A compilation of posters on display at the What's Next conference in Denver on November 12, 2026.
“我们在很久没有获胜的地方赢得了选举，甚至在一些从未获胜的地方也赢了。信息不应该是[选民]完全拥抱民主党，”科罗拉多州众议员杰森·克罗在一次采访中说。
"We won races in places where we haven't won in a long time, even in some places where we've never won. And the message shouldn't be that [voters] are fully embracing the Democratic Party," said Colorado Rep. Jason Crow in an interview.
“我们花了几十年时间把自己陷入困境，把人们推开，要重新赢得那份信任，需要不止一个选举周期，”克罗说，他是该党招募联合主席之一。
"It took us decades to dig ourselves in a hole and to push people away from us, and it's going to take us more than one cycle to earn that trust," said Crow, who is one of the party's recruitment co-chairs.
与会者在“下一步”峰会上欢呼。中期选举后，知名民主党人和政治内部人士聚集在此，评估选举结果，并辩论党的策略。
Attendees cheer during the What's Next summit. Following the midterm elections, prominent Democrats and political insiders gathered for the event to evaluate election results, and debate party strategy.
马克·马凯拉/盖蒂图片社/盖蒂图片社北美 处于观察期的政党 北卡罗来纳州民主党主席安德森·克莱顿批评该党在南方和黑人选民身上投入不足。
Mark Makela/Getty Images/Getty Images North America A party on probation Anderson Clayton, chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, took the party to task for not investing more in the South and in Black voters.
“当我们说黑人选民是我们党的基本盘时，我就要问，为什么我们不投资于这个国家的一个地区？周二晚上，这个地区刚刚证明所有人都错了，证明了什么是可能的，”克莱顿在热烈掌声中说道。“农村美国应当得到民主党的投资，我们必须奔向那些我们党曾经逃避的社区。”前交通部长皮特·布蒂吉格表示，民主党不应沾沾自喜。
"When we say that Black voters are the base of our party, then I ask why are we not investing in a region of the country that on Tuesday night just proved everybody wrong of what is possible," said Clayton to much applause. "Rural America deserves the investment from the Democratic Party and we must run towards communities that our party has run away from." Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Democrats shouldn't rest on their laurels.
“我认为我们在过去几个选举周期中已经受到了足够的政治创伤，因此不会从这一切中吸取错误的教训，”布蒂吉格说。“因为事情是这样的：我们刚刚经历的，究竟只是从一边到另一边再回来的一次摆动，还是改变美国政治的构造性运动的开端，这尚未定论。”他说，民主党可以在两个方面向现任白宫学习：一是“行动偏好，一上任就准备好干事，同时又准备好为长期做计划”，并补充说，民主党应该一上任就强势出击，推出一系列快速法案以降低生活成本。
"I think we are adequately politically traumatized by the last few cycles, so that we will not draw the wrong lessons from all of this," Buttigieg said. "Because here's the thing: it is yet to be written whether what we just experienced is one more oscillation from one side to the other and back, or whether it is the beginning of a tectonic movement changing American politics." He said Democrats can learn from the current White House on two fronts, by having: "a bias towards action and a readiness to get things done coming out of the gate and at the very same time a readiness to plan for the long-term," adding Democrats should come out of the gate strong, with a rapid-fire series of bills to lower the cost of living.
众议院下一任议长哈基姆·杰弗里斯告诉听众，他正好有这样的计划，包括一项强有力的议程：撤销医疗补助削减、禁止国会议员股票交易和中期选区重划、确立法定堕胎权，以及推翻最高法院的“公民联合”裁决——该裁决取消了对企业和工会政治支出的限制。
Presumptive next Speaker of the House Hakeem Jeffries told the audience he has plans to do just that, with a robust agenda that includes reversing Medicaid cuts, banning congressional stock trading and mid-decade redistricting, establishing a statutory right to abortion, and overturning the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision that did away with limits on political spending by corporations and unions.
会议本身穿插着多位潜在总统竞选人，包括布蒂吉格、新泽西州参议员科里·布克、宾夕法尼亚州州长乔什·夏皮罗、亚利桑那州参议员鲁本·加列戈，以及加利福尼亚州众议员罗·坎纳，后者是少数几位进步派演讲者之一。没有人宣布正式参选，但许多人展示了他们的竞选主张。
The conference itself was peppered with potential presidential contenders, including Buttigieg, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, and California Rep. Ro Khanna, one of the few progressive speakers. No one announced an official run, but many gave previews of their theory of the case.
“我确实认为，无论我们聘请谁担任这个国家的首席执行官，他都必须懂得如何运营，懂得如何办成事情，懂得不仅要有愿景，还要懂得如何兑现承诺，”夏皮罗对记者说。
"I do think it's important that whoever we hire to be the chief executive of this country knows how to run something, knows how to get stuff done, knows how to not just have a vision but knows how to deliver on it," Shapiro told reporters.
此前曾考虑可能竞选白宫的马里兰州参议员克里斯·范·霍伦告诉记者，他不再考虑此事，而是转而竞选参议院最高领导职务。密歇根州参议员埃莉莎·斯洛特金于11月13日在丹佛的“下一步”峰会上发言。民主党应该与特朗普合作吗？
Someone who was previously kicking the tires for a possible White House bid — Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen — told reporters he's no longer considering it, as he instead pursues the top leadership post in the Senate Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks during the What's Next summit on Nov. 13 in Denver. Should Democrats work with Trump?
整个会议期间，民主党人都在辩论是否以及如何与特朗普政府合作，为选民带来有意义的改变。
Throughout the conference, Democrats debated whether and how to work with the Trump administration in order to deliver meaningful change for voters.
“如果在上面贴上特朗普的名字，用金色字体写出来就能让它通过——当然，我会这么做，”密歇根州参议员埃莉莎·斯洛特金说。塔拉里科也同意。
"If slapping Trump's name on it and putting it in gold letters would get it through — hell yes, I would do that," said Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin. Talarico agrees.
“美国人民不能等两年才等来改变，所以我们必须与特朗普总统合作，”塔拉里科说。“我们应该让他的总统任期最后两年成为任何美国总统任期中最富有成效的两年。”但新泽西州州长米基·谢里尔则提醒大家保持谨慎，称特朗普是一个不讲诚信的行动者。
"The American people cannot wait two years for change, so we must work with President Trump," Talarico said. "We should make the final two years of his presidency the most productive of any American presidency." But New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill added a note of caution, describing the president as a bad faith actor.
“对特朗普来说，‘交易的艺术’就是他先搞清楚你想要什么，然后把你榨干，不停地索取、索取、再索取，却从不兑现承诺，”谢里尔说。“我对塔拉里科参议员的建议是，如果特朗普想与我们合作，我们会列出议程，让他签字即可。”
"The art of the deal to Trump is he figures out what you want, he leverages the you know what out of you, and keeps taking, taking, taking, and never delivers," Sherrill said. "My advice to Sen. Talarico is if Trump wants to work with us, we will lay out the agenda, and he can sign it."