2026-04-24T09:00:51.329Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
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2小时前
发布于 2026年4月24日，美国东部时间上午5:00
宾夕法尼亚州州长乔希·夏皮罗于1月8日在费城的艾伦·霍维茨“第六人”中心为自己的连任竞选启动活动发表讲话。
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如果宾夕法尼亚州州长乔希·夏皮罗得偿所愿，民主党夺回美国众议院多数席位的道路将从他所在的州开启。
夏皮罗已承诺助力民主党翻转四个共和党掌控的众议院席位。他已为其中三个选区的候选人背书，其中一个选区的选定候选人正陷入激烈的初选竞争。为重建宾夕法尼亚州民主党，夏皮罗招募了一位盟友担任州民主党主席，并据其竞选团队透露，本选举周期他已从个人竞选账户中捐赠92.5万美元，其中包括4月份的40万美元。
如果夏皮罗决定参加2028年总统竞选，那么在自身连任之际拿下这些席位并扩大优势，将为他的政治履历增色不少。但这对夏皮罗来说也存在一定政治风险：他押注自己能够帮助民主党驱逐长期任职的共和党现任议员，并助力自己选定的候选人在第七国会选区胜出。
“乔希不会毫无把握就为某事站台……他也不想落得难堪的下场，”一位要求匿名以便直言不讳的宾夕法尼亚州民主党策略师说道。
这位州长招募并背书宾夕法尼亚州职业消防员协会主席鲍勃·布鲁克斯，以挑战众议员瑞安·麦肯齐，此举让一些民主党人感到意外，也令另一些人感到沮丧。
布鲁克斯的支持者认为，与该选区其他三位候选人——前联邦检察官瑞安·克罗斯韦尔、前非营利组织高管兼能源工程师卡罗尔·奥万多-德斯坦以及前北安普顿县县长拉蒙特·麦克卢尔相比，布鲁克斯更有机会赢得该选区的工薪阶层选民支持。
“我非常敬重乔希·夏皮罗，他是一位出色的州长，我实在不明白他为什么要掺和到这场竞争激烈的初选中，”前众议员苏珊·怀尔德说道，她本人曾招募并支持奥万多-德斯坦。“到头来，你肯定会得罪好几位候选人的支持者群体。”
真正的挑战将在11月到来，届时民主党希望击败共和党现任议员布莱恩·菲茨帕特里克、罗布·布雷斯纳汉、斯科特·佩里和麦肯齐。
布雷斯纳汉和麦肯齐均于2024年当选，他们在势均力敌的选战中击败了民主党现任议员。菲茨帕特里克和佩里是民主党长期以来的 targeted targets，此前多次挫败了罢免他们的努力。
民主党希望有利的中期选举环境能帮助他们的候选人在这四场选战中胜出。他们还指出，唐纳德·特朗普总统不会出现在本次选举的 ballot 上，无法为共和党提振投票率。而以15个百分点的优势赢得2022年州长选举的夏皮罗，将成为本次选举的 top of the ticket 候选人。
“夏皮罗州长正持续为我们英联邦推进各项事务，并致力于阻止伤害宾夕法尼亚州家庭的特朗普式混乱、残忍与腐败，”夏皮罗的发言人曼努埃尔·邦德在一份声明中说道。“这意味着要在11月赢得选举——州长将持续现身、传递信息，并致力于选举各级公职人员，这些人将真正为宾夕法尼亚州民众而战，助力终结华盛顿的腐败与灾难性政策。”
利哈伊谷地区一场拥挤的初选
民主党在该州最有可能拿下的席位或许是第七国会选区。麦肯齐2024年仅以1个百分点的优势击败怀尔德。曾在2018年翻转该选区的怀尔德选择不再参选。
获得众多州内及全国政客背书的布鲁克斯，将夏皮罗的支持作为其向选民宣传的核心卖点。他的竞选网站“红色板块”——供竞选团队向超级政治行动委员会及外部团体传达战略的板块——着重强调“让可能参与民主党初选的选民知晓布鲁克斯获得了乔希·夏皮罗州长的背书，这是最重要的”。这位州长去年12月为布鲁克斯举办了一场筹款活动，并在本月初布鲁克斯竞选团队的首支电视广告中高调亮相。
本次初选的筹款领先者克罗斯韦尔在最近的一场辩论中指出，他“没有依附任何人的光环”，筹集到的资金比其他对手都多。
瑞安·克罗斯韦尔于2025年12月12日在纽约接受路透社采访。
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来自伯利恒的民主党志愿者帕蒂·卡利斯倾向于支持克罗斯韦尔，她表示布鲁克斯对其背书的强调让她感到反感。
