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在寄养家庭长大的杰克逊将在大选对阵前亚特兰大市长凯莎·兰斯·博顿斯
作者：保罗·施坦豪泽
亿万富翁商人里克·杰克逊在击败获得前总统唐纳德·特朗普和州长布莱恩·坎普背书的副州长伯特·琼斯后，宣布赢得佐治亚州共和党州长初选决选。
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佐治亚州亚特兰大—— 周二晚间，在这个东南部关键摇摆州的共和党州长提名党内对决中，前总统唐纳德·特朗普的背书不足以帮助佐治亚州副州长伯特·琼斯获胜。
据美联社报道，琼斯在共和党州长决选中被亿万富翁商人里克·杰克逊击败，这场选举旨在接替即将卸任的保守派州长布莱恩·坎普。
自掏腰包投入超1亿美元竞选资金的杰克逊，将在今年秋季的大选中对阵曾在拜登政府任职的前亚特兰大市长凯莎·兰斯·博顿斯。博顿斯在上月的民主党州长初选中以多数票胜出，击败其他六名候选人，无需进行决选。
“我宣布参选时就说过，政治阶层在自我保护……这是一个卡特尔，我说过我要来瓦解它。今晚，我们做到了，”2月启动竞选活动的杰克逊在胜选演讲中说道。
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“我是唯一一位不欠政治建制派任何人情的候选人，”杰克逊强调，“我不会被收买，也不会退缩……今晚我们不仅仅赢了一场决选。今晚我们证明了佐治亚州的人民才是掌权者。”
几个月前，佐治亚州选民还对杰克逊一无所知，但得益于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这个“桃子之州”广为人知。
“我知道那种没人在乎你的感觉，尤其是在精英和权贵面前，”杰克逊在面向数百名支持者的演讲中说道，“按我成长的方式长大，你永远不会忘记自己的出身。你永远不会忘记那些比以往任何时候都更努力工作，却依然落后的家庭。”
在决选前的最后阶段，得克萨斯州保守派强硬派共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹也为杰克逊助选。
杰克逊在整个竞选过程中都表示，是特朗普激励了他参选。
“我当时就想，要是能有像特朗普为美国做的那样，为佐治亚州提供商业解决方案的人，我觉得我能对佐治亚州产生重大影响，这也是我参选的原因之一。我是受特朗普总统的启发，”杰克逊上个月告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
他还反复强调，和特朗普一样，他是一名商界外来者。“我会成为特朗普最喜欢的州长，因为我们处理商业和问题的方式一模一样，我想在佐治亚州做他在联邦政府正在做的事情，”他在周日接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时重申。
杰克逊还突出了自己的外来者身份，称选民可以“看到一个真正像特朗普的人，而不只是获得他的背书。从这个角度来看，我认为外来者正是我们的选民想要的。”
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克鲁兹在决选前一天的集会上与杰克逊一同亮相。
“里克有着非凡的履历和人生故事。我也认为他有获胜的优势。赌注太高了。这场选举是全国性的战场，我们承受不起失去佐治亚州的代价，”克鲁兹告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
克鲁兹周五为杰克逊背书时，还同时支持了南卡罗来纳州总检察长艾伦·威尔逊，威尔逊将在一周后对阵获得特朗普背书的副州长帕梅拉·埃维特。
当被问及是否在竞选活动中试图与总统保持距离时，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，且能获胜的那一位。通常我会在竞选后期介入，此时我的支持或许能发挥作用、有所帮助。”
在克鲁兹到访的前一天，琼斯就对杰克逊发起了抨击。
“他一直在请来这些外州参议员，我更愿意获得总统的背书，”他说，“他不得不跑到外州去寻求支持。我们的支持都来自本州。”
琼斯还反复质疑对手对总统的忠诚度，指出杰克逊过去曾向民主党人和反特朗普的共和党人捐款，以此证明他与党内的MAGA阵营格格不入。
“他一直在就自己的真实身份撒谎，一直在就背后支持过谁撒谎，”琼斯指责道，“他实际上是在把自己伪装成一个根本不是的人。”
杰克逊反驳称，针对他的攻击“全是谎言”。
琼斯和杰克逊是上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。由于没有候选人获得超过50%的选票，琼斯和杰克逊进入了决选。
