发布时间：2026年3月15日 美国东部时间上午7:00 | 更新时间：2026年3月15日 美国东部时间上午7:01
“民主党人太拼命想把我们女性归到某个特定角色里，可他们自己连’女性’的定义都讲不清楚。”候选人劳里·巴克豪特打趣道
作者：彼得·皮内多（Peter Pinedo） 福克斯新闻
一群崭露头角的共和党女性正在竞争激烈的国会竞选中，试图削弱民主党长期以来在女性选民中的优势，并拿下可能决定今年11月众议院控制权的关键席位。
在接受福克斯新闻数字版采访时，候选人之一、前牧场主、美国陆军退伍军人兼母亲劳里·巴克豪特抨击民主党试图将女性选民”归类化”。
“民主党人太拼命想把我们女性归到某个特定角色里，可他们自己连’女性’的定义都讲不清楚。”她打趣道。
她认为，尽管民主党人言辞华丽，但他们”在女性选民问题上确实与现实脱节”。
民主党选民支持率再创新低，共和党同样面临选民信任危机：民调显示
从左至右：共和党国会候选人劳里·巴克豪特（北卡罗来纳州）、蒂芙尼·伯勒斯（新泽西州）、杰西卡·斯坦曼（德克萨斯州）和芭芭拉·雷格尼茨（印第安纳州）
（图片来源：劳里·巴克豪特、蒂芙尼·伯勒斯、杰西卡·斯坦曼和芭芭拉·雷格尼茨竞选团队提供）
“他们试图控制这种性别标签，把女性塞进一个框里，’你就该这么投票，别告诉你丈夫’，’你该这么想’。共和党人可不会这么做。”她继续说道。
在本次中期选举中，巴克豪特正试图击败北卡罗来纳州第1国会选区的民主党众议员唐·戴维斯。该选区从弗吉尼亚州边界延伸至大西洋沿岸，覆盖该州东北角。在2024年选举中，巴克豪特以微弱差距输给戴维斯，而此次竞选她的势头强劲。她在3月3日的共和党初选中击败了其他四名候选人，并且就在本周，还获得了唐纳德·特朗普总统的背书。
作为中期选举周期中占主导地位的政党，许多人预计共和党在11月的投票中会遭遇失利。然而，巴克豪特认为北卡罗来纳州的情况将截然不同。由于共和党在众议院仅以微弱优势维持多数席位，每一个席位都至关重要。
“我可以告诉你们，北卡罗来纳州的民众，特别是东部地区的民众，希望政府对他们的生活干预最少，不希望大政府插手他们的生活方式、告诉他们该做什么，也不希望政府通过增税来为不需要或未经他们投票同意的项目敛财。”她说，”所以我们对这次共和党胜选很有信心，能拿下这个席位，为众议院再添一票。”
巴克豪特并非唯一一位有望在今年将蓝色选区转为红色的共和党女性候选人。
在共和党重点瞄准的选区之一，前校长、自称”迷你面包车妈妈”的卡里·巴克正试图击败内华达州第1国会选区的众议员迪娜·蒂图斯。根据最新的联邦选举委员会报告，巴克的竞选资金远超蒂图斯，进一步凸显了现任议员的脆弱性。
“迷你面包车妈妈”警告民主党现任议员：”她对我们一无所为”
图片来源：左图为内华达州民主党众议员迪娜·蒂图斯（Ethan Miller/Getty Images）；右图为内华达州参议员卡里·巴克（巴克竞选团队提供）
巴克告诉福克斯新闻数字版，自2013年当选议员以来，蒂图斯”已经有过机会，而内华达州的家庭仍在等待结果”。
“我在教室里工作了30年——教书、管理学校、解决问题。在这期间，迪娜·蒂图斯一直占据公职，却无力也不愿解决内华达州民众面临的挑战：通货膨胀加剧、犯罪率飙升、边境开放、学校衰败。”她说。
在东海岸，新泽西州律师蒂芙尼·伯勒斯作为政治新人，正试图击败被视为脆弱的民主党众议员内莉·普。
如果共和党能拿下这个席位，将对维持多数席位大有裨益。
“选民已经准备好接受新的改变，这就是我们会获胜的原因。”伯勒斯告诉福克斯新闻。
她抨击普，称其”数十年靠纳税人的钱过活”，并且”近94%的时间都与众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯等极左翼分子投票立场一致，将极端进步议程置于我们选区的优先事项之上”。
蓝州卖淫合法化提案令候选人震惊：”该州人口贩卖猖獗”
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊（共和党人，路易斯安那州）和共和党人正试图在本次中期选举周期中保住多数席位
（美联社照片/J. Scott Applewhite）
同样，印第安纳州第一国会选区的芭芭拉·雷格尼茨正试图击败长期由民主党众议员弗兰克·默万占据的席位。
曾是软件工程师、现任波特县专员的雷格尼茨告诉福克斯新闻数字版：”近百年来，共和党人一直无力阻止极左翼的失败政策，这些政策导致收入下降、产业挣扎、西北印第安纳州的社区日益不安全。”
“我竞选国会议员是因为我相信我们的选区值得有认真、有原则、注重结果而非空谈的领导。”她说。
在德克萨斯州，另一位共和党女性杰西卡·斯坦曼正努力保住共和党在休斯顿北部的席位，该席位因众议员摩根·拉特利奇决定不寻求连任而空缺。
斯坦曼曾在唐纳德·特朗普总统第一任期内担任司法部受害者办公室主任。
她告诉福克斯新闻数字版，她竞选国会议员是因为”特朗普政府未来两年对我们国家至关重要”。
“我很自豪能在第一届特朗普政府任职，亲眼见证强大的’美国优先’领导力能取得什么成就。”她说，并补充道，”我相信这个理念将带领我们在11月获胜。”
彼得·皮内多是福克斯新闻数字版的政治记者。
New guard of GOP women say Democrats can’t ‘pigeonhole’ female voters as they target key House races
Published March 15, 2026 7:00am EDT | Updated March 15, 2026 7:01am EDT
‘The Democrats try way too hard to pigeonhole us women in a certain role while they still can’t define what a woman is,’ quipped candidate Laurie Buckhout
By Peter Pinedo Fox News
A new wave of Republican women running in competitive congressional races is aiming to chip away at Democrats’ long-held advantage with female voters — and flip key seats that could determine control of the House this November.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, one of these candidates, Laurie Buckhout, a former cattle rancher, U.S. Army veteran and mother, knocked the Democratic Party for trying to “pigeonhole” female voters into a single category.
