美联社宣布巴林特连任佛蒙特州联邦众议员：赢得第三任期
11月3日晚，佛蒙特州民主党联邦众议员贝卡·巴林特赢得连任，获得其在联邦众议院的第三个任期。美联社于当晚7时41分确认这一结果，巴林特击败了共和党挑战者杰拉尔德·马洛伊。佛蒙特州投票站于晚7时关闭，在已统计约28%的选票时，巴林特领先马洛伊超过30个百分点，与她此前两次对阵共和党对手的表现基本一致。巴林特当晚在伯灵顿举行的佛蒙特州民主党选举夜集会上向支持者致谢，表示将继续追究权势者的责任、推动经济平等，并让年轻人重新对民主抱有信心。竞选期间，可负担性是双方共同的核心议题：巴林特在佛蒙特公共电视台的辩论中将汽油价格上涨归咎于伊朗战争，并批评特朗普政府的关税伤害小企业；马洛伊是陆军退伍军人与国防承包商，他表示若当选将致力于为佛蒙特州招揽企业、创造更多职业机会，同时在移民执法问题上主张采取不那么激进的做法。佛蒙特州只有一个联邦众议员席位，自1988年以来未曾选出共和党人。另有三名独立候选人参选，根据非官方结果各得票约1%。同日，佛蒙特州选民还投票选举州长、副州长、州议会全部席位以及两项州宪法修正案，州长之争的计票仍在进行中。
AP Declares Balint Reelected in Vermont, Winning a Third Term in the U.S. House
On the night of November 3, Vermont Democratic U.S. Representative Becca Balint won reelection, earning a third term in the U.S. House. The Associated Press confirmed the result at 7:41 p.m., with Balint defeating Republican challenger Gerald Malloy. Vermont's polls closed at 7 p.m.; with about 28% of ballots counted, Balint led Malloy by more than 30 percentage points, consistent with her performance against Republican opponents in her previous two races. Speaking that night at the Vermont Democratic Party's election-night gathering in Burlington, Balint thanked supporters and said she would continue holding the powerful to account, push for economic fairness and restore young people's faith in democracy. Affordability was a central issue for both sides during the campaign: in a Vermont public television debate, Balint blamed gasoline price increases on the war with Iran and criticized the Trump administration's tariffs for hurting small businesses; Malloy, an Army veteran and defense contractor, said that if elected he would work to attract businesses to Vermont and create more career opportunities, while favoring a less aggressive approach on immigration enforcement. Vermont has a single U.S. House seat and has not elected a Republican to it since 1988. Three independent candidates also ran, each receiving about 1% in unofficial results. The same day, Vermont voters also chose a governor, lieutenant governor, all state legislative seats and two state constitutional amendments; the governor's race was still being counted.
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图片来源：图：佛蒙特州议会大厦，位于 Montpelier（Kenneth C. Zirkel，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons）。 / Photo: The Vermont State House in Montpelier (Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons).
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