作者：阿里特·约翰和[莫莉·英格利希]
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发布于 2026年3月4日，美国东部时间凌晨1:33
州议员史蒂夫·托斯（左）和丹·克伦肖议员。
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美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）决策部门已预测，州议员史蒂夫·托斯将在得克萨斯州第二选区的共和党初选中击败现任议员丹·克伦肖，这是一场令人震惊的意外胜利，此次竞选考验了现任议员是否被认为对总统足够忠诚。
克伦肖是一名四届国会议员和前海军海豹突击队员，他与党内保守派的关系错综复杂。尽管他一直是唐纳德·特朗普总统的盟友，但他也因支持乌克兰、安置阿富汗盟友以及投票认证特朗普在2020年总统选举中的失利而与总统和“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）运动发生冲突。
这位现任议员还批评党内成员，称他们是“骗子”和“表演艺术家”，只会对保守派说他们想听的话。
这些政策和风格上的分歧激怒了党内成员，包括美国参议员泰德·克鲁兹，后者支持托斯并出现在一个支持挑战者的超级政治行动委员会（Super PAC）广告中。（克鲁兹的团队在托斯宣布获胜后庆祝了胜利。）
尽管克伦肖的竞选资金比托斯高出150多万美元，但他仍被预测将失利。
这并非托斯首次挑战现任议员。2016年，他曾试图在得克萨斯州第八选区击败前议员凯文·布雷迪，但以失败告终。
托斯曾是一名大型教会牧师和本地企业主，在得克萨斯州立法机构中，他一直是最保守的成员之一，十多年来断断续续地任职。2024年，他是四名因反对党内被认为“过于自由”的成员而受到谴责的得克萨斯州众议院共和党议员之一。
由于共和党主导的中期重新划分选区，旨在为共和党争取多达五个额外的美国众议院席位，得克萨斯州第二选区（位于休斯顿以北）略有变化。托斯的大部分州众议院选区被划进了第二选区。
该席位仍然是共和党的坚固堡垒，托斯在11月对阵民主党人、商人肖恩·芬尼的竞选中将被大幅看好，芬尼在周二的初选中无对手胜出。
Texas Rep. Steve Toth will defeat GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw in primary upset, CNN projects
By Arit John and [Molly English]
34 min ago
PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2026, 1:33 AM ET
Texas state Rep. Rep. Steve Toth, left, and Rep. Dan Crenshaw.
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State Rep. Steve Toth will defeat US Rep. Dan Crenshaw in the Republican primary for Texas’ 2nd District, CNN’s Decision Desk has projected, a stunning upset in a race that tested whether the incumbent was deemed sufficiently loyal to the president.
Crenshaw, a four-term congressman and former Navy SEAL, has had a complicated relationship with the conservative wing of his party. Though he has been an ally of President Donald Trump, he has also clashed with the president and the MAGA movement over his support for Ukraine and resettling Afghan allies, as well as his vote to certify Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election.
The incumbent has also been critical of members of his party, who he’s called “grifters” and “performance artists” who tell conservatives what they want to hear.
Those policy and stylistic differences have drawn the ire of members of his party, including US Sen. Ted Cruz, who endorsed Toth and appeared in a super PAC ad backing the challenger. (Cruz’s team took a victory lap after Toth declared victory.)
Crenshaw is projected to lose despite outraising Toth by more than $1.5 million.
This isn’t Toth’s first time challenging an incumbent. He tried, and failed, to unseat former Rep. Kevin Brady in Texas’ 8th District in 2016.
Toth, a former megachurch pastor and local business owner, has been one of the most conservative members of the Texas legislature, where he’s served on-and-off for more than a decade. In 2024, he was among four Texas House Republicans who were censured for campaigning against members of their party they deemed too “liberal.”
Texas’ 2nd District, which is north of Houston, changed slightly due to Republican-led mid-decade redistricting aimed at netting the GOP as many as five additional US House seats. Much of Toth’s state House seat was drawn into the 2nd District.
The seat remains strongly Republican, and Toth will be heavily favored in the November matchup against Democrat and businessman Shaun Finnie, who ran unopposed in his own primary Tuesday.
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