琼斯曾是佐治亚大学橄榄球队的前队长，是一名石油高管，也是琼斯石油公司的继承人，在2022年当选副州长前曾担任州参议员。作为特朗普的坚定支持者，他在去年8月获得了总统的背书。
“我和他有着长期的关系——友谊——我一直是他的大力支持者，他也非常支持我，”琼斯上个月在福克斯新闻数字频道的采访中指着特朗普说道。
他在初选和决选期间反复展示总统的背书。
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坎普在最后时刻背书支持琼斯。周一上午的一场活动中，坎普解释称，他的目标是“确保我们提名的候选人是最适合在11月获胜的人选，这也是我支持伯特·琼斯竞选州长的原因。”
“想想这个州的发展方向，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。他还警告称，“如果不能获胜，后果不堪设想，我们会走上弗吉尼亚州、纽约州、加利福尼亚州的老路，我们承受不起这样的代价。”
将目光投向与博顿斯的大选对决的杰克逊告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，谈到自己的竞选开支时，“我会投入一切必要的资金。我们不能让一个连城市都管理不好的人现在来管理整个州。所以从这个角度来看，我会尽一切必要的努力在11月获胜。”
博顿斯在一份声明中抨击了杰克逊。
“里克·杰克逊一心只为中饱私囊，而佐治亚州民众正在失去医疗保险，被迫支付飞涨的费用。杰克逊通过为自己的医疗保健公司获取无竞标州合同赚了超过10亿美元，但他却反对扩大医疗补助计划以降低医疗成本，”博顿斯在声明中说道，“佐治亚州民众应该选出一位专注于确保他们拥有一切繁荣机会的州长，当唐纳德·特朗普的鲁莽政策损害佐治亚州利益时，这位州长会为他们挺身而出——这就是我作为州长会做的事情。”
尽管特朗普并未参选，但他对共和党拥有的巨大影响力在佐治亚州面临又一场关键考验。
过去六周，总统背书的强大影响力在共和党初选中尽显无遗，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 targeted 的现任官员，引发了全国关注。
但两周前，特朗普的背书连胜被打破：他在爱荷华州接替即将退休的共和党州长金·雷诺兹的选举中，最后时刻背书的共和党众议员兰迪·芬斯特拉未能助其获胜。
芬斯特拉以微弱劣势输给了扎克·拉恩，后者是一名商人、农民和前政治策略师，获得了与特朗普政府卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪结盟的“让美国再次健康”运动政治 wing 以及由已故查理·柯克联合创立的强大保守组织“转折点美国”的支持。
特朗普上周重拾胜势，他在南卡罗来纳州共和党州长初选中背书的候选人副州长帕梅拉·埃维特在竞争激烈的初选中名列第一，锁定了该党提名对决的其中一个席位。
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与此同时，特朗普的长期盟友林赛·格雷厄姆参议员在共和党参议院初选中以多数票胜出，无需进行决选。
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，林奇就格雷厄姆对伊朗战争的支持发起抨击。林奇得到了一些一直批评总统的MAGA领导人的支持。
保罗·施坦豪泽是驻摇摆州新罕布什尔州的政治记者，全程报道全国范围的竞选活动。
Trump’s endorsement fails to save MAGA candidate as billionaire advances in key governor race
June 16, 2026 9:48pm EDT / Fox News
Jackson, who grew up in foster care, will face former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms in the general election
By Paul Steinhauser
Billionaire businessman Rick Jackson declares victory in Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial runoff election after defeating Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who was backed by President Donald Trump and Gov. Brian Kemp.
