2026年6月23日 美国东部时间09:55 / 福克斯新闻
美国总统此前支持的候选人在佐治亚州选举中失利，数日后他同时背书了南卡罗来纳州的两位共和党州长竞选人
作者：保罗·施坦豪泽 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年6月23日 美国东部时间上午9:55
南卡罗来纳州副州长帕梅拉·埃维特在共和党州长选举 runoff 前一日接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访。
南卡罗来纳州佩尔泽——这个坚定支持共和党的东南部州周二将举行共和党州长选举 runoff，两位候选人都获得了唐纳德·特朗普总统的背书。
特朗普似乎意在全面布局，在 runoff 前的最后时刻背书，如今他将支持两位角逐即将卸任的共和党州长亨利·麦克马斯特继任者的参选者。
南卡罗来纳州的这场 runoff 此前被视为对特朗普在共和党内部的巨大影响力以及其背书在共和党提名争夺战中影响力的最新考验。
但周五，也就是特朗普支持的邻州佐治亚州共和党州长 runoff 候选人失利仅三天后，这位总统在社交媒体上表示，他将在共和党州长提名争夺战中同时支持州司法部长艾伦·威尔逊和副州长帕梅拉·埃维特。
特朗普赢两场、输一场，佐治亚州亿万富翁给其背书机器罕见重击
2026年6月22日，南卡罗来纳州共和党州长候选人艾伦·威尔逊在该州 runoff 选举前一日于南卡罗来纳州萨姆特进行竞选活动。（保罗·施坦豪泽/福克斯新闻）
“只背书其中一位会伤害到另一位，因此，我将为南卡罗来纳州州长竞选同时背书帕姆·埃维特和艾伦·威尔逊！”特朗普写道，并补充道：“选任何一位都不会出错。”
为威尔逊背书似乎是特朗普在赌局中对冲风险的举措，因为特朗普此前早已支持埃维特，而埃维特也得到了特朗普的长期核心盟友麦克马斯特的支持。
特朗普同时支持埃维特和威尔逊并非首次在同一场共和党选举中做出双重背书。最著名的一次是2022年密苏里州共和党参议院初选中，特朗普背书了“ERIC”组合——当时两位主要候选人分别是埃里克·施密特和埃里克·格雷滕斯，两人都声称获得了特朗普背书，最终施密特赢得了提名。
在南卡罗来纳州，特朗普于上月末，也就是州长初选一周半前背书了埃维特。
埃维特在初选的激烈竞争中拔得头筹，威尔逊位列第二。其他参选者还包括众议员南希·梅斯和拉尔夫·诺曼，以及百万富翁商人罗姆·雷迪。由于没有候选人获得多数选票，埃维特和威尔逊作为得票前两名进入了6月23日的 runoff 选举。
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2026年6月22日，南卡罗来纳州共和党州长候选人帕梅拉·埃维特在该州 runoff 选举前一日于南卡罗来纳州佩尔泽接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访。（保罗·施坦豪泽/福克斯新闻）
未能进入 runoff 的梅斯和诺曼背书了威尔逊。威尔逊还获得了得克萨斯州保守派强硬派参议员特德·克鲁兹的支持，并在 runoff 前一日与克鲁兹一同参加了竞选活动。
梅斯对特朗普同时背书埃维特和威尔逊的决定做出回应，在社交媒体上写道：“笑到劈叉”，这是“laughing my a– off”的常用缩写。
埃维特与威尔逊之间的 runoff 竞争愈发激烈，在上周的最后一场辩论中，两位候选人互相发起人身攻击，指责对方撒谎和歪曲记录。
威尔逊将自己担任司法部长的任期与埃维特作为副州长基本属于礼仪性的角色进行对比，他还强调了自己作为战斗老兵、检察官和州最高执法官员的经历。
埃维特则将自己定位为局外人和特朗普背书的商人，同时将威尔逊描绘成职业政客。
“在初选竞争激烈时，总统对我充满信心，我在6月9日为他赢得了初选，6月23日我会再次为他赢得这场选举，”埃维特在 runoff 前一日告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，“我一直对总统非常忠诚，无论他何时要求我帮他拉票、筹款，我都会赴汤蹈火。”
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与克鲁兹一同竞选的威尔逊在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时，指着特朗普说：“近十年来，我一直在为他的议程战斗和辩护，几天前总统认可了我的付出，这对我意义重大。”
比特朗普提前一周背书威尔逊的克鲁兹告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“我很高兴看到总统背书艾伦·威尔逊……如你所知，我的原则是支持最强大、能获胜的保守派，我认为在这场州长竞选中，艾伦·威尔逊就是那个人。”
过去两个月，特朗普背书的强大威力在共和党初选中尽显无疑，他支持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在任官员，引发了全国广泛关注。
但三周前，特朗普在全州和国会共和党初选中的连胜被打破：他在爱荷华州接替即将退休的共和党州长金·雷诺兹的州长竞选中，最后时刻背书的共和党众议员兰迪·芬斯特拉未能获胜。
2026年6月2日，商人、农场主、前政治战略家扎克·拉恩在爱荷华州共和党州长初选中击败对手后举起拳头庆祝。（扎克·拉恩竞选团队 via 脸书）
芬斯特拉以微弱劣势输给了扎克·拉恩，拉恩得到了与特朗普政府卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪领导的“让美国再次健康”运动（MAHA）以及已故查理·库克联合创立的保守派组织“转向点美国”的政治分支支持。
两周前特朗普迎来反弹，埃维特以第一名的身份晋级周二的 runoff 选举。
