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获特朗普背书的候选人与佐治亚州州长布莱恩·坎普和参议员特德·克鲁兹支持的对手展开激烈对决，这场共和党较量至关重要
柯林斯称特朗普的背书证明他掌握了赢得参议院席位的策略
佐治亚州众议员迈克·柯林斯在唐纳德·特朗普总统背书这位共和党参议院候选人数小时后接受了福克斯新闻数字频道采访，此前他将于周二与共和党人德里克·杜利进行决选。
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虽然总统唐纳德·特朗普并未参与本次投票，但他对共和党的巨大影响力将于周二在佐治亚州和阿拉巴马州的高风险共和党决选中迎来更多关键考验。
获特朗普背书的候选人将在竞争激烈的对决中争夺佐治亚州这个关键摇摆州的共和党州长和参议院提名，以及在向来深红的阿拉巴马州争夺参议院席位。
周二的佐治亚州和阿拉巴马州选举同时，俄克拉荷马州和哥伦比亚特区将举行初选，加利福尼亚州第14国会选区的选民将参加特别选举，以缩小候选人范围，目前有近十名候选人希望填补因深陷丑闻的民主党众议员埃里克·斯沃威尔辞职而空缺的席位。
但最受关注的当属佐治亚州。上周末，特朗普在该州参议院选举的最后时刻进行了背书，这是全国为数不多的几场将决定共和党能否维持参议院微弱多数席位的中期选举较量之一。
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从左至右依次为：佐治亚州共和党联邦参议院候选人德里克·杜利、他的妻子艾莉森·杰弗斯·杜利、佐治亚州第一夫人玛蒂·坎普以及州长布莱恩·坎普，2026年5月19日周二，他们在佐治亚州亚特兰大的Park Bench Battery举行的选举夜活动上。（本·亨登/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
特朗普背书了共和党众议员迈克·柯林斯，这位“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）运动的拥护者同时也是总统的坚定支持者，他将迎战前大学橄榄球教练德里克·杜利，而杜利得到了颇受欢迎的保守派佐治亚州州长布莱恩·坎普的支持。
“能获得这一背书是我的荣幸。这恰恰表明，他相信我们知道如何赢得这场选举，我们在竞选中处于领先地位，”柯林斯在获得特朗普背书数小时后，于周日对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。
当被问及特朗普在佐治亚州的背书是否为时已晚，无法发挥作用时，柯林斯说：“我不认为特朗普总统的背书会太迟。他有着无可挑剔的能力，总能在恰当的时机为自己支持的事物按下加速键。”
以局外人身份参选的杜利则在决选前夜接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，总统对其对手的背书“不会改变我的想法”。
**这些中期选举将决定共和党能否维持参议院多数席位
“能获得坎普州长的背书，我深感荣幸。当然，能获得总统的背书我也会倍感荣幸，但我为之奋斗的最重要背书，是佐治亚州人民的支持，”他强调道。
柯林斯代表佐治亚州第10国会选区，该选区位于亚特兰大和奥古斯塔之间，他是已故众议员麦克·柯林斯的儿子，与妻子共同创立并拥有一家货运公司。
杜利是一名律师，曾担任田纳西大学橄榄球教练，同时也是传奇的佐治亚大学橄榄球主教练文斯·杜利之子，他得到了与自己是 lifelong 好友的坎普的大力支持。坎普州长和妻子、佐治亚州第一夫人玛蒂·坎普经常与杜利一同出现在竞选活动中，而州长的首席政治顾问正是杜利参议院竞选团队的高级顾问。
在上个月的初选中，柯林斯和杜利是参选人数众多的候选人中的前两名，当时的候选人还包括众议员巴迪·卡特。由于无人得票超过50%，柯林斯和杜利晋级周二的决选。
佐治亚州共和党参议院提名的获胜者将在中期选举中与民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫展开对决。共和党人将奥索夫视为寻求连任的民主党参议员中最脆弱的一位，并将大量精力放在这位首次当选的参议员身上。但尽管共和党人在过去一年中一直在争夺党内提名，奥索夫已经筹集了雄厚的竞选资金，这将为他在大选开始时带来巨大的筹款优势。
任期将满的佐治亚州共和党州长布莱恩·坎普（右）于2026年6月15日在佐治亚州亚特兰大为共和党州长决选候选人副州长伯特·琼斯背书。（保罗·斯坦豪斯/福克斯新闻）
特朗普背书的影响力在佐治亚州州长提名决选中也面临关键考验。去年，特朗普背书了副州长伯特·琼斯，以接替即将卸任的坎普。琼斯将迎战亿万富翁商人里克·杰克逊，后者已为自己的竞选活动投入了超过1亿美元的个人资金。
