2026年6月14日 / 美国东部时间上午11:37 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
华盛顿讯 当地时间周日，特朗普总统背书佐治亚州即将到来的共和党联邦参议员 runoff选举候选人迈克·柯林斯众议员，在这场将决定谁将挑战民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫的选举前数日介入了该竞选。
“迈克·柯林斯是一位真正的朋友、斗士和勇士，从一开始就与我们站在一起，我完全且彻底背书他成为你们的下一任联邦参议员，”特朗普周日早些时候在Truth Social的帖子中说道。
在上月的初选中，没有任何共和党候选人获得过半数选票，因此柯林斯将在周二的runoff选举中对阵前大学橄榄球教练德里克·杜利。共和党人一直争相争取在这个“桃子之州”挑战奥索夫，而该州的参议院选举是本届选举周期中最受关注的竞选之一，其结果可能决定参议院的控制权归属。
奥索夫是该州唯一寻求连任的民主党候选人，而特朗普在2024年总统选举中赢得了佐治亚州，因此共和党一直视这里为夺取席位的机会。但共和党未能团结推选出一名候选人，这让胜选之路变得复杂。
上月初选中，共和党众议员巴迪·卡特出局后，柯林斯和杜利争夺该党提名。拥有卡车运输企业的柯林斯自2023年起代表佐治亚州进入众议院，上月初选中以近41%的得票率位居第一。杜利是一名律师，曾在田纳西大学担任橄榄球教练，也是传奇的佐治亚大学橄榄球教练文斯·杜利之子，上月初选中获得了约30%的选票。
尽管柯林斯将自己定位为特朗普的坚定支持者，但杜利并未如此迅速地拥护特朗普，他将自己标榜为政治局外人，并承诺会为佐治亚州民众与特朗普合作。
杜利周日表示，他“非常尊重特朗普总统”，并期待与他合作。他在X平台上写道，“最重要的背书来自佐治亚州民众”，同时辩称自己更有能力击败奥索夫。
特朗普的背书使得这场竞选成为与州长布莱恩·坎普的间接较量，坎普此前已表态支持杜利，并将其强大的州政治运作资源投入到杜利的竞选当中。自2020年大选以来，特朗普与坎普一直存在分歧，当时坎普拒绝了特朗普干预佐治亚州总统选举结果的要求。
周日在Truth Social的帖子中，特朗普表示“我不认识德里克·杜利，其他人也都不认识，但他看起来是个好人”，随后他提及了佐治亚州2020年的选举结果。
特朗普称赞柯林斯是“一位非常成功的商人”，并称他“始终不知疲倦地为我们的美国优先议程而战”。
佐治亚州州长runoff选举前瞻
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-burt-jones-rick-jackson-differentiating-themselves-voters-georgia/
伯特·琼斯、里克·杰克逊如何在佐治亚州面向选民展现差异化立场
(时长03:10)
Trump endorses Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia Senate runoff
June 14, 2026 / 11:37 AM EDT / CBS News
Washington — President Trump endorsed Rep. Mike Collins in the upcoming Republican Senate runoff in Georgia on Sunday, wading into the race days ahead of the contest that will decide who takes on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.
“Mike Collins is a true Friend, Fighter, and WARRIOR, who has been with us from the very beginning, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be your next United States Senator,” Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social early Sunday.
Collins is facing off against former college football coach Derek Dooley in Tuesday’s runoff, after no Republican candidate cleared 50% of the vote in last month’s primary. Republicans have been vying to take on Ossoff in the Peach State, which is home to one of the most closely watched Senate races of the cycle — and could determine control of the upper chamber.
With Ossoff the sole Democrat seeking reelection in a state the president won in 2024, Republicans have been eyeing a pickup opportunity in Georgia. But the inability to coalesce behind a GOP nominee has complicated the path forward.
After a third candidate, GOP Rep. Buddy Carter, was eliminated in last month’s primary, Collins and Dooley have faced off for the nomination. Collins, the owner of a trucking business, has represented Georgia in the House since 2023 and finished first in the runoff with almost 41% of the vote. Dooley is an attorney who coached football at the University of Tennessee and is the son of legendary University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley. He secured around 30% of the vote last month.
While Collins positioned himself as a staunch supporter of the president, Dooley hasn’t embraced Mr. Trump as readily, billing himself as a political outsider while pledging to work with the president for Georgians.
Dooley said on Sunday that he has “great respect for President Trump” and looks forward to working with him. He wrote on X that “the most important endorsement is that of the Georgia people,” while arguing that he’s better situated to beat Ossoff.
Mr. Trump’s endorsement sets up a proxy battle with Gov. Brian Kemp, who threw his support, and his formidable state political operation, behind Dooley. The president and Kemp have been at odds since the 2020 election when Kemp resisted Trump’s efforts to intervene in Georgia’s presidential election results.
In his post on Truth Social Sunday, Mr. Trump said “I don’t know Derek Dooley, and neither does anyone else, but he seems like a nice person,” before mentioning the 2020 election results in Georgia.
The president lauded Collins as a “very successful Businessman” who he said is “always fighting tirelessly for our America First Agenda.”
Previewing Georgia’s gubernatorial runoff
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-burt-jones-rick-jackson-differentiating-themselves-voters-georgia/
How Burt Jones, Rick Jackson are differentiating themselves to voters in Georgia
(03:10)
发表回复