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在共和党竞争激烈的州长初选中保持中立数月后，这位总统称赞埃维特是一名“美国优先爱国者”
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就在总统唐纳德·特朗普在备受瞩目的共和党初选中的背书连胜被打破一周后，这位总统对共和党的巨大影响力再次面临考验，这次是在南卡罗来纳州。
而这位总统轻松通过了考验。
据美联社周二报道，特朗普在该“棕榈州”共和党州长初选中背书的候选人、副州长帕梅拉·埃维特在众多候选人中脱颖而出，拿下该提名竞选的两张入场券之一。
曾多次强调特朗普支持的埃维特，将在两周后的共和党决选中与获得第二名的南卡罗来纳州总检察长艾伦·威尔逊展开较量，角逐即将卸任的共和党州长亨利·麦克马斯特的继任者职位。
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南卡罗来纳州副州长帕梅拉·埃维特2025年7月14日在南卡罗来纳州贾德森工厂的烟囱区宣布竞选共和党州长提名。
由于没有候选人获得超过50%的初选选票以拿下多数席位，埃维特和威尔逊将在6月23日的决选中争夺提名，而在这个坚定的红色东南部州，获胜者将被视为大选的明确热门人选。
与此同时，在南卡罗来纳州共和党参议院初选中，长期以来的特朗普盟友林赛·格雷厄姆参议员赢得了多数选票，无需进行决选，美联社报道称。
获得特朗普背书的格雷厄姆面临包括保守派商人马克·林奇在内的五名候选人的挑战，林奇曾因格雷厄姆对伊朗战争的支持而抨击他。林奇得到了一些批评总统的“让美国再次健康”运动领导人的支持，该运动与特朗普时期的卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪结盟。
格雷厄姆的竞选团队及其关联政治团体花费了近2000万美元来强调特朗普的支持。总统还在初选前夜与格雷厄姆和埃维特共同参加了电话集会。
南卡罗来纳州联邦参议员林赛·格雷厄姆（R-SC）周二在南卡罗来纳州共和党参议院初选中赢得连任提名，他将竞选第六个六年任期。
尽管特朗普并未参与本次投票，但他对共和党的巨大影响力在南卡罗来纳州再次面临关键考验。
过去一个月里，总统的背书力量在共和党初选中展露无遗，他背书的候选人在印第安纳州、路易斯安那州、肯塔基州和德克萨斯州的对决中击败了他瞄准的现任官员，引发了全国广泛关注。
但他在最后时刻为爱荷华州共和党众议员兰迪·芬斯特拉背书——同一天他也背书了埃维特——并不足以帮助这位三届国会议员赢得胜利。芬斯特拉以微弱劣势输给了商人、农场主兼前政治战略家扎克·拉恩，拉恩得到了与特朗普时期卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪结盟的“让美国再次健康”运动（MAHA）政治分支以及由已故查理·柯克共同创立的强大保守组织“转折点美国”的支持。
特朗普背书的芬斯特拉在共和党州长初选中爆冷输给MAHA支持的拉恩并承认败选
2026年6月2日周二，扎克·拉恩在赢得爱荷华州共和党州长提名后举起拳头庆祝。
在南卡罗来纳州共和党州长初选中，主要候选人长期以来一直在强调他们对特朗普及其议程的支持，以期获得他的背书。
在保持中立数月后，特朗普背书了埃维特，在声明中称赞她是一名“美国优先爱国者”和一名“赢家”。
特朗普背书埃维特后，南卡罗来纳州联邦众议员南希·梅斯表示，她去年大声呼吁司法部公布与定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦相关调查文件的举动，可能导致总统将背书给她的对手。
南卡罗来纳州联邦众议员南希·梅斯（R-S.C.）正在竞选南卡罗来纳州共和党州长提名，以接替即将卸任的共和党州长亨利·麦克马斯特。
“我知道，当我要求公开爱泼斯坦文件的透明度时，我可能会失去获得背书的可能性，”这位议员写道。“我提出这个要求是因为你们理应得到真相——全部真相，”梅斯在X平台的帖子中强调。
特朗普在社交媒体上背书埃维特时还表示，他预计埃维特会选择州长的儿子小亨利·麦克马斯特作为她的副州长竞选搭档。
总统的这番言论在南卡罗来纳州政坛引发了反弹，也引发了猜测：曾在特朗普第一任期内接替辞职担任美国驻联合国大使的妮基·黑利出任州长、现已担任州长十年的麦克马斯特，是否试图为儿子的政治生涯助力。
南卡罗来纳州共和党州长亨利·麦克马斯特任期将满，无法在2026年寻求连任。
但麦克马斯特否认存在任何交易或施压，埃维特也表示，在初选结束前不会公布任何竞选搭档人选。
周五，小麦克马斯特宣布退出竞争，表示被提及为可能的副州长候选人“令人非常受宠若惊”，但“现在显然不是合适的时机”。
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但这一事件似乎并未影响埃维特的选情。
无论是埃维特还是威尔逊，都将在11月与赢得民主党州长提名的州众议员杰梅因·约翰逊展开对决。
保罗·斯坦豪泽是驻摇摆州新罕布什尔州的政治记者，全程报道全国竞选活动。
Trump rekindles endorsement winning streak as GOP gubernatorial hopeful advances to runoff
June 9, 2026 9:09pm EDT / Fox News
The president praised Evette as an ‘America First Patriot’ after staying neutral for months in the crowded GOP field
By Paul Steinhauser, Fox News
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One week after President Donald Trump’s endorsement-winning streak in high-profile Republican primaries was snapped, the president’s immense clout over the GOP was on the line again, this time in South Carolina.