决选获胜者将在今年秋季的大选中与曾担任亚特兰大市长的凯莎·兰斯·巴托姆斯展开对决，巴托姆斯曾在拜登政府任职。在上个月的民主党州长初选中，巴托姆斯获得了多数选票，击败其他六名候选人，无需进行决选。
琼斯和杰克逊是上个月竞争激烈的共和党州长初选中的前两名，当时的候选人还包括州总检察长克里斯·卡尔和佐治亚州务卿布拉德·拉芬斯珀格。由于无人得票超过50%，琼斯和杰克逊晋级决选。
琼斯在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时提及特朗普上周为他主持的电话集会：“总统的背书在佐治亚州举足轻重。”
坎普于周日进行了最后时刻的背书，支持琼斯。在周一上午的一场活动中，坎普解释道，他的目标是“确保我们提名的候选人能在11月的选举中获胜，这也是我支持伯特·琼斯竞选州长的原因”。
“想想我们州的发展方向，以及我们已经取得的成就，我认为他最适合带领佐治亚州向前发展，”坎普说道。他还警告称，“如果我们不能获胜，后果将不堪设想，我们会重蹈弗吉尼亚州、纽约州和加利福尼亚州的覆辙，我们绝对不能这样做。”
琼斯曾是佐治亚大学橄榄球队的队长，一名石油高管，也是琼斯石油公司的继承人，在2022年当选副州长之前，他曾担任州参议员。
杰克逊在今年2月宣布竞选州长之前，佐治亚州选民对他并不熟悉，但凭借铺天盖地的广告宣传，他在寄养家庭长大、无力负担大学学费却白手起家建立商业帝国的故事在佐治亚州广为人知。
他多次强调，自己和特朗普一样，都是商界出身的局外人。“我会成为特朗普最喜欢的州长，因为我们在处理商业和问题的方式上如出一辙，我想在佐治亚州复制他在联邦政府的施政方针，”他在周日接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时重申道。
在决选前夜，他预测：“我认为民众已经准备好支持一位局外人。这正是他们想要的，也是他们会投票支持的对象。这就是我们明天会获胜的原因。”
杰克逊也获得了最后时刻的背书。保守派旗手参议员特德·克鲁兹于周五背书杰克逊，并与他一同参加了决选前夜的竞选集会。
“里克有着非凡的从政履历和人生故事。我也认为他具备获胜的条件。而当前的风险太高了。这场选举是全国性的战场，我们不能输掉佐治亚州，”克鲁兹对福克斯新闻表示。
克鲁兹在周五背书杰克逊的同时，也支持了南卡罗来纳州总检察长艾伦·威尔逊，威尔逊将于一周后与特朗普背书的副州长帕梅拉·埃维特展开对决。
当被问及是否试图在竞选活动中与总统保持距离时，克鲁兹迅速回应：“不，完全没有……总统和我在绝大多数选举问题上立场一致。我在每场选举中都会尽力背书最强大的保守派候选人，且能赢得选举。通常我会在竞选后期介入，此时我的支持或许能发挥作用、提供帮助。”
在克鲁兹到访前夕，琼斯对杰克逊展开了批评。
“他不断请来这些外州的参议员为他背书，而我们更愿意获得总统的背书，”他说，“他不得不远赴外州寻求支持。我们的支持全都来自本州。”
在邻州阿拉巴马州，特朗普背书了众议员巴里·摩尔，他将在共和党参议院决选中与前海军海豹突击队狙击手贾里德·哈德森展开对决，以接替计划参选州长而非寻求连任的共和党参议员汤米·图伯维尔。
摩尔曾创立一家垃圾清运公司，后来担任州议员，并于2020年首次当选美国众议院议员，他是2015年特朗普首次竞选总统时最早背书他的政治家之一，同时还获得了副总统JD·万斯和参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩的背书。
众议员巴里·摩尔在2024年共和党全国代表大会最后一晚的画面，他今年正在阿拉巴马州参选联邦参议员。（汤姆·威廉姆斯）
摩尔代表阿拉巴马州南部的第1国会选区，是众议院极右翼的自由核心小组成员。
哈德森以局外人身份参选，在初选中击败了州总检察长史蒂夫·马歇尔，晋级与摩尔的决选。
除了作战老兵身份外，哈德森还曾担任副警长、消防员、小企业主，目前是一家培训执法人员打击人口贩运的非营利组织负责人。
哈德森得到了时任参议员马克韦恩·马林的背书，马林如今担任特朗普政府的国土安全部部长，此外还获得了参议员蒂姆·希伊、全国步枪权利政治行动委员会以及保守派活动家、媒体明星莱利·盖恩斯的支持。
前海军海豹突击队队员贾里德·哈德森正在参选联邦参议员。（贾里德·哈德森）
摩尔或哈德森将被视为11月选举的明显热门人选，他们将对阵民主党决选的获胜者，民主党决选的候选人是小企业主达卡拉伊·拉里特和律师、前法官埃弗雷特·韦斯。
在俄克拉荷马州，特朗普背书了前州参议员、俄克拉荷马州预算秘书迈克·马泽伊，参与共和党州长初选，以接替即将卸任的共和党州长凯文·斯蒂特。
总统还背书了牧师杰克逊·拉赫迈尔，他创立了“牧师为特朗普”组织，参与该州第1国会选区的共和党初选，以接替参选参议院的众议员凯文·赫恩。