“我想听到有人告诉我，作为国会议员他们打算做什么，他们作为个体是怎样的人，以及他们眼中存在哪些问题，”卡利斯说道。
她表示自己热切支持夏皮罗的连任竞选，但希望州长“能更信任民主党选民，相信我们会选出最适合代表我们的人”参加众议院初选。
夏皮罗在一份声明中表示，布鲁克斯“始终支持我”，他“很自豪能在这场竞选中背书他，与他并肩作战，让生活成本更亲民”。这位州长表示，他是在这位工会领袖游说州议员通过消防员福利法案时结识布鲁克斯的。
布鲁克斯的一些批评者指出，他曾在社交媒体上发布右翼表情包。2019年一名枪手在埃尔帕索杀害23人后，布鲁克斯发布了一张克林特·伊斯特伍德的表情包，配文称：“问题不在于枪支，而在于没有信仰的心灵、缺乏管教的家庭、没有祈祷的学校以及没有正义的法庭。”这一帖子被美国有线电视新闻网获取，并于去年被当地政治博客报道，帖子中还带有与“三号百分比”组织相关的标志——该组织是反政府极端民兵团体。
在给美国有线电视新闻网的一份声明中，布鲁克斯为自己过去的一些帖子道歉，并请求该选区的选民根据他的服务经历评判他。他表示自己成年后一直是民主党人。
“政治很肮脏——一些不愿有更多工薪阶层人士从政的华盛顿内部人士正刻意挖掘多年前的脸书帖子，”他在声明中说道。“这些年来我确实分享过一些蠢事，对此我很抱歉。但我相信我为之奋斗的事业和我的价值观始终是清晰的。”
一些拉美裔领袖也表示，布鲁克斯尚未足够努力地向拉美裔社区介绍自己。该选区23%的人口为拉美裔；利哈伊县最大城市阿伦敦的拉美裔人口约占56%。布鲁克斯的盟友，包括阿伦敦首位拉美裔市长马特·图尔克表示，布鲁克斯一直在参加社区内的拉美裔活动。
鲍勃·布鲁克斯与乔希·夏皮罗州长于2025年4月18日在宾夕法尼亚州伯利恒的消防局发表讲话。
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居住在该选区的电台老板维克托·马丁内斯今年早些时候发表了一篇专栏文章，认为夏皮罗“传递了错误的信号”，并暗示州长此举是为了获得消防员工会的支持。马丁内斯表示，夏皮罗的办公室很快就联系了他，州长在电台节目中解释说，他的背书是“私人情谊”，而非政治考量。
“我之所以站出来支持鲍勃，是因为我信任他，”夏皮罗在马丁内斯的节目“El Relajo de la Mañana”中说道。“我知道我们在这件事上可能有分歧，但我认为我们都能达成共识：无论谁从初选中胜出，我们都会100%支持他，而他必须击败瑞安·麦肯齐。”
就本次初选而言，两人同意保留各自的不同意见。
“我认为州长此举带有一点政治赌博，尤其是在他自己也要参加连任竞选的这一年，”马丁内斯说道。“但我欣赏他毫不畏惧，只是说‘嘿，如果他输了，那就是他输了。我认为他会赢，所以我会全力以赴’。”
布鲁克斯的支持者认为，布鲁克斯作为工薪阶层普通人的形象——他曾是消防员、酒保，如今经营着除雪和草坪护理生意——使他最有机会争取到上一选举周期以微弱优势将该席位交给共和党的选民。
“鲍勃在政治上有一项非常重要的技能，那就是将潜在的劣势转化为优势，”支持布鲁克斯的州众议员迈克·施洛斯贝格说道。“他谈到自己亲身经历过房贷逾期和财务困难，他能比该选区其他任何候选人都更有公信力地与这些选民沟通。”
瞄准四个席位
《库克政治报告》将第七国会选区评为“势均力敌”，第八国会选区同样如此，布雷斯纳汉可能将面临斯克兰顿市长佩奇·科格内蒂的挑战；第十国会选区也是如此，佩里可能将面临前本地新闻主播雅内尔·斯泰尔森的再次挑战。
第一国会选区由民主党巴克县专员鲍勃·哈维挑战现任共和党议员菲茨帕特里克，该选区被评为“大概率共和党掌控”。
“我认为菲茨帕特里克可能是最难击败的对手，但运气终有耗尽的时候，”总部位于宾夕法尼亚州的民主党策略师迈克·米库斯说道。“当你逆势而为时，终究无法一直侥幸过关。”
共和党人对他们至少能保住其中几个席位持乐观态度。
“祝他们好运吧，”支持菲茨帕特里克的超级政治行动委员会负责人、共和党策略师克里斯·帕克在谈到民主党在这四场选战中的胜算时说道。
布莱恩·菲茨帕特里克于2025年12月10日抵达美国国会大厦。
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作为五届现任议员、前联邦调查局特工，菲茨帕特里克在2018年民主党浪潮以及2024年的选举中都保住了席位，尽管特朗普在该州获胜，但卡玛拉·哈里斯前副总统在其选区内胜出。
