2026年8月11日 / 美国东部时间晚上11:09 / 美国广播公司新闻
作者：乔·沃尔什
乔·沃尔什是美国广播公司新闻数字政治高级编辑。他此前曾为《福布斯》报道突发新闻，并在波士顿从事本地新闻工作。
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美国广播公司新闻预测，自20世纪90年代末以来一直代表康涅狄格州中部地区的民主党众议员约翰·拉尔森在周二的民主党初选中落败，输给前哈特福德市市长卢克·布罗宁。此次竞选的核心议题是世代更替。
截至美国东部时间晚上10点15分，仅计票过半时，布罗宁以接近20个百分点的优势领先拉尔森，领先票数近7000张。西哈特福德州众议员吉利安·吉尔克里斯特和哈特福德教育委员会成员露丝·福琼落后于两位领先候选人。
这个 reliably blue （译注：指长期支持民主党）的哈特福德地区国会席位候选人在许多关键政策议题上立场一致。此次初选的争论焦点在于，民主党人应该再次推选一名资深议员参选，还是选择一名更年轻的新面孔候选人。现年78岁的拉尔森正谋求其国会第15个任期，而布罗宁比他年轻31岁。
布罗宁着重强调了这一主题。他的竞选网站承诺将带来“新活力、新想法和新视角”，并将拉尔森描绘成一名“维持现状”的候选人，他告诉选民：“继续墨守成规的风险太高了。”
康涅狄格州民主党在5月的党代会上背书布罗宁而非拉尔森，这一意外结果促使布罗宁呼吁其对手“移交火炬”。今年早些时候，布罗宁还获得了拜登政府时期的交通部长皮特·布蒂吉格的背书。布蒂吉格曾在2020年参选总统，被广泛视为2028年总统大选的潜在候选人。
而拉尔森则将自己在国会的长期任职视为优势，他辩称自己已为选区带来了切实成果，并且作为任职时间最长的众议院民主党议员之一，他将拥有更大的影响力。
众议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党议员哈基姆·杰弗里斯为拉尔森助选。
拉尔森在接受哈特福德CBS附属机构WFSB电视台采访时表示：“我们将以正式委员会主席的身份履职，而非以一名毫无经验的国会新人的身份参与工作。”
布罗宁在初选中筹集了超过300万美元竞选资金，领先于拉尔森的270万美元。
布罗宁接下来将对阵共和党候选人艾米·蔡，她在共和党初选中无对手参选。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/analysis-of-key-primary-races-as-trump-endorses-darline-graham-for-south-carolina/
14-term Rep. John Larson ousted by challenger Luke Bronin in Connecticut Democratic primary, CBS News projects
August 11, 2026 / 11:09 PM EDT / CBS News
By Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. Joe previously covered breaking news for Forbes and local news in Boston.
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Democratic Rep. John Larson — who has represented central Connecticut since the late 1990s — lost his party’s primary Tuesday to former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, CBS News has projected, after a campaign dominated by debates about generational change.
With just over half of the vote counted at around 10:15 p.m. ET, Bronin led Larson by just under 20 percentage points, or nearly 7,000 votes. West Hartford state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest and Hartford Board of Education member Ruth Fortune trailed the two front-runners.
The candidates for the reliably blue Hartford-area House seat agreed on many key policy issues. Instead, the primary turned on whether Democrats should send a longtime lawmaker back to Congress or opt for a newer — and younger — candidate. Larson, 78, was seeking a 15th term in Congress, while Bronin was 31 years younger than him.
Bronin focused heavily on that theme. His campaign website promised “new energy, new ideas, and new perspectives,” and he cast Larson as a “status quo” candidate, telling voters: “The stakes are too high to keep doing the same thing.”
The Connecticut Democratic Party endorsed Bronin over Larson at its convention in May, an upset that prompted Bronin to call on his rival to “pass the torch.” Bronin was also endorsed earlier this year by Biden-era Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who ran for president in 2020 and is widely viewed as a possible 2028 contender.
Larson, meanwhile, presented his long tenure in Congress as an asset, arguing he has delivered for constituents and — as one of the longest-serving House Democrats — would have more sway.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, campaigned for Larson.
“We are going to come in as a full committee chairman, not as some freshman in Congress with some assignment,” Larson told Hartford CBS affiliate WFSB-TV.
Bronin raised just over $3 million during the primary, ahead of Larson’s $2.7 million.
Bronin will now face Republican nominee Amy Chai, who ran for her party’s nomination unopposed.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/analysis-of-key-primary-races-as-trump-endorses-darline-graham-for-south-carolina/
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