在深蓝的华盛顿特区，七名候选人将角逐民主党初选，以接替即将卸任的市长穆丽尔·鲍泽，本次初选结果将实际上决定该市的下一任市长。
过去一个半月以来，特朗普背书的强大影响力在共和党初选中尽显无疑，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。
但两周前，特朗普的背书连胜被打破。他在爱荷华州共和党州长初选中最后时刻背书的共和党众议员兰迪·芬斯特拉，未能帮助这位连任三届的众议员获胜。芬斯特拉以微弱劣势输给了商人、农场主、前政治策略师扎克·拉恩。拉恩得到了“让美国更健康Again”运动（与特朗普政府卫生部长小罗伯特·肯尼迪结盟的组织）以及由已故查理·柯克共同创立的强大保守派组织“转折点美国”的政治翼支持。
上周特朗普实现了反弹，他在南卡罗来纳州共和党州长初选中背书的副州长帕梅拉·埃维特在参选人数众多的初选中名列第一，锁定了该党提名的两个候选席位之一。
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与此同时，特朗普的长期盟友林赛·格雷厄姆在共和党参议院初选中获得了多数选票，无需进行决选。
获得特朗普背书的格雷厄姆面临五名候选人的挑战，其中包括保守派商人马克·林奇，林奇因格雷厄姆支持伊朗战争而对其发起批评。林奇得到了一些批评总统的MAGA领导人的支持。
保罗·斯坦豪斯是驻摇摆州新罕布什尔州的政治记者，他全程报道全国竞选活动。
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Trump’s endorsement power faces crucial tests in closely watched Georgia and Alabama GOP runoff elections
2026-06-16T05:00:55-04:00 / Fox News
Trump-endorsed candidates battle rivals backed by Gov Brian Kemp and Sen Ted Cruz in high-stakes GOP showdowns
Collins says Trump’s stamp proves he has the playbook to win Senate race
Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia is interviewed by Fox News Digital hours after President Donald Trump endorsed the GOP Senate candidate, ahead of Tuesday’s runoff with Republican Derek Dooley.
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While he isn’t on the ballot, President Donald Trump’s immense clout over the GOP faces more key tests on Tuesday in high-stakes Republican runoffs in Georgia and Alabama.
Trump-endorsed candidates are fighting in competitive showdowns against Republican rivals for the GOP gubernatorial and Senate nominations in battleground Georgia and for the Senate in solidly red Alabama.
Tuesday’s contests in Georgia and Alabama come as Oklahoma and the District of Columbia hold primary elections, and voters in California’s 14th Congressional District will vote in a special election to narrow the field of nearly a dozen candidates hoping to fill the seat left vacant when scandal-plagued Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell resigned.
