2022-08-16 08:23

看点:切尼陷入困境,佩林的眼睛又回来了

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华盛顿(美联社)——周二在怀俄明州和阿拉斯加州举行的选举可能会重新开启一位前共和党明星的政治生涯,并实际上结束另一位明星的政治生涯——至少目前是这样。

怀俄明州众议员利兹·切尼是美国众议院一个委员会的副主席,该委员会试图揭露前总统唐纳德·特朗普在2020年大选失败后坚持执政的真相,以及他在1月6日美国国会大厦叛乱中扮演的角色。

切尼决心阻止特朗普再次入主白宫,这让她不得不努力保住已经担任了三届的众议院席位。特朗普把切尼的下台作为首要任务,他支持一位挑战者,并前往怀俄明州试图达成协议。

在阿拉斯加州,萨拉·佩林(Sarah Palin)抓住了该州国会代表团的一个空缺,作为重新当选公职的潜在跳板。如果她在星期二举行的补选中获胜,接替已故美国众议员唐·杨(Don Young)剩余几个月的任期,她最早可能会在下个月前往华盛顿。

佩林曾是阿拉斯加州州长,曾在2008年获得共和党副总统候选人提名。她已经十多年没有当选公职,但她打赌,她那叛逆的保守主义品牌能让她在特朗普主义时代再次走红。

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怀俄明

切尼作为1月6日委员会副主席的工作,赢得了那些将特朗普视为美国民主威胁的人的两党赞扬。但这严重威胁到她在深红的怀俄明州赢得共和党初选的机会,特朗普在那里获得了2020年最不平衡的胜利,获得了70%的选票,而乔·拜登获得了27%的选票。

作为怀俄明州唯一的众议院议员,哈里特·哈格曼(Harriet Hageman)将否定切尼的第四次任期。哈格曼是夏安族牧场行业的一名律师,在去年赢得特朗普的支持之前,她在该州之外鲜为人知。

哈格曼在2018年5人角逐的共和党州长初选中获胜。她积极竞选切尼的众议院席位,出现在县集市、游行和牛仔竞技会上。今年5月,特朗普在怀俄明州首次公开政治亮相,吸引了至少1万人参加了支持哈格曼的卡斯帕集会。

切尼的失败将为该州迅速的、一度难以想象的政治崩溃画上句号。在该州,她的知名度几乎是全世界的,她的家族的政治根基也很深。她的父亲、前副总统迪克·切尼(Dick Cheney)担任该州众议院议员长达10年,直到1989年才卸任。

不过,在这场初选之前,共和党人把切尼踢出了该党第三号众议院领袖的位置,怀俄明州的共和党人谴责了她。安全威胁使得这位国会女议员在竞选期间无法参加公共活动和集会。

相反,切尼选择了私下聚会,并得到怀俄明州参议员辛普森(Alan Simpson)等知名传统共和党人的支持。她还发布了一则广告,她的父亲在广告中宣称:“在我们国家246年的历史上,没有一个人比唐纳德·特朗普对我们的共和国构成更大的威胁。”

切尼最大的希望是怀俄明州有足够多的民主党人改变党派,把票投给她,而不是他们自己党派的三名候选人,他们都没有机会参加11月的大选。就连切尼的亲密盟友也说,在这场竞选中,她可能把原则置于成功之上。

这让人们猜测切尼希望获得更大的成就,她拒绝排除参加2024年总统竞选的可能性。

阿拉斯加

佩林在阿拉斯加州有两次参选机会:一次是为完成杨的任期而举行的特别选举,另一次是明年1月开始的为期两年的众议院选举。

选民们在2020年通过了一项选举改革,结束了政党初选,并在大选中实行分级投票。佩林得到了川普的支持,在48名有资格参加特别选举的候选人中排名第一。杨在担任阿拉斯加州唯一的众议院议员49年后,于今年3月去世,享年88岁。

佩林现在正在努力确保与排名第二和第四的候选人,共和党人贝吉奇和民主党人佩托拉的胜利。在特别初选后,获得第三名的人退出了竞选。

佩林最近在保守派政治行动会议上发表讲话,谴责新的投票制度。她说:“这是奇怪的,令人费解的,复杂的。这导致了选民的压制。”

星期二的投票还包括众议院初选和参议院初选,特朗普的影响可能不是决定性的。阿拉斯加人在每一场竞选中选出一名候选人,得票最多的四名候选人将进入大选,不分党派。

共和党参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基(Lisa Murkowski)正在寻求连任,她已经担任参议员近20年。她面临着18个对手,其中最著名的是特朗普支持的共和党人凯利·齐巴卡。

该州资深参议员穆尔科斯基是特朗普的批评者,他在1月6日国会遇袭后的弹劾审判中投票判定特朗普有罪。这位前总统在上个月与齐巴卡和佩林在安克雷奇的一次集会上谴责了穆尔科斯基。

与此同时,众议院初选有22名候选人,包括佩林、贝吉奇和佩托拉。

贝吉奇试图把佩林塑造成一个放弃者,因为她在2009年任期过半时辞去了州长职务。贝吉奇是前阿拉斯加州民主党参议员马克•贝吉奇的侄子,前民主党众议员尼克•贝吉奇的孙子。佩林称贝吉奇是她在竞选中的"共和党伙伴"。贝吉奇反驳说,他一直都是共和党人,尽管他来自一个著名的民主党家庭。

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美联社记者Mead Gruver在怀俄明州夏延市。和阿拉斯加州朱诺的贝奇·波尔(Becky Bohrer)对本文也有贡献。

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在https://apnews.com/hub/2022-midterm-elections和https://twitter.com/ap_politics上关注美联社对中期选举的全面报道。