与此同时，特朗普的长期盟友、参议员林赛·格雷厄姆在共和党参议院初选中获得多数选票，无需进行 runoff 选举。
获得特朗普背书的格雷厄姆面临包括保守派商人马克·林奇在内的五位候选人的挑战，林奇因支持伊朗战争而抨击格雷厄姆，林奇得到了一些批评特朗普的“让美国再次伟大”运动领袖的支持。
上周，特朗普背书的候选人在三场顶级竞选中赢得了两场。
在坚定支持共和党的阿拉巴马州共和党参议院 runoff 中，众议院自由团成员、长期支持特朗普的众议员巴里·摩尔轻松击败了竞争对手贾里德·哈德森——一位曾得到右翼多位顶级人物支持的前海军海豹突击队狙击手。
在关键摇摆州佐治亚州共和党参议院 runoff 中，特朗普上周末的最后时刻背书帮助特朗普式保守派支持者、众议员迈克·柯林斯击败了得到受欢迎的保守派州长布莱恩·坎普支持的前大学橄榄球教练德里克·杜利。
2026年6月14日，美国参议院共和党候选人迈克·柯林斯在佐治亚州伍德斯托克的一辆皮卡后斗上开展竞选活动。（保罗·施坦豪泽/福克斯新闻）
柯林斯将在大选中面对民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫，这场选举是为数不多可能决定共和党能否在中期选举中保持参议院微弱多数席位的竞选之一。
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但在佐治亚州共和党州长 runoff 中，特朗普背书的副州长伯特·琼斯——坎普也在最后时刻为其背书——被以局外人身份参选的亿万富翁商人里克·杰克逊击败。
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Trump backs both South Carolina GOP rivals as runoff tests his endorsement grip
2026-06-23 09:55 EDT / Fox News
The president backed Lt Gov Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson days after his pick lost in Georgia
By Paul Steinhauser Fox News
Published June 23, 2026 9:55am EDT
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette is interviewed by Fox News Digital on the eve of the Republican gubernatorial runoff election.
PELZER, South Carolina — Both candidates in Tuesday’s Republican gubernatorial runoff election in this solidly red southeastern state have President Donald Trump’s blessing.
Trump, seemingly aiming to cover his bases, made an 11th-hour endorsement ahead of the runoff and is now backing both contenders in the showdown to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Henry McMaster.
The South Carolina runoff had been viewed as the latest test of Trump’s immense grip over the GOP and the power of his endorsements in Republican nominating contests.
But on Friday, just three days after the candidate Trump was backing in neighboring Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial runoff lost, the president took to social media to say that he was supporting longtime state Attorney General Alan Wilson as well as Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette in the battle for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, campaigns on the eve of the state’s runoff elections, in Sumter, S.C., on June 22, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
“I can’t hurt one of them by only Endorsing the other, so, therefore, I am going to Endorse, for Governor of South Carolina, both Pam Evette and Alan Wilson!” Trump wrote, adding: “With either one you can’t go wrong.”