But the biggest spotlight is on Georgia, where Trump made an 11th-hour endorsement this past weekend in the Senate race in Georgia, which is one of a handful of midterm election contests across the country that will decide if the GOP holds its slim majority in the chamber.
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Derek Dooley, Republican U.S. Senate candidate for Georgia, from left, his wife Allison Jeffers Dooley, Marty Kemp, Georgia’s first lady, and Gov. Brian Kemp during an election night event at Park Bench Battery in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.(Ben Hendren/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trump endorsed Republican Rep. Mike Collins, a MAGA champion and strong supporter of the president, who is facing off against former college football coach Derek Dooley, who has the support of popular conservative Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
“It’s an honor to have that endorsement. It just shows that he has confidence that we know how to win this race, we know we’re in the lead in this thing,” Collins told Fox News Digital on Sunday, hours after landing Trump’s endorsement.
Asked if Trump’s endorsement in Georgia came too late to make a difference, Collins said, “I don’t think President Trump ever is too late. He has this impeccable ability of putting his thumb right on the scale at the right time with whatever he wants to do.”
Dooley, who’s running as an outsider, said in a Fox News Digital interview on the eve of the runoff that the president’s backing of his rival “doesn’t change how I feel.”
THESE MIDTERM RACES WILL DETERMINE WHETHER REPUBLICANS HOLD THEIR SENATE MAJORITY
“I’m honored to have Governor Kemp’s endorsement. I certainly would have been honored to have the President’s endorsement. But the most important endorsement that I’m fighting for is the people of Georgia,” he emphasized.
Collins, who represents Georgia’s 10th Congressional District, which is located between Atlanta and Augusta, is the son of the late Rep. Mac Collins, and is the founder and co-owner, along with his wife, of a trucking company.
Dooley, a lawyer, a former University of Tennessee football coach and the son of legendary University of Georgia head football coach Vince Dooley, is strongly backed by Kemp, who is a lifelong friend. The governor and his wife, Georgia First Lady Marty Kemp, have regularly appeared with Dooley on the campaign trail, and the governor’s top political advisor is a senior consultant for Dooley’s Senate bid.
Collins and Dooley were the top two finishers in a crowded field of candidates in last month’s primary that also included Rep. Buddy Carter. Since no one topped 50%, Collins and Dooley advanced to Tuesday’s runoff election.
The winner of the GOP Senate nomination in Georgia will face off in the midterms against Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Republicans view Ossoff as the most vulnerable Senate Democrat seeking re-election and are heavily targeting the first-term senator. But while Republicans have been battling for their party’s nomination over the past year, Ossoff’s built a powerful war chest that will give him a major fundraising advantage as the general election gets underway.
Term-limited GOP Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, right, endorses Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the Republican gubernatorial runoff, in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 15, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
The power of a Trump endorsement is also facing a key test in Georgia’s gubernatorial nomination runoff, where Trump last year backed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the race to succeed the term-limited Kemp. Jones is battling billionaire businessman Rick Jackson, who has dished out over $100 million of his own money on his campaign, in the runoff.
The winner will take on former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who served in the Biden administration, in this autumn’s general election. Bottoms avoided a runoff by winning a majority of the vote as she topped six other candidates in last month’s Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Jones and Jackson were the top two finishers in last month’s crowded and competitive GOP gubernatorial primary, which also included state Attorney General Chris Carr and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Because no candidate topped 50%, Jones and Jackson advanced to the runoff.
Pointing to a tele-rally Trump headlined for him last week, Jones told Fox News Digital: “The president’s endorsement carries a lot of weight here in Georgia.”
Kemp made a last-minute endorsement on Sunday, backing Jones. And at an event Monday morning, Kemp explained that his mission is “to make sure that we have the best folks at the top of the ticket that can win in November and you know that’s why I’m supporting Burt Jones for governor.”
“When you think about the direction of the state, the great things that we’ve been able to do, I think he’s best suited to move the state forward,” Kemp said. And he warned of the “consequences of not winning, like we’ll be going the way of Virginia, New York, California, we just cannot afford to do that.”
Jones, a former captain of the University of Georgia football team, an oil executive and heir to the Jones Petroleum Company, served as a state senator before winning election in 2022 as lieutenant governor.
