2026年8月6日 / 美国东部时间晚上11:29 / 哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）新闻
据美联社报道，连任两届的田纳西州联邦众议员安迪·奥格尔斯已失去其席位的共和党初选，尽管他获得了特朗普总统的背书。
据美联社汇总的计票结果，在周四的初选中，超过80%的选票已清点完毕，奥格尔斯以仅领先6个百分点的劣势落后于前州农业专员查理·哈彻。
这是本周内第二位获得特朗普背书的国会候选人初选失利，特朗普的背书通常在共和党初选中具有重大影响力。两天前的密歇根州联邦众议院共和党初选中，获得特朗普背书的阿米尔·哈桑输给了数周前已退出竞选的托马斯·史密斯。
在周四晚间的胜选演讲中，哈彻表示奥格尔斯已致电承认败选，并提出协助他完成工作交接。
“我不知道华盛顿特区会是什么样子，对我来说这将是一个全新的环境，”哈彻在接受纳什维尔CBS附属机构WTVF记者尼基·豪泽采访时说道，“我感谢任何能指导我、在这个过程中帮助我的人……他非常友善地提出了帮助，我接受了。”
作为强硬派众议院自由核心小组的成员，奥格尔斯于去年11月获得了特朗普的背书，特朗普在选举日当天的社交媒体帖子中再次呼吁民众为这位“保守派斗士”投票。但哈彻获得了田纳西州州长比尔·李和前州长比尔·哈斯拉姆的背书。
奥格尔斯曾因社交媒体上的极端言论引发争议，包括发帖称“同性恋在美国没有立足之地”以及“穆斯林不属于美国社会”。他后来删除了关于同性恋的帖子，称这条“愚蠢且伤人”的帖子是其团队一名成员所写，该成员随后已“受到惩戒”。
2024年，联邦调查局以竞选资金相关调查为由扣押了奥格尔斯的手机。这位议员对此提出反对，司法部于今年早些时候同意归还其手机，奥格尔斯未受到任何犯罪指控。
今年早些时候，作为更广泛的选区重划计划的一部分，奥格尔斯所在的选区被重新划分，该计划解散了田纳西州唯一的民主党倾向选区。该选区此前覆盖纳什维尔附近的田纳西州中部地区，如今却从纳什维尔郊区延伸至孟菲斯，跨度超过200英里。
在这个深红选区竞选期间，奥格尔斯和哈彻都试图表明自己与特朗普立场一致。但哈彻曾抨击奥格尔斯的言论，称其为“作秀马”，并指出：“如果我们的国会议员少些空谈、多些实干，特朗普总统能做成更多事。”
奥格尔斯在此次竞选筹款上也落后于哈彻，根据联邦选举委员会的备案文件，奥格尔斯共筹集613135美元，而哈彻筹集了719503美元。此外，一家支持清洁能源的超级政治行动委员会“明日投资联盟”上月花费约200万美元支持哈彻、反对奥格尔斯。该组织的捐赠者包括科技亿万富翁克里斯·拉尔森以及多家可再生能源公司。
奥格尔斯在竞选最后几天批评了“明日投资联盟”，指责这个全国性左翼团体“干预共和党初选”，并试图买下他的席位，因为他“在国会中公开反对绿色能源补贴”。
在周四晚间的一份声明中，“明日投资联盟”主席汤姆·马齐誓言将“继续惩罚任何想要拿美国就业、能源安全和公用事业价格搞政治的两党议员”。
“田纳西州第五选区再次证明，阻碍美国能源未来的人将付出沉重的政治代价，”马齐说道，他同时也是电力供应商CleanChoice Energy的首席执行官。
哈彻将在11月的大选中与民主党候选人查兹·莫尔德展开角逐。
Trump-endorsed Rep. Andy Ogles projected to lose GOP primary in Tennessee
August 6, 2026 / 11:29 PM EDT / CBS News
Two-term Rep. Andy Ogles lost the Republican primary for his Tennessee House seat, the Associated Press projects, despite securing an endorsement from President Trump.
With just over 80% of votes counted in Thursday’s primary, Ogles trailed former state Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher by just over six points, according to results compiled by the AP.
It marks the second loss this week by a congressional candidate backed by Mr. Trump, whose endorsement typically carries significant sway in Republican primaries. In a Michigan GOP House primary two days earlier, Trump-endorsed candidate Amir Hassan lost to Thomas Smith, who had suspended his campaign weeks earlier.
In a victory speech Thursday night, Hatcher said Ogles had called him to concede and offered to help him transition into the job.
“I don’t know what D.C. is going to be like. It’s going to be a new environment for me,” Hatcher told Nikki Hauser, a reporter for Nashville CBS affiliate WTVF. “I appreciate anybody that can mentor me and help me in that process … He was nice enough to do that, and I accepted it.”
A member of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, Ogles secured the president’s endorsement last November, and Mr. Trump again urged people to vote for the “Conservative Warrior” in an Election Day social media post. But Hatcher was endorsed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and former Gov. Bill Haslam.
Ogles has drawn controversy for incendiary rhetoric on social media, including posts stating that “homosexuality has no place in America” and that “Muslims don’t belong in American society.” He deleted the post about homosexuality, saying the “stupid” and “hurtful” post was written by a member of his staff who was later “reprimanded.”
Ogles’ phone was seized by the FBI in 2024 as part of a campaign finance-related investigation. The lawmaker pushed back on the move, and the Justice Department agreed to return his phone earlier this year. He was not charged with a crime.
Earlier this year, Ogles’ district was redrawn as part of a broader redistricting effort that broke up Tennessee’s sole Democratic-leaning seat. The district previously covered parts of Middle Tennessee near Nashville, but it now snakes more than 200 miles from the Nashville suburbs to Memphis.
Both Ogles and Hatcher have sought to align themselves with Mr. Trump while running in the deep-red district. But Hatcher has taken some jabs at Ogles’ rhetoric, calling him a “show horse” and arguing: “Think what President Trump could do if our congressman spent less time talking and more time doing.”
Ogles was also outspent in the race, raising $613,135 to Hatcher’s $719,503, according to Federal Election Commission filings. And a pro-clean energy super PAC called the Invest In Tomorrow Coalition spent around $2 million to support Hatcher and oppose Ogles last month. The group’s donors include tech billionaire Chris Larsen and several renewable energy companies.
Ogles criticized the Invest in Tomorrow Coalition in the final days of the race, accusing national left-leaning group of “interfering in a Republican primary” and trying to buy his seat because he “openly fought against green energy subsidies in Congress.”
In a Thursday night statement, Invest In Tomorrow Coalition Chair Tom Matzzie vowed to “continue to punish members of either party who want to play politics with American jobs, energy security, and utility prices.”
“Tennessee’s 5th District just proved once again that standing in the way of America’s energy future comes with a hefty political price,” said Matzzie, who is also the CEO of electricity supplier CleanChoice Energy.
Hatcher will face Democratic nominee Chaz Molder in the November general election.
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