2026-05-04T19:13:37.253Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：帕特里克·斯维特克
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发布于 2026年5月4日，美国东部时间下午3:13
周一，众议院民主党竞选机构在多个竞争激烈的众议院摇摆选区初选中表态站队，此举加剧了围绕政党领导层影响力的持续紧张局势。
美国民主党国会竞选委员会（DCCC）通过公布最新一轮“红转蓝”候选人名单介入其中，这一称号等同于正式背书。
尽管民主党在11月夺回众议院多数席位的形势向好，但此次背书行动表明，该委员会不愿在部分竞争最激烈的选区冒险提名候选人。
但民主党内部已就领导层的介入争执不休，这场争论在上周达到高潮：参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默支持的缅因州州长珍妮特·米尔斯退出了竞选。米尔斯为退伍军人兼牡蛎养殖户格雷厄姆·普拉特纳让路，普拉特纳是进步派的宠儿，尽管领导层曾担忧他过往在网络上发表的煽动性言论，以及他此前有一个与纳粹形象相关的纹身（现已遮盖）。
“不知何故，华盛顿特区仍未意识到，在缅因州，我们自己决定谁来代表我们，”乔丹·伍德说道，他的初选对手、州参议员乔·巴尔达奇赢得了民主党国会竞选委员会对缅因州第二选区一个空缺席位的支持。伍德补充道，初选结果将由缅因州居民决定，而非由“腐败不堪的 broken and corrupt political establishment”（注：此处保留原文讽刺性表述，译为“腐败失灵的政治体制”更符合语境）来决定。
在共和党众议员戴维·瓦拉达奥寻求连任的加利福尼亚州第22国会选区，民主党国会竞选委员会支持温和派州议员贾斯米特·贝恩斯，而非政坛新人兰迪·维莱加斯。维莱加斯的筹款额高于贝恩斯，并获得了参议员伯尼·桑德斯（I-佛蒙特州）及其他知名进步派人士的背书。
“看到华盛顿精英在这场选举中插手干预，这是不民主的，”维莱加斯在一份声明中说道。
民主党国会竞选委员会插手加利福尼亚州第22选区的决定在周一尤其引发争议。维莱加斯已成为全国进步派团体的宠儿，其中一个名为“工作家庭党”的组织在一份声明中表示，民主党领导层通过表态支持贝恩斯，实则是“慌了神”。
在另一项引人注目的干预行动中，民主党国会竞选委员会为亚利桑那州第一国会选区的前电视记者玛琳·加兰-伍兹提供支持，该选区目前有一个空缺席位。她的对手包括医生阿姆什·沙阿，沙阿曾在2024年该席位的初选中击败她，并最终以4个百分点的差距输掉了大选。
当被问及批评声音时，民主党国会竞选委员会的一位发言人援引了该委员会主席、华盛顿州众议员苏珊·德尔贝恩此前的声明。
“这些候选人能够获胜，是因为他们是真实可信、有独立主见的领导人，植根于各自的社区，他们证明了自己具备取胜的能力，并将为辛勤工作的家庭争取更实惠的生活，”德尔贝恩说道。
共和党人幸灾乐祸地看待民主党内部的这场新闹剧。
“他们糟糕的初选已经沦为极左势力的混战，全国民主党人插手只会加剧混乱，并疏远他们的极左基础，”美国共和党全国国会竞选委员会发言人迈克·马里内拉在一份声明中说道。
House Democrats’ campaign arm takes sides in contentious primaries key to winning midterms
2026-05-04T19:13:37.253Z / CNN
By Patrick Svitek
17 min ago
PUBLISHED May 4, 2026, 3:13 PM ET
The dome of the US Capitol is visible in the early morning hours of April 2.
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The House Democratic campaign arm on Monday inflamed ongoing tensions over the influence of party leadership by taking sides in several competitive primaries for battleground House seats.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee waded in by announcing its latest round of “Red to Blue” candidates, a designation that is tantamount to an endorsement.
While Democrats are in a strong position to capture the House majority in November, the batch of endorsements shows that the DCCC is not willing to take chances on who the party nominates in some of the most competitive districts.
But Democrats are already squabbling over the involvement of party leaders, a debate that reached a climax last week when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s preferred candidate in Maine, Gov. Janet Mills, suspended her campaign. Mills made way for veteran and oyster farmer Graham Platner, a progressive favorite, despite leadership concerns about his history of inflammatory online posts and a tattoo linked to Nazi imagery that he has had covered up.
“Somehow, Washington DC still hasn’t realized that in Maine we make our own decisions about who represents us,” said Jordan Wood, whose primary opponent, state Sen. Joe Baldacci, won the DCCC’s backing for an open seat in Maine’s 2nd District. Wood added that the primary will be decided by Maine residents and not a “broken and corrupt political establishment.”
In California’s 22nd Congressional District, where Republican Rep. David Valadao is seeking reelection, the DCCC backed moderate state Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains over Randy Villegas, a political newcomer. Villegas has raised more money than Bains and earned endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and other high-profile progressives.
“It is undemocratic to see DC elites putting their thumb on the scale in this race,” Villegas said in a statement.
The DCCC’s decision to get involved in California’s 22nd District proved especially controversial Monday. Villegas has emerged as a favorite of national progressive groups, and one of them, the Working Families Party, said in a statement that Democratic leaders had “hit the panic button” by signaling support for Bains.
In another notable intervention, the DCCC boosted former TV journalist Marlene Galán-Woods in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, where there is an open seat. Her opponents include Amish Shah, a doctor who beat her in the 2024 primary for the seat and went on to lose the general election by 4 percentage points.
Asked about the criticism, a DCCC spokesperson pointed to an earlier statement from its chairwoman, Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington state.
“These candidates will win because they are authentic, independent-minded leaders who are rooted in their communities, demonstrating they have what it takes to win and fight to make life more affordable for hardworking families,” DelBene said.
Republicans reveled in the fresh drama among Democrats.
“Their disastrous primaries have turned into a far-left free-for-all, and national Democrats stepping in will only deepen the chaos and alienate their far-left base,” Mike Marinella, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said in a statement.
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