The endorsement of Wilson appeared to be a move by Trump to hedge his bets, because Trump was already backing Evette, who is also supported by McMaster, a longtime top ally of the president.
Trump’s decision to support both Evette and Wilson wasn’t the first time he’s made dual endorsements in the same Republican race. Most famously, Trump endorsed “ERIC” in the 2022 GOP Senate primary in Missouri, where the two major candidates were Eric Schmitt and Eric Greitens. Both candidates claimed the endorsement, with Schmitt ultimately winning the nomination.
In South Carolina, Trump endorsed Evette late last month, a week and a half before the gubernatorial primary.
Evette finished on top of a crowded field of contenders in the primary election, with Wilson second. The field also included Reps. Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman, and multimillionaire businessman Rom Reddy. Since no candidate won a majority of the vote, as the top two finishers, Evette and Wilson advanced to the June 23 runoff.
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South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, is interviewed by Fox News Digital on the eve of the state’s runoff elections, in Pelzer, S.C., on June 22, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Mace and Norman endorsed Wilson after failing to advance to the runoff. And Wilson was also backed — and joined on the campaign trail on the eve of the runoff by Sen. Ted Cruz, the conservative firebrand from Texas.
Mace, reacting to Trump’s endorsement of both Evette and Wilson, wrote on social media, “LMAO,” which is a common abbreviation for the phrase “laughing my a– off.”
The runoff between Evette and Wilson turned combustible, and in last week’s final debate, both candidates launched personal attacks and accused each other of lying and misrepresenting their records.
Wilson worked to contrast his tenure as attorney general with what he’s argued is Evette’s largely ceremonial role as lieutenant governor. And he has spotlighted his experience as a combat veteran, prosecutor and the state’s top law enforcement official.
Evette showcased herself as an outsider and a Trump-endorsed businesswoman, while casting Wilson as a career politician.
“The president had a lot of confidence in me when it was a crowded field, and I won it for him on June 9. I’m going to win it for him again on June 23,” Evette told Fox News Digital on the eve of the runoff. “I have always been very loyal to the president. I’ve traveled wherever he’s asked me to help stump for him, fundraise for him.”
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Wilson, campaigning with Cruz, pointed to Trump and said in a Fox News Digital interview, “I’ve been fighting and defending his agenda for the better part of a decade, and to have the president reflect that understanding in his endorsement a few days ago means so much to me.”
Cruz, who endorsed Wilson a week ahead of Trump’s backing, told Fox News Digital, “I was very glad to see the president endorsing Alan Wilson… My philosophy, as you know, is that I support the strongest conservative who can win, and I think in the governor’s race that’s Alan Wilson.”
The brute force of the president’s endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries over the past two months, 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 three 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.
Zach Lahn raises his fist in celebration after defeating his primary opponent in Iowa’s GOP gubernatorial race on June 2, 2026.(Zach Lahn for Governor via Facebook)
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 two weeks ago, as Evette finished first and advanced to Tuesday’s runoff.
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.
Last week, Trump-backed candidates won two of the three top races.
Rep. Barry Moore, a House Freedom Caucus member and longtime Trump supporter who was endorsed by the president, comfortably defeated rival Jared Hudson, a former Navy SEAL sniper who was supported by some top names on the right, in solidly red Alabama’s GOP Senate runoff.
In battleground Georgia’s Republican Senate runoff, an 11th-hour endorsement by Trump this past weekend helped boost Rep. Mike Collins, a MAGA champion, to victory over former college football coach Derek Dooley, who was backed by popular conservative Gov. Brian Kemp.
Republican Rep. Mike Collins, a U.S. Senate candidate, campaigns from the back of a pickup truck, at a stop in Woodstock, Georgia, on June 14, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Collins will face Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in the general election in a race that’s among a handful that will likely decide if the GOP holds its slim majority in the chamber in the midterms.
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But in Georgia’s GOP gubernatorial runoff, the candidate Trump backed, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who was also backed at the last minute by Kemp, was defeated by billionaire businessman Rick Jackson, who ran as an outsider.
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News
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