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ATLANTA, Ga. — President Donald Trump’s endorsement wasn’t enough to boost Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones to victory Tuesday night in the ballot-box showdown for the southeastern battleground state’s Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Jones was defeated by billionaire businessman Rick Jackson in the GOP runoff election for Georgia governor, the Associated Press reports, in the race to succeed term-limited conservative Gov. Brian Kemp.
Jackson, who shelled out over $100 million of his own money on his bid, will now face 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.
“When I announced my campaign, I said the political class protects itself….it’s a cartel and I said I’m coming to break it up. Well, tonight, we shattered it,” said Jackson, who launched his campaign in February, in his victory speech.
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“I’m the only candidate who doesn’t owe a thing to the political establishment,” Jackson emphasized. “I can’t be bought, and I’m not going to back down…. Tonight we did more than win a runoff. Tonight we proved that the people of Georgia are in charge.”
Jackson was unknown to Georgia voters a few months ago, 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.
“I know what it’s like to feel like nobody sees you, especially the elite and the powerful,” Jackson said in his speech a hundreds of supporters. “When you grow up the way I did, you never forget where you came from. You never forget the families who are working harder than ever, but still falling behind.”
Jackson was also boosted in the final stretch ahead of the runoff election by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, the conservative firebrand from Texas.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson, right, and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas speak with Fox News Digital, after Cruz headlined a Jackson campaign event in Alpharetta, Georgia, on June 15, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Throughout his campaign, Jackson has said that Trump inspired him to run.
“I just thought, you know, if you had somebody doing business solutions for the state of Georgia, just like Trump is for the United States, I just felt like I would have a major impact on the state of Georgia, and so that was one of the reasons I wanted to get in. I was inspired by President Trump,” Jackson told Fox News Digital last month.
And he 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 Jackson spotlighted his outsider credentials, saying that voters could “see somebody that’s actually like Trump, not just endorsed. And from that standpoint, I think having an outsider is what our people want.”
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Cruz joined Jackson 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 Digital.
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.”
And Jones repeatedly questioned his rival’s support for the president, pointing to Jackson’s past donations to Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans as evidence that he was out of step with the MAGA wing of the party.
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones highlighted support from President Donald Trump as he ran for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in the key southeastern battleground state.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
“He’s been dishonest about who he is. He’s been dishonest about who he’s supported in the background,” Jones charged. “He’s actually, you know, portraying himself as something that he’s not.”
Jackson pushed back, saying the attacks on him were “just lies.”
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.
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. A major Trump supporter, he was endorsed by the president last August.
“He and I have a long-standing relationship — friendship — and I’ve always been a big supporter of his, and he’s a very big supporter of mine, as well,” Jones said last month in a Fox News Digital interview as he pointed to Trump.
And he repeatedly showcased the president’s endorsement during the primary and runoff campaigns.
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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.”
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)
Jackson, looking to the general election battle with Bottoms, told Fox News Digital that when it comes to his spending, “I’ll put in whatever is necessary. We cannot have somebody that doesn’t know how to run the city that now wants to run the state. So, from that standpoint, I’ll do whatever is necessary to win in November.”
Bottoms, in a statement, took aim at Jackson.
“Rick Jackson is focused on enriching himself as Georgians are losing their health care coverage and are forced to pay soaring costs. Jackson has made more than a billion dollars off of a no-bid state contract for his health care company, but he opposes Medicaid expansion to lower the cost of health care,” Bottoms argued in a statement. “Georgians deserve a governor who is focused on ensuring they have every opportunity to thrive and who will fight for them when Donald Trump’s reckless policies hurt Georgia – that’s what I will do as governor.”
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms, walks with her son Langston Bottoms, right, to vote early in the Georgia Primary Election, on Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Atlanta(Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)
While he wasn’t on the ballot, Trump’s immense clout over the GOP was facing another key test in Georgia.
The brute force of the president’s endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries over the past six weeks, 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.
Zach Lahn raises his fist in celebration after defeating his primary opponent in Iowa’s GOP gubernatorial race on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.(Zach Lahn for Governor via Facebook)
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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