参议院多数党领袖图恩赴爱荷华州为欣森助选：称尽管逆风、她仍会赢下参议员席位
据 10月24日刊发的哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）相关报道，美国参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩前往爱荷华州，为共和党联邦参议员候选人阿什莉·欣森助选。图恩来自邻州南达科他州，他说两州“有很多共同议题——无论是交通、国家安全，还是水资源，很多把我们联系在一起的东西”。在被问及政治环境时，欣森说她“专注于所有爱荷华州议题，为每个人压低物价”；图恩插话说她“正在走遍全州”。当被问及为什么爱荷华州的选情变得比预期激烈时，图恩提到了共和党候选人面临的“经济和政治逆风”，并指出尽管总统在 2024 年以 13 个百分点赢下该州，但中期选举年份、非总统大选年等因素都会影响整体环境。不过图恩对欣森表示了信心：“尽管如此，她会赢。”报道还指出，这一态势并不只限于爱荷华州：内布拉斯加州和堪萨斯州等中西部州的共和党人也陷入了比预期更激烈的竞争。目前参议院有 53 名共和党人，民主党若要夺取参议院控制权，需要翻转四个席位并守住其他几个席位；民主党方面承认，几乎所有条件都要对他们有利才可能实现多数，但这一局面已不再是不可想象。爱荷华州联邦参议员选举将于 11月3日举行。
Senate Majority Leader Thune Campaigns in Iowa for Hinson: Says She Will Win the Senate Seat Despite Headwinds
According to an Oct. 24 CBS News report, U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune traveled to Iowa to campaign for Republican Senate candidate Ashley Hinson. Thune, from neighboring South Dakota, said the two states share "a lot of mutual issues - whether it's transportation, national security or water, a lot of things that tie us together." Asked about the political environment, Hinson said she is "focused on all things Iowa, driving down prices for everyone"; Thune added that she is "traveling all over the state." Asked why Iowa's race has grown more competitive than expected, Thune cited "economic and political headwinds" facing Republican candidates and noted that although the president carried the state by 13 points in 2024, midterm-year dynamics differ from presidential years. But he expressed confidence in Hinson: "She'll win nonetheless." The trend is not limited to Iowa: Republicans in Midwestern states such as Nebraska and Kansas are also in tighter-than-expected races. Republicans currently hold 53 Senate seats; Democrats would need to flip four and hold the rest to take control, and while Democrats concede nearly everything must break their way, the outcome is no longer seen as unthinkable. Iowa's U.S. Senate election is Nov. 3.
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图片来源：图：爱荷华州议会大厦（资料图）。照片：Wikimedia Commons（CC BY 3.0）。Iowa State Capitol (file photo). Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).