And the president easily passed the test.
The candidate Trump endorsed in the Palmetto State’s GOP gubernatorial primary, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, finished first in a crowded field of candidates and clinched one of the two tickets in the race for the nomination, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.
Evette, who repeatedly spotlighted Trump’s support, now advances to a Republican runoff election in two weeks against South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, the second place finisher, in the race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Henry McMaster.
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South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette announces her bid for the Republican nomination for governor at The Smokestack at Judson Mill in South Carolina on July 14, 2025.(Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service/Getty Images)
Since no candidate topped 50% of the primary vote to land a majority, Evette and Wilson will battle for the nomination in the June 23 runoff, and the winner will be considered the clear favorite in the general election in the solidly red southeastern state.
Meanwhile, in the South Carolina GOP Senate primary, longtime Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham did win a majority of the vote, and will avoid a runoff, the Associated Press reported.
Graham, who was endorsed by Trump, was facing primary challenges from five candidates, including conservative businessman Mark Lynch, who took aim at the senator over his support for the war in Iran. Lynch was backed by some MAGA leaders who have been critical of the president.
Graham’s campaign and allied political groups spent nearly $20 million to highlight Trump’s support. And the president joined Graham and Evette for a primary eve tele-rally.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) won renomination on Tuesday in South Carolina’s Republican Senate primary, as he runs for a fifth six-year term in the Senate(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
While he wasn’t on the ballot, Trump’s immense clout over the GOP was facing another key test in South Carolina.
The brute force of the president’s endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries over the past month, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas that grabbed plenty of national attention.
But his 11th hour endorsement of Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa — which came on the same day he also backed Evette — in the race to succeed retiring GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds wasn’t enough to muscle the three-term congressman to victory.
Feenstra was narrowly edged by Zach Lahn, a businessman, farmer and former political strategist who was backed by the political wings of MAHA — the acronym for the Make America Healthy Again movement aligned with Trump Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and Turning Point USA, the powerful conservative organization co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk.
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Zach Lahn raises his fist in celebration after winning Iowa’s GOP gubernatorial nomination on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.(Zach Lahn for Governor via Facebook)
In the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary, the major contenders had long been highlighting their support for Trump and his agenda, in hopes of landing his support.
Trump, after staying neutral for months, endorsed Evette, praising her as an “America First Patriot” and a “WINNER” in his announcement.
After Trump backed Evette, Mace said that her very vocal push last year for the Justice Department to release the files related to its probe into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein contributed to the president’s backing of her rival.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in South Carolina in the race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Henry McMaster.(Tracy Glantz/The State/Tribune News Service)
“I know I put the likelihood of an endorsement on the line when I demanded transparency on the Epstein files,” the lawmaker wrote. “I demanded it because you deserved the truth – ALL OF IT,” Mace emphasized in a post on X.
Trump, in a social media post endorsing Evette, also said he expected Evette to choose Henry McMaster Jr., the governor’s son, as her running mate for lieutenant governor.
The comment by the president led to blowback in South Carolina political circles and speculation that McMaster, who succeeded then-Gov. Nikki Haley when she stepped down to serve as U.N. ambassador during Trump’s first term and who is in his 10th year as governor, was trying to give his son a political boost.
Republican Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina is term-limited and cannot seek re-election in 2026.(Jeffrey Collins/Associated Press)
But McMaster denied any deal or pressure, and Evette has said she wouldn’t name any running mate until after the primary is over.
And on Friday, the younger McMaster took his name out of contention, saying it was “incredibly humbling” to be mentioned as a possible lieutenant governor candidate, but that “now is simply not the right time.”
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But the episode didn’t appear to sidetrack Evette.
Either Evette or Wilson will face off in November against state Rep. Jermaine Johnson, who captured the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.
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