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米勒在这个牢固的共和党选区击败了获得州长格雷格·阿博特背书的州众议员布里斯科·凯恩
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发布于2026年5月26日 美国东部时间晚9:35
陆军作战退伍军人、能源高管亚历克斯·米勒在唐纳德·特朗普总统的背书支持下，离当选众议院议员又近了一步。
据美联社报道，米勒周二在休斯顿国会选区的共和党初选runoff中击败了德克萨斯州共和党众议员布里斯科·凯恩。
这个牢固的共和党选区的对决再次考验了特朗普的背书影响力，今年以来这种影响力在多场高关注度选举中已被证明具有决定性作用。
总统在3月初第一轮投票前为米勒背书，当时米勒以36%的得票率成为最高票获得者。
德克萨斯州众议院候选人亚历克斯·米勒周二在共和党初选中击败对手州众议员布里斯科·凯恩。（亚历克斯·米勒竞选团队供图）
特朗普背书候选人在激烈角逐的共和党初选中胜出，争夺众议院空缺席位
米勒还得到了保守派组织“成长俱乐部”的助力，该组织经常是共和党初选中支出最高的机构之一。俄亥俄州共和党众议员吉姆·乔丹也为她的竞选背书。
由于米勒未获得多数选票，这场对决进入runoff，与获得31%选票位列第二的凯恩展开角逐。
凯恩自2017年起在德克萨斯州众议院任职，获得了德克萨斯州共和党州长格雷格·阿博特的背书。他被视为州议会中最保守的议员之一，并吹嘘自己得到了全国步枪协会（NRA）、美国关注妇女组织、德克萨斯州年轻共和党人协会以及德克萨斯州家庭教育联盟政治行动委员会等多个共和党相关团体的背书。
唐纳德·特朗普总统背书德克萨斯州众议院候选人亚历克斯·米勒，而德克萨斯州共和党州长格雷格·阿博特则为布里斯科·凯恩背书，争夺这个休斯顿选区席位。（吉姆·沃森/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
多次试图弹劾特朗普的民主党众议员在激烈初选中进入runoff
初选获胜者将在大选中与环保活动家莱蒂西亚·古铁雷斯对决。
这个重新划分后的选区普遍被预计将重回共和党掌控，库克政治报告将其评为非竞争性选区。2024年特朗普在该选区的得票率领先近20个百分点。
共和党去年对这个以民主党选民为主的选区进行了重新划分，这是一项有利于共和党的选区操纵操作，实际上将任职二十多年的德克萨斯州民主党众议员阿尔·格林逐出了他所代表的选区。
2025年8月8日，德克萨斯州众议员布里斯科·凯恩（左）与众议院议长达斯汀·伯勒斯在奥斯汀州议会大厦的党团会议后离开。（杰伊·詹纳/奥斯汀美国政治家报）
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格林最终选择挑战德克萨斯州民主党众议员克里斯蒂安·梅尼菲，争夺休斯顿唯一的民主党席位，该席位的初选也于周二进入runoff。
米勒2022年竞选哈里斯县法官时以微弱劣势输给了法官莉娜·伊达尔戈，当时她也获得了总统的背书支持。
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Trump flexes endorsement power as Army combat vet wins Texas GOP runoff
2026-05-26T21:35:28-04:00 / Fox News
Mealer bested state Rep. Briscoe Cain, who was endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott, in the solidly Republican district
By Adam Pack Fox News
Published May 26, 2026 9:35pm EDT
Alex Mealer, an Army combat veteran and energy executive backed by President Donald Trump, is one step closer to winning election to the House.
Mealer defeated state Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Texas, in a GOP primary runoff election for a Houston-based congressional seat Tuesday, according to The Associated Press.
The matchup in the solidly Republican district was another test of Trump’s endorsement power, which has proven to be decisive in several high-profile races this year.
The president endorsed Mealer shortly before the first round of voting in March, during which she emerged as the top vote-getter with 36% of the vote.
Texas House candidate Alex Mealer won a runoff election Tuesday against her GOP primary opponent, state Rep. Briscoe Cain.(Alex Mealer campaign)
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Mealer notably received a boost from the conservative Club for Growth, which is frequently one of the top spenders in GOP primaries. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, also backed her campaign.
Because Mealer did not secure a majority of the vote, the race went to a runoff election against Cain, who came in second and notched 31% of the vote.
Cain has served in the Texas House of Representatives since 2017 and was endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas. He is viewed as one of the most conservative members of the state legislature and has touted endorsements from the National Rifle Association (NRA), Concerned Women for America, Young Republicans of Texas and the Texas Homeschool Coalition PAC, among other Republican-aligned groups.
President Donald Trump endorsed Texas House candidate Alex Mealer while Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, backed state Rep. Briscoe Cain for the Houston-based seat.(Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
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The primary winner will face environmental activist Leticia Gutierrez in the general election.
The newly redrawn seat is widely expected to flip to Republican control and is rated noncompetitive by the Cook Political Report. Trump would have carried the district by nearly 20 points in 2024.
Republicans redrew the Democratic-heavy seat last year as part of a GOP-friendly gerrymander that effectively ousted Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, from the district he had represented for more than two decades.
Rep. Briscoe Cain, left, and House Speaker Dustin Burrows walk away after a caucus meeting at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Aug. 8, 2025.(Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman)
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Green ultimately chose to challenge Rep. Christian Menefee, D-Texas, for Houston’s lone Democratic seat, which also went to a runoff election Tuesday.
Mealer narrowly lost a bid for Harris County Judge in 2022 against Judge Lina Hidalgo. She also received the president’s backing during that campaign.
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