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前缅因州众议院议长汉娜·平格里赢得了缅因州2026年州长选举的民主党提名。
据美联社报道，在这个倾向蓝色的州的民主党初选中，平格里击败了一众初选挑战者。
前缅因州参议院主席特洛伊·杰克逊是一名经济民粹主义者，受到处境艰难的美国参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳的支持，此前也被视为该党提名的热门人选。杰克逊的失利对普拉特纳来说是一记重击，他正试图在11月的中期选举中击败共和党缅因州联邦参议员苏珊·柯林斯。
前拜登政府公共卫生官员尼拉夫·沙阿也曾被视为民主党提名的热门人选。此次选举结果出炉之际，杰克逊和普拉特纳在6月9日初选前多次共同竞选。两人在5月底的一场“打击寡头政治”集会上被拍到与佛蒙特州联邦参议员伯尼·桑德斯拥抱。这位进步派领袖已经为两位候选人背书。
格雷厄姆·普拉特纳抨击新指控为“虚假指控”：“缅因州，你们要支持我”
2026年5月24日，民主党联邦参议院候选人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳和州长候选人特洛伊·杰克逊在缅因大学奥罗诺分校柯林斯艺术中心的“打击寡头政治”巡回活动中同台亮相。（乔·雷德尔/盖蒂图片社）
杰克逊曾是伐木工，在州参众两院都任职过，尽管不断有爆料称普拉特纳过去在与女性交往中存在虐待行为，还有人质疑他是否清楚自己身上一处后来被遮盖的带有纳粹起源的纹身，但杰克逊一直力挺普拉特纳的参选资格。
他上周五在巴尔港一场情绪激昂的集会上与普拉特纳一同亮相，这位参议院候选人在会上抨击针对自己的“带有政治动机的、严重且虚假的虚假指控”。
这些州长候选人旨在接替任期届满的缅因州民主党州长珍妮特·米尔斯。现年78岁的米尔斯在4月份因筹款困难、民调落后而暂停了参议院竞选。
米尔斯背书了缅因州民主党人平格里作为她的继任者。平格里是缅因州民主党众议员切莉·平格里的女儿，属于民主党建制派阵营。
该州的排序投票制度要求选民按偏好顺序为候选人排名。这一规则意味着，最初获得支持率最高的候选人——也就是沙阿——最终输给了得到更广泛选民联盟支持的平格里。
普拉特纳表示，他在投票时将杰克逊列为首选，之后将平格里和缅因州务卿申娜·贝洛斯排在后面。
三位民主党候选人都呼吁各自的支持者在选票上将彼此列为高优先级，这可能是为了削弱沙阿的竞选势头。
缅因州州长珍妮特·米尔斯，民主党人，在该州2026年州长选举中背书前州众议院议长汉娜·平格里。（索菲亚·阿尔迪尼奥/彭博社）
威胁民主党人格雷厄姆·普拉特纳缅因州参议院参选之路的愈演愈烈的争议清单
“我认为我们三位是这场竞选中始终一次又一次为缅因州人民、为工薪阶层、为全民医保、为环境、为缅因州民众获得更多住房发声的人，”平格里在5月底与杰克逊和贝洛斯共同举行的新闻发布会上说道，缅因公共广播电台报道了她的此番讲话。“我认为你们可以信任我们三人来完成这项工作。”
平格里在周五上午的一份声明中感谢了她的竞争对手，称赞排序选举竞选活动的文明性，随后转向缅因州民众。声明中写道：“经过一年的竞选和仔细计票，结果已经出炉。我心怀感激，已经准备就绪，没有时间可以浪费了。我花了近25年的时间为缅因州人民服务，过去的一年真正让我明白了这项服务的意义——因为缅因州人无论在城市还是小镇都会互相支持，他们永远不会放弃自己的邻居。感谢所有参与投票、志愿服务、捐款或是敞开心扉与我讨论对他们而言重要的事情以及此次选举面临的风险的人们。”
时任美国疾控中心首席副主管的尼拉夫·沙阿于2023年9月21日在亚特兰大美国疾控中心总部就新的新冠疫苗推广工作召开会议。（阿里·波因特/《华盛顿邮报》）
作为一名流行病学家，沙阿牵头了缅因州应对新冠疫情的工作，其中包括每日电视直播简报会。在米尔斯任命他领导缅因州疾控中心之前，他与这个“松树之州”的联系似乎极少。
他曾在2015年至2019年间担任伊利诺伊州公共卫生部部长，在威斯康星州和肯塔基州长大。
一个支持沙阿的外部支出团体在负面广告中强调了杰克逊此前反对堕胎权的立场。杰克逊在州议会任职初期，曾获得缅因州生命权组织100%的支持率。
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在共和党方面，六名候选人角逐该党提名，前布什政府官员鲍比·查尔斯击败了包括乔纳森·布什在内的一众对手。乔纳森·布什是一名商人，也是前总统乔治·W·布什的表亲。
民主党人在这场开放席位的竞选中可能占据优势，该党目前几乎掌控着所有全州公职。无党派的库克政治报告将这场竞选评为“大概率民主党获胜”。
本文由美联社供稿。
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Maine Democrats reject Platner-backed candidate in blow to scandal-plagued Senate hopeful
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Hannah Pingree, the former speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, clinched the Democratic nomination in Maine’s 2026 gubernatorial race.