“The Democrats try way too hard to pigeonhole us women in a certain role while they still can’t define what a woman is,” she quipped.
She believes that despite the rhetoric, Democrats are “really out of touch when it comes to women voters.”
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Left to right: Republican congressional candidates Laurie Buckhout, N.C., Tiffany Burress, N.J., Jessica Steinmann, Texas, and Barb Regnitz, Ind.(Courtesy of the campaigns of an coCourtesy of the campaigns for Laurie Buckhout, Tiffany Burress, Jessica Steinmann and Barb Regnitz)
“They try to own that gender and try to stuff them in a box,” she went on. “’This is how you’re going to vote. Don’t tell your husband. This is how you are going to think.’ Republicans don’t do that.”
This midterm election, Buckhout is running to unseat Democratic Rep. Don Davis in North Carolina’s Congressional District 1. The district stretches across the northeastern corner of the state from the border with Virginia to the Atlantic coast. After narrowly losing to Davis in the 2024 election, Buckhout’s campaign has already garnered significant momentum this time around. She defeated a field of four other Republican candidates in the March 3 primary and, just this week, was further bolstered by an endorsement from President Donald Trump.
As the dominant party in an off-year midterm cycle, many expect that Republicans will take a beating at the ballot box this November. Buckhout, however, thinks it will be a very different story in North Carolina. With the GOP barely grasping onto a razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives, every seat matters.
“I can tell you the people of North Carolina, especially eastern North Carolina, they want to live their lives with a minimum of government interference, they don’t want big government leaning in, telling them how to live their life, what to do, taking their money out of their pockets for more and more taxes for programs that they don’t need and they didn’t vote for,” she said. “So, I can tell you that we feel very good about this being a Republican election, taking this, adding another seat to the House.”
Buckhout is not the only female Republican candidate who stands a good shot at flipping a blue district red this year.
In one of the GOP’s top targeted districts, Carrie Buck, a former school principal and self-described minivan mom, is angling to unseat Rep. Dina Titus in Nevada Congressional District 1 in Las Vegas. As of the latest Federal Election Commission filings, Buck has significantly outraised Titus, further signaling the incumbent’s vulnerability.
MINIVAN MOM PUTS DEM INCUMBENT ON NOTICE IN TOP GOP TARGET DISTRICT: ‘SHE HAS DONE NOTHING FOR US’
Left: Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev. Right: Nevada state Sen. Carrie Buck, who is running for Congress.(Ethan Miller/Getty Images; Campaign for Carrie Buck)
Buck told Fox News Digital that after serving in Congress since 2013, Titus has “had her chance, and Nevada families are still waiting for results.”
“I spent 30 years in classrooms — teaching, running schools, and working to fix problems. During that same time, Dina Titus was in public office, unable and unwilling to address the challenges Nevadans face: rising inflation, soaring crime rates, an open border, and failing schools,” she said.
On the East Coast, Tiffany Burress, a New Jersey attorney who is a newcomer to the political scene, is running to unseat Democratic Rep. Nellie Pou, who is considered vulnerable.
If the GOP could pick up the seat, it would be a huge boon in retaining the majority.
“Voters are ready for something different, and that’s how I know we’re going to win,” Burress told Fox.
She knocked Pou, saying she has “spent decades living on the taxpayers’ dime,” and “puts extreme progressive agendas ahead of the priorities of our district” by voting with the likes of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nearly 94 percent of the time.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Republicans are attempting to retain their majority this midterm election cycle.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Similarly, Barb Regnitz in Indiana’s first congressional district is running to flip a long-held Democratic seat currently filled by Rep. Frank Mrvan.
Regnitz, who is a former software engineer and current Porter County commissioner, told Fox News Digital that “for almost 100 years, Republicans have been powerless to stop the failed policies of the far-left that have resulted in falling incomes, struggling industry, and increasingly unsafe communities right here in Northwest Indiana.”
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“I’m running for Congress because I believe our district deserves serious, principled leadership focused on results, not rhetoric,” she said.
Down in Texas, another Republican woman, Jessica Steinmann, is fighting to retain a Republican seat north of Houston, being left vacant by Rep. Morgan Luttrell, who opted not to seek re-election.
Steinmann formerly served in President Donald Trump’s Justice Department during his first term as director of the Office for Victims of Crime.
She told Fox News Digital she is running for Congress “because the next two years of President Trump’s administration are critical for our country.”
“I was proud to serve in the first Trump Administration, where I saw firsthand what strong, America First leadership can accomplish,” she said, adding, “I’m confident that message will carry us to victory in November.”
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