民主党人指出，他们在2025年巴克县的选举中取得了胜利，该县涵盖了该选区的大部分区域。哈维表示，他比以往的挑战者更有优势，因为他土生土长于该选区，并于2019年和2023年当选全县公职人员。
“最近有人问我，‘我怎么才能让那些投菲茨帕特里克的人投给我？’”哈维说道。“我的答案是，‘我已经做到了。’”
据两位熟悉州长计划的消息人士透露，夏皮罗已背书科格内蒂和斯泰尔森，并有望很快背书哈维。
宾夕法尼亚州民主党众议员克里斯·德卢齐奥称赞州长积极参与这些选战。
“乔希·夏皮罗一直是我和其他试图夺回众议院多数席位的人的好伙伴，”德卢齐奥说道。“我和他都清楚，众议院多数席位的归属可能取决于宾夕法尼亚州的选情。”
Josh Shapiro tests his clout in trying to flip US House seats in Pennsylvania
2026-04-24T09:00:51.329Z / CNN
By Arit John
2 hr ago
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2026, 5:00 AM ET
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a kickoff event for his own re-election campaign at The Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 8.
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If Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has his way, the Democratic path to winning back the US House will run through his state.
Shapiro has committed to helping Democrats flip four Republican-held seats. He’s endorsed in three of the districts, including one where his chosen candidate is locked in a competitive primary. And in a bid to rebuild Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party, Shapiro recruited an ally as state chairman and donated $925,000 from his campaign account this cycle, including $400,000 in April, according to his campaign.
Winning those seats while running up the score in his own reelection would bolster Shapiro’s political resume if he decides to run for president in 2028. But there is also some political risk for Shapiro, who is betting he can help Democrats oust longtime Republican incumbents and boost his pick in the 7th District.
“Josh is not someone who puts his name behind something without a lot of oomph … he’s not someone who is going to want to be embarrassed,” said one Pennsylvania Democratic strategist who asked to be anonymous to speak candidly.