Pingree defeated a crowded field of primary challengers in the blue-leaning state’s Democratic primary, according to The Associated Press.
Former Maine State Senate President Troy Jackson, an economic populist backed by embattled U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, was also viewed as a top contender for the party’s nomination. Jackson’s loss is a blow to Platner as he seeks to unseat U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in November’s midterm elections.
Former Biden public health official Nirav Shah was also viewed as a top contender for the Democratic nomination. The results come as Jackson and Platner campaigned together on multiple occasions ahead of the June 9 primary. The two were seen embracing Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a “Fighting Oligarchy” rally in late May. Sanders, a progressive leader, has endorsed both candidates.
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner and gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson stand together during a “Fighting Oligarchy” tour stop at the Collins Center for the Arts on the University of Maine campus in Orono on May 24, 2026.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Jackson, a logger who has served in both chambers of the state legislature, has largely stood by Platner’s candidacy despite mounting fallout over allegations of abuse in past relationships with women and questions over whether he was aware of a tattoo with Nazi origins that he later covered up.
He appeared with Platner during a fiery rally in Bar Harbor on Friday during which the Senate candidate slammed “politically motivated, serious and false, false accusations” that have been levied against him.
The gubernatorial hopefuls are running to succeed Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, who was term-limited. Mills, 78, suspended her Senate campaign in April after struggling to raise money and falling behind in polling.
Mills endorsed Pingree, D-Maine, to be her successor. Pingree is the daughter of Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, and is associated with the party’s establishment wing.
The state’s ranked-choice voting system required voters to rank candidates in order of preference. That structure meant the candidate who received the most initial support — in this case Shah — ultimately lost to a candidate backed by a broader coalition of voters in Pingree.
Platner said he ranked Pingree and Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, D-Maine, after Jackson, his top pick.
The three Democratic candidates urged their supporters to rank each other highly on their ballots, likely in an attempt to blunt Shah’s momentum.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, endorsed former State House Speaker Hannah Pingree in the state’s 2026 gubernatorial race.(Sofia Aldinio/Bloomberg)
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“I think we’re the three people in this race who have voted time and time again on behalf of Maine people, on behalf of working people, on behalf of universal healthcare, on behalf of the environment, on behalf of more housing for Maine people,” Pingree said at a joint press conference with Jackson and Bellows in late May in remarks reported by Maine Public Radio. “I think you can trust the three of us to get the job done.”
Pingree thanked her competitors in a Friday morning statement, praising the civility of a ranked choice campaign before pivoting to the citizens of Maine.
“After a year-long campaign and a careful count, the results are in. I’m grateful, I’m ready and there is no time to waste. I’ve spent nearly 25 years serving the people of Maine and the last year really brought home what that service is about — because Mainers show up for each other, in cities and towns, and they never give up on their neighbors. Thank you to everyone who voted, volunteered, donated, or opened their doors to talk with me about what matters to them, and what’s at stake in this election,” the statement read.
Then-principal deputy director for the CDC, Nirav Shah, discusses the rollout of the new COVID-19 vaccine during a meeting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta on Sept. 21, 2023.(Alyssa Pointer/The Washington Post)
Shah, an epidemiologist, spearheaded Maine’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which included daily televised briefings. Before Mills tapped him to lead the state’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, his ties to the Pine Tree State appeared to have been minimal.
He previously served as director of the Illinois Department of Public Health between 2015 and 2019 and was raised in Wisconsin and Kentucky.
An outside spending group backing Shah highlighted Jackson’s previous opposition to abortion rights in negative advertising. Early in Jackson’s career in the state legislature, he received a 100% rating from the Maine Right to Life.
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On the Republican side, six candidates vied for the party’s nomination, with former Bush administration official Bobby Charles defeating the crowded field that included Jonathan Bush, a businessman who is a cousin of former President George W. Bush.
Democrats will likely have an edge in the open contest with the party holding nearly all statewide offices. The nonpartisan Cook Political report rates the contest as “likely Democrat.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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