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西德尼·格鲁特斯被视为接替即将退休的众议员弗恩·布坎南、角逐佛罗里达州第16国会选区席位的明确热门人选
作者：保罗·斯坦豪泽 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年4月2日 美国东部时间下午1:12
共和党全国委员会主席乔·格鲁特斯向福克斯新闻数字频道表示，总统唐纳德·特朗普将成为共和党中期选举的“秘密武器”。
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就在唐纳德·特朗普总统敦促西德尼·格鲁特斯参选佛罗里达州一个由共和党掌控的开放式国会席位一周后，这位曾任佛罗里达新学院基金会前执行董事、共和党全国委员会（RNC）主席乔·格鲁特斯的妻子正式宣布参选。
“作为三个孩子的职场母亲，我亲眼目睹了物价上涨给西南佛罗里达各地家庭带来的巨大压力，”西德尼·格鲁特斯在周四启动竞选活动时说道。“从食品杂货和汽油到住房和保险，太多家庭、老年人和退伍军人都已不堪重负。我参选国会议员是为了捍卫我们的保守价值观，为这个选区的民众而战，让他们在华盛顿拥有强有力的代言人。”
在特朗普的支持下，格鲁特斯被视为接替即将退休的长期共和党籍众议员弗恩·布坎南的明确热门人选。布坎南曾是她的上司，佛罗里达州第16国会选区倾向共和党，选区范围从坦帕东部郊区向南延伸至布雷登顿。目前共和党以218票对214票掌控众议院，将在今年的中期选举中捍卫其脆弱的多数席位优势。
特朗普在3月24日的社交媒体帖子中强调，格鲁特斯将“不知疲倦地战斗”。
共和党全国委员会主席押注“秘密武器”以打破中期选举历史规律、捍卫共和党多数席位
2022年，时任总统唐纳德·特朗普与西德尼·格鲁特斯在佛罗里达州棕榈滩的海湖庄园合影。（西德尼·格鲁特斯竞选团队供图）
“如果她决定参选这场竞选，西德尼·格鲁特斯将获得我全部且无条件的支持。参选吧，西德尼，参选吧！”总统如此宣布。
尽管她的丈夫乔·格鲁特斯作为佛罗里达州州参议员以及该州特朗普的顶级支持者，在执掌共和党全国委员会期间已在全国范围内声名鹊起，但现年44岁的西德尼·格鲁特斯在其选区早已家喻户晓，并且对国会运作非常熟悉。
独家报道：众议院共和党竞选机构启动“让美国再次强大多数派”项目，助力支持特朗普的候选人
格鲁特斯曾在十年间（2007年至2017年）担任布坎南的运营总监，之后在相邻的第17国会选区担任共和党籍众议员格雷格·斯特鲁布的选区主任（2019年至2023年）。
众议员弗恩·布坎南于2025年5月13日出席众议院筹款委员会听证会，他将退休，不再寻求2026年中期选举连任。（比尔·克拉克/盖蒂图片社供图）
在两次国会任职间隙，她在特朗普首届政府中担任农业部佛罗里达州及美属维尔京群岛州级主任。
在启动国会竞选之前，格鲁特斯刚刚结束了在新学院基金会担任发展副总裁兼执行董事的任期。
就在共和党籍州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯为这所位于萨拉索塔的小型文理州立大学任命保守派董事会成员后不久，格鲁特斯便出任了该校的相关职务。这所曾一度具有进步倾向的学院随后推出了古典教育课程，强调人文科学和西方思想。去年秋季，该学院成为首批签署特朗普教育契约的院校之一，该契约为支持其教育优先事项的学校提供联邦资助。
2025年8月22日，在佐治亚州亚特兰大举行的共和党全国委员会夏季会议上，新任共和党全国委员会主席乔·格鲁特斯接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访。（保罗·斯坦豪泽/福克斯新闻供图）
在启动国会竞选之际，格鲁特斯还获得了“玛吉名单”的支持，这是一个致力于选举保守派女性进入国会的政治组织。
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另有三名共和党人和三名民主党人也在参选以接替布坎南。
乔·格鲁特斯在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中表示：“我为西德尼启动竞选活动感到无比自豪，看到她获得特朗普总统的支持是一种荣幸。一如既往，共和党全国委员会在共和党初选中保持中立，因此我提供的任何支持都将纯粹以我个人的名义。”
特朗普在2024年总统选举中在该选区获得了57%的选票。布坎南则以近60%的票数赢得连任。但由于由共和党主导的佛罗里达州议会将于本月晚些时候召开特别会议，处理这个倾向红色的州的国会选区重划问题，该席位可能会在今年中期选举前进行重新划分。
保罗·斯坦豪泽是驻摇摆州新罕布什尔州的政治记者，他全程报道各地竞选活动。
Trump-backed wife of RNC chair launches bid for Congress as GOP defends slim House majority
2026-04-02T13:12:03-04:00 / Fox News
Sydney Gruters is considered the clear frontrunner to succeed retiring Rep Vern Buchanan in Florida’s 16th Congressional District
By Paul SteinhauserFox News
Published April 2, 2026 1:12pm EDT
Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters tells Fox News Digital that President Donald Trump will be the GOP’s ‘secret weapon’ in the midterm elections.
