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哈里斯计划在小石城主持沙克利福德晚宴，这是她2024年大选失利后的首场竞选活动
作者：利奥·布里塞尼奥，福克斯新闻
霍尔希·绍夫纳表示，在前副总统哈里斯即将到访小石城之前，她并未邀请哈里斯与她共同开展竞选活动。
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阿肯色州联邦参议员席位的民主党候选人正试图与主流民主党相关的言论划清界限，其中包括前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯，她正为拿下共和党掌控的参议院席位而进行一场艰难的竞选。
“阿肯色州是一个非常注重独立的州。事实上，看看我们的投票历史，我们常常会拆分投票，”霍尔希·绍夫纳告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“我认为两党都已经抛弃了美国农村地区——民主党也不例外，”绍夫纳补充道，她驳斥了有关她邀请哈里斯前来共同竞选的说法。
这番表态之际，哈里斯正计划于本月晚些时候在小石城的阿肯色州沙克利福德晚宴上发表主旨演讲——这是她在2024年总统大选失利后首次主持的竞选活动。
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绍夫纳坚决否认她有任何计划在哈里斯即将到访期间与其共同开展竞选活动。
“我们与邀请这位前副总统前来一事毫无关系。她将在阿肯色州民主党举办的活动上发表演讲，而我不会出席该活动，”绍夫纳说道。
“这位女士要来，她只会停留两个小时，”她说。
绍夫纳认为，民主党应该着眼于未来，而非突出过去的知名人物。她抨击共和党试图将哈里斯的到访与她的参议院竞选联系起来。
“阿肯色州共和党人说我是幕后推手。为什么？汤姆·科顿和共和党人，我们现在为什么要重提2024年大选？”绍夫纳说道，她指的是她的政治对手、阿肯色州共和党参议员汤姆·科顿。
相反，绍夫纳表示，她正效仿那些采用温和政策以吸引农村选民的民主党人。
“如果我是霍尔希·绍夫纳，我也会假装不认识卡玛拉·哈里斯，”阿肯色州共和党主席约瑟夫·伍德在激烈回应她的言论时说道。“但绍夫纳藏不住两件至关重要的事：她向哈里斯捐赠了25笔款项，以及哈里斯此次到访阿肯色州是为了筹集资金，用于帮助她那日渐式微的竞选活动。”
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绍夫纳提到了2024年落选的前蒙大拿州民主党参议员乔恩·泰斯特作为不同民主党人的例子。
“我非常欣赏泰斯特参议员的一点是，他在前往蒙大拿州不同政治倾向的社区时采取了同样的策略，”绍夫纳说道。
“我们都是阿肯色人。我们都是蒙大拿人。你知道，我们希望能够买得起 groceries（食品杂货），希望能给汽车加上油，希望知道自己的工作明天还在，”绍夫纳说道。
泰斯特于2007年至2025年担任蒙大拿州参议员。他在连任竞选中败给了新晋参议员蒂姆·希伊，共和党人。
尽管绍夫纳声称对走自己的路线充满信心，但她面对科顿的竞选依然艰难。科顿现任参议院情报委员会主席。
科顿曾由前参议院多数党领袖、肯塔基州共和党参议员米奇·麦康奈尔精心挑选，于2014年参选参议员，他一直为唐纳德·特朗普总统对伊朗的军事行动辩护。
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绍夫纳认为这是她可以利用的弱点。
“这对阿肯色州人民有用吗？这就是国会的意义所在。本应该有一位阿肯色州人在华盛顿说：‘等等，他们需要柴油和化肥价格保持低位。’这才是参议员或众议员应该挺身而出的时候，说‘我家乡的人民会受到影响’，”绍夫纳说道。
绍夫纳将于11月3日的全州大选中与科顿展开对决。
利奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会团队的政治记者。此前他曾在《世界杂志》担任记者。
Dem Senate nominee distances herself from Kamala Harris ahead of visit: ‘Will not be attending’
April 8, 2026 1:06pm EDT / Fox News
Harris plans to headline the Shackelford Dinner in Little Rock, her first campaign event since the 2024 election loss
By Leo Briceno, Fox News
Hallie Shoffner says she did not invite Kamala Harris to campaign with her ahead of the former vice president’s upcoming appearance in Little Rock.
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The Democratic nominee for a Senate seat in Arkansas is trying to distance herself from messaging tied to the mainstream Democratic Party, including former Vice President Kamala Harris, as she wages an uphill bid to flip a Republican Senate seat.
“Arkansas is a very independent state. In fact, if you look at our voting history, we are often split-ticket voters,”Hallie Shoffner told Fox News Digital.
“I feel that both of the parties just walked away from rural America — Democrats included,” added Shoffner, who is pushing back on claims that she invited Harris to campaign with her.
Her comments come as Harris plans to deliver keynote remarks at the Arkansas Shackelford Dinner in Little Rock later this month — the first campaign event she has headlined since she lost the 2024 presidential election.
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Hallie Shoffner, left, pictured alongside former Vice President Kamala Harris(Fox News Digital; Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Shoffner strongly denied she had any intention of campaigning with Harris at her upcoming appearance.
“We had nothing to do with bringing the former vice president here. She’s speaking at a Democratic Party of Arkansas event, an event I will not be attending,” Shoffner said.
“This woman is coming, and she’s going to be here for all of two hours,” she said.
Shoffner believes the party should focus on its future, rather than highlighting high-profile names of the past. She blasted Republican attempts to link Harris’ appearance to her Senate bid.
“The Republican Party of Arkansas is talking like I’m the one who’s responsible. Why? Tom Cotton and the Republican Party, why are we relitigating the 2024 election right now?” Shoffner said, referring to her political opponent, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.
Instead, Shoffner said she is trying to emulate different Democrats who have used middle-of-the-road platforms to attract rural voters.
“If I were Hallie Shoffner, I’d pretend like I didn’t know Kamala Harris either,” Joseph Wood, the chairman of the Republican Party of Arkansas, said in a fiery response to her comments. “But Shoffner can’t hide two very important things: her 25 donations to Harris, or that Harris is coming to Arkansas to raise money that will be used to try and help her failing campaign.”
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Shoffner mentioned former Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who was defeated in 2024, as an example of a different Democrat.
“One of the things I really like about Sen. Tester is he takes the same approach when he’s going into diverse political communities in Montana,” Shoffner said.
“We’re all Arkansans. We’re all Montanans. You know, we want to be able to buy our groceries. We want to put gas in our car. We want to know that our job is going to be there the next day,” Shoffner said.
Tester represented Montana as a senator from 2007 to 2025. He lost his re-election bid to newcomer Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont.
Despite asserting confidence in charting her own course, Shoffner faces an uphill race against Cotton, the current chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Shoffner believes that’s a weakness she can exploit.
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“Does it work for the people of Arkansas? That’s the point of Congress. That there should have been an Arkansan up there in D.C. who said, ‘Now, wait a minute, they need diesel and fertilizer prices to be low.’ That is when a senator or a representative from a state is supposed to step in and say, ‘My people at home will be affected,’” Shoffner said.
Shoffner will face off against Cotton in the state’s general election on Nov. 3.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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