The governor surprised some Democrats and frustrated others when he recruited and endorsed Bob Brooks, the president of the Pennsylvania Professional Fire Fighters Association, to take on Rep. Ryan Mackenzie.
Brooks supporters argue he’s better positioned to win over working-class voters in the district than the other three candidates in the race: former federal prosecutor Ryan Crosswell, former nonprofit executive and energy engineer Carol Obando-Derstine, and former Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure.
“I think the world of Josh Shapiro, and I think he’s a wonderful governor, and I just could not understand why he would want to involve himself in such a competitive primary,” said former Rep. Susan Wild, who recruited and is backing Obando-Derstine. “Invariably, you’re going to be pissing off several different candidates’ bases.”
The real challenge will come in November, when Democrats hope to defeat Republican Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Rob Bresnahan, Scott Perry, and Mackenzie.
Bresnahan and Mackenzie were elected in 2024 after defeating Democratic incumbents in close races. Fitzpatrick and Perry are longtime Democratic targets who have withstood past efforts to unseat them.
Democrats hope that the favorable midterm environment will help get their candidates over the edge in all four races. They also note that President Donald Trump won’t be on the ballot to help boost turnout. Instead, Shapiro — who won his 2022 race by 15 points — will be at the top of the ticket.
“Governor Shapiro is fighting to keep getting stuff done for our Commonwealth and to put a stop to Trump’s chaos, cruelty, and corruption that is harming Pennsylvania families,” Shapiro spokesperson Manuel Bonder said in a statement. “That means winning this November – and the Governor is going to keep showing up, delivering his message, and working to elect leaders up and down the ballot who will actually fight for Pennsylvanians and help put an end to Washington’s corruption and disastrous policies.”
A crowded primary in the Lehigh Valley
Democrats’ best pick-up opportunity in the state may be the 7th District. Mackenzie beat Wild in 2024 by just 1 percentage point. Wild, who flipped the district in 2018, chose not to run again.
Brooks, who has been endorsed by a broad range of state and national politicians, has made Shapiro’s support the centerpiece of his pitch to voters. His campaign website’s “red box” — where campaigns signal strategies to super PACs and outside groups — stresses that it is “most important that likely Democratic primary voters learn that Brooks is endorsed by Governor Josh Shapiro.” The governor held a fundraiser for Brooks last December and appeared prominently in the Brooks campaign’s first TV ad earlier this month.
Crosswell, the fundraising leader in the race, noted at a recent debate that he’s brought in more money than his opponents “without riding anyone’s coattails.”
Ryan Crosswell speaks during an interview with Reuters in New York on December 12, 2025.
Mike Segar/Reuters
Patty Carlis, a Democratic volunteer from Bethlehem who is leaning toward Crosswell, said she was put off by Brooks’ emphasis on his endorsements.
“I want to hear somebody tell me what they’re going to do as a congressperson, who they are as individuals, and what they see as the problems,” Carlis said.
She said she’s eager to support Shapiro’s re-election bid, but wished the governor “had more faith in the Democratic voters, that we will pick the person who is the best person to represent us” in the US House primary.
Shapiro said in a statement that Brooks has “always had my back” and he’s “proud to endorse him in this race and stand with him in the fight to make life more affordable.” The governor has said he got to know Brooks when the union leader lobbied state lawmakers to pass benefits for firefighters.
Some Brooks critics have pointed to his history of posting right-wing memes on social media. After a gunman killed 23 people in El Paso in 2019, Brooks posted a meme with an image of Clint Eastwood that said: “The problem is not guns. It’s hearts without God, homes without discipline, schools without prayer and courtrooms without justice.” The post, which was obtained by CNN and written about by local political blogs last year, included a logo associated with the Three Percenters, an anti-government extremist militia group.
In a statement to CNN, Brooks apologized for some of his past posts and asked voters in the district to judge him on his record of service. He said he’s been a Democrat throughout his adulthood.