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A week after President Donald Trump urged Sydney Gruters to run for an open GOP-held congressional seat in Florida, the former executive director of the state’s New College Foundation and wife of Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Joe Gruters declared her candidacy.
“As a working mother of three, I see firsthand how much pressure rising prices are putting on families across Southwest Florida,” Sydney Gruters said as she launched her campaign on Thursday. “From groceries and gas to housing and insurance, too many families, seniors and veterans are being stretched thin. I’m running for Congress to protect our conservative values and fight for the people of this district and give them a strong voice in Washington.”
With Trump’s support, Gruters is considered the clear frontrunner to succeed retiring longtime GOP Rep. Vern Buchanan, her former boss, in Florida’s right-leaning 16th Congressional District, which stretches from Tampa’s eastern suburbs south to Bradenton. Republicans currently control the House 218-214 and will be defending their fragile majority in this year’s midterm elections.
Trump, in a social media post on March 24, emphasized that Gruters would “fight tirelessly.”
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Now-President Donald Trump is joined by Sydney Gruters at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, in 2022.(Sydney Gruters campaign)
“Should she decide to enter this Race, Sydney Gruters has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, SYDNEY, RUN!” the president declared.
While her husband, a Florida state senator and top Trump supporter in the Sunshine State, is well known nationally as he steers the RNC, the 44-year-old Sydney Gruters is well known in her district and very familiar with Congress.
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Gruters served as Buchanan’s operation director for a decade (2007-2017) and later as district director to GOP Rep. Greg Steube (2019-2023) in the neighboring 17th Congressional District.
Rep. Vern Buchanan, seen attending a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on May 13, 2025, is retiring instead of seeking re-election in the 2026 midterms.(Bill Clark/Getty Images)
In-between her two congressional stints, she served in Trump’s first administration as state director for Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Department of Agriculture.
Prior to launching her congressional campaign, Gruters finished up her tenure as vice president of advancement and executive director of the New College Foundation.
Gruters took her position at the small liberal arts state college in Sarasota soon after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis installed a conservative board of trustees at the school. The one-time progressive-minded college subsequently created a classical education curriculum, which emphasizes liberal arts and Western teachings. Last autumn, the college was among the first to sign on to Trump’s education compact, which offers schools federal funding for backing his education priorities.
Newly elected Republican National Committee chair Joe Gruters is interviewed by Fox News Digital at the RNC summer meeting, on Aug. 22, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
As she launches her congressional bid, Gruters is also backed by Maggie’s List, a political group that works to elect conservative women to Congress.
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Three other Republicans, as well as three Democrats, are also running to succeed Buchanan.
Joe Gruters, in a statement to Fox News Digital, said he’s “incredibly proud of Sydney as she launches her campaign, and it’s an honor to see her earn President Trump’s support. As always, the RNC remains neutral in Republican primaries, so any support I offer will be purely in my personal capacity.”
Trump won 57% of the vote in the district in his 2024 presidential election victory. And Buchanan grabbed nearly 60% of the vote as he won re-election. But the seat may be refigured ahead of this year’s midterms, as the GOP-dominated Florida legislature meets in a special session later this month to deal with congressional redistricting in the red-leaning state.
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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