Jackson was unknown to Georgia voters before launching his gubernatorial campaign in February, but thanks to an avalanche of ads, his story of building a business empire despite growing up in foster care and not being able to afford college became well known in the Peach State.
And he’s repeatedly highlighted that, like Trump, he’s an outsider and businessman. “I’m going to be Trump’s favorite governor because we’re just alike on the way that we handle business and handle problems, and I want to do exactly in Georgia what he’s doing at the federal government,” he reiterated in a Fox News Digital interview Sunday.
And on the eve of the runoff, he predicted, “I think people are ready for an outsider. That’s what they want, and that’s what they’re going to vote for. And that’s why we’re going to win tomorrow.”
Jackson also landed a last-minute endorsement, as conservative firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz backed Jackson on Friday and joined him on the campaign trail for a runoff eve rally.
“Rick has an extraordinary record, an extraordinary life story. And I also think he’s positioned to win. And the stakes are too high. This election is a battleground all across the country. We can’t afford to lose Georgia,” Cruz told Fox News.
When Cruz endorsed Jackson on Friday, he also supported South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, who is facing off in a week against Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette.
Asked if he’s trying to put some daylight between himself and the president on the campaign trail, Cruz quickly responded, “No. Not remotely….The president and I agree on the vast majority of races. What I try to do in every race is endorse the strongest conservative who can win. And typically I get in races late in the race at a time where my support might be able to make a difference and be helpful.”
Jones, on the eve of the Cruz visit, took aim at Jackson.
“He keeps on bringing in these out-of-state senators, and I would much rather have the president’s endorsement,” he said. “He’s having to go out of state to get his support. We’re keeping all our stuff in state.”
In neighboring Alabama, Trump is supporting Rep. Barry Moore, who is facing off with former Navy SEAL sniper Jared Hudson in the GOP Senate runoff, in the race to succeed Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is running for governor this year rather than seeking re-election.
Moore, who founded a waste hauling company and later served as a state lawmaker before first winning election to the U.S. House in 2020, and was one of the first politicians to endorse Trump in 2015 when the president first ran for the White House, is also endorsed by Vice President JD Vance and Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune.
Rep. Barry Moore, seen on the final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention, is running for the Senate in Alabama this year.(Tom Williams)
Moore, who represents Alabama’s 1st Congressional District, in the southern portion of the state, is a member of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus.
Hudson, running as an outsider, edged out state Attorney General Steve Marshall to advance to the runoff with Moore.
Besides being a combat veteran, Hudson has served as a sheriff’s deputy, firefighter, small business owner and current head of a nonprofit that trains law enforcement in taking out human traffickers.
Hudson was endorsed by then-Sen. Markwayne Mullin, who is now Trump’s Department of Homeland Security secretary, as well as Sen. Tim Sheehy, the National Association for Gun Rights PAC, and conservative activist and media star Riley Gaines.
Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson is running for U.S. Senate.(Jared Hudson)
Moore or Hudson will be considered the clear front-runner in November against the winner of the Democratic runoff between small business owner Dakarai Larriett and attorney and former judge Everett Wess.
In Oklahoma, Trump is backing Mike Mazzei, a former state senator and Oklahoma budget secretary, in the GOP gubernatorial primary in the race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt.
The president is also supporting minister Jackson Lahmeyer, who founded the group Pastors for Trump, in the Republican primary in the state’s 1st Congressional District, in the race to succeed Rep. Kevin Hern, who is running for the Senate.
And in deep blue Washington D.C., the Democratic primary between seven candidates trying to succeed outgoing Mayor Muriel Bowser will effectively decide her successor in the District of Columbia.
The brute force of the president’s endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries over the past month and a half, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas that grabbed plenty of national attention.
But Trump’s endorsement streak in statewide and congressional Republican primaries was snapped two weeks ago when his 11th-hour endorsement of Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa in the race to succeed retiring GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds wasn’t enough to propel 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.
Trump rebounded last week, as the candidate he endorsed in the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, finished first in a crowded field and clinched one of the two tickets in the race for the nomination.
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Meanwhile, longtime Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham did win a majority of the vote in the Republican Senate primary, and avoided a runoff.
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.
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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