“Politics is nasty – a bunch of DC insiders who don’t want more working people in office are selectively digging up years-old Facebook posts,” he said in the statement. “I’ve shared a few stupid things over the years, and for that I am sorry. I believe who I’ve fought for and my values have always been clear.”
Some Latino leaders also say Brooks hasn’t done enough to introduce himself to their community. The district is 23% Latino; Allentown, the largest city in Lehigh County, is about 56% Latino. Brooks’ allies, including Allentown’s first Latino mayor, Matt Tuerk, say that he’s been attending Latino events in the community.
Bob Brooks speaks alongside Gov. Josh Shapiro at the fire department in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on April 18, 2025.
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Victor Martinez, a radio station owner who lives in the district, wrote an opinion piece earlier this year arguing Shapiro had “sent the wrong message” and suggested the governor was motivated by a desire to win favor with the firefighters’ union. Shapiro’s office soon reached out, Martinez said, and the governor explained on air that his endorsement was “personal,” not political.
“The reason why I stepped up to support Bob is because I believe in him,” Shapiro said on Martinez’s show, “El Relajo de la Mañana.” “I know we may be on different sides of this, but I think we can both agree that whoever emerges from the primary, we’re going to be 100% in for them, and they have to beat Ryan Mackenzie.”
As far as the primary is concerned, the two have agreed to disagree.
“I think there’s a little bit of political gambling that the governor did, especially in a year that he’s running for reelection,” Martinez said. “But I appreciate him not being afraid and just saying, ‘Hey, if he loses, he loses. I think he’s going to win, and I’m all in.’”
Brooks supporters argue his profile as a working-class everyman who has been a firefighter, a bartender, and now runs a snow removal and lawn care business makes him the best positioned to reach the voters who narrowly handed the seat to Republicans last cycle.
“Bob has a really important skill in politics, which is turning a prospective weakness into a strength,” said state Rep. Mike Schlossberg, who has endorsed Brooks. “He spoke about the fact that he knows what it’s like, personally, to be behind in your mortgage and to have financial difficulties, and he can talk to those people with more credibility than I think anybody else in the field can.”
Going after four seats
The Cook Political Report has rated the 7th District a toss-up, along with the 8th District, where Bresnahan will likely face Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, and the 10th District, where Perry is likely to face a rematch against former local news anchor Janelle Stelson.
The 1st District, where Democratic Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie is challenging Fitzpatrick, is rated likely Republican.
“I look at Fitzpatrick as probably the toughest to beat, but eventually you run out of luck,” said Mike Mikus, a Pennsylvania-based Democratic strategist. “You just can’t hold on anymore when you’re swimming against the tide.”
Republicans are optimistic they’ll hold at least some of the four seats.
“I would say good luck,” Chris Pack, a Republican strategist who runs a super PAC backing Fitzpatrick, said of Democrats’ odds in the four races.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick arrives at the US Capitol on December 10, 2025.
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Fitzpatrick, a five-term incumbent and former FBI agent, kept his seat during the 2018 Democratic wave and in 2024, when former Vice President Kamala Harris carried his district even as Trump won statewide.
Democrats have pointed to their wins in 2025 in Bucks County, which encompasses most of the district. Harvie has argued he’s a stronger candidate than past challengers because he’s from the district and has been elected countywide in 2019 and 2023.
“I had somebody ask recently, ‘How am I going to get the people who vote for Fitzpatrick to vote for me?’” Harvie said. “And my answer was, ‘I already have.’”
Shapiro has endorsed Cognetti and Stelson and is expected to endorse Harvie soon, according to two sources familiar with the governor’s plans.
Rep. Chris DeLuzio, a Pennsylvania Democrat, praised the governor for leaning in on the races.
“Josh Shapiro has been a great partner for me and others who are trying to take back the House,” DeLuzio said. “I know, as does he, that the majority could run through Pennsylvania.”