阿肯色州参议员选举：美联社宣布科顿胜选连任
美联社11月3日晚宣布，共和党现任联邦参议员 Tom Cotton 赢得阿肯色州联邦参议员选举，击败民主党候选人 Hallie Shoffner，赢得连任。阿肯色州位于美国南部，州府为 Little Rock。
美联社结果页快照显示，全州2,768个选区中已有2,740个报告结果，约占98.99%，估计已计票约99%；Cotton 得票462,132张，Shoffner 得票364,737张，自由党候选人 Jeff Wadlin 得票28,146张。计票仍在继续，上述票数为非官方数字，最终结果以州选举部门认证为准。
Cotton 于2014年首次当选联邦参议员，2015年就任至今，是参议院共和党领导层成员之一；Shoffner 是 Little Rock 一带的农场主，首次竞选公职。Cotton 胜选后，阿肯色州的两个联邦参议员席位继续由共和党持有。
（来源：美联社）
Arkansas Senate Election: AP Calls Race for Cotton, Who Wins Re-election
The Associated Press called Arkansas's U.S. Senate race on the evening of November 3 for Republican incumbent Senator Tom Cotton, who defeated Democratic challenger Hallie Shoffner to win re-election. Arkansas is in the southern United States, and its capital is Little Rock.
The AP results page showed 2,740 of the state's 2,768 precincts reporting, about 98.99%, with an estimated 99% of votes counted; Cotton had 462,132 votes to Shoffner's 364,737, followed by Libertarian Jeff Wadlin with 28,146. Counting is continuing; the figures are unofficial and final results are subject to certification by state election officials.
Cotton was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014 and took office in 2015; he is a member of the Senate Republican leadership. Shoffner, a farmer from the Little Rock area, was running for public office for the first time. With Cotton's win, Republicans continue to hold both of Arkansas's U.S. Senate seats.
(Source: Associated Press)
来源：美联社
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图片来源：图：位于 Little Rock 的阿肯色州议会大厦。照片：w_lemay，CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock. Photo by w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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