2026年9月5日 / 美国东部时间下午3:29 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
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特朗普总统已为中期选举向得克萨斯州联邦参议院候选人肯·帕克斯顿提供了首笔大额竞选捐款。这位总统将从其“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA Inc.）超级政治行动委员会中拿出1000万美元，助力现任得克萨斯州总检察长帕克斯顿——目前他与民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉利科的选战出人意料地胶着。
据周六美国联邦选举委员会的备案文件显示，这笔捐款分为两部分：500万美元用于投放针对塔拉利科的负面广告，500万美元用于投放支持帕克斯顿的正面广告。两笔捐款均流向政治媒体机构Del Ray Media Inc.，用于电视和数字广告投放。
特朗普的“让美国再次伟大”委员会坐拥4亿美元资金，但在本届中期选举周期中此前从未提供过任何大额捐款。
与特朗普的超级政治行动委员会“让美国再次伟大”有关联的非营利组织“守护美国伟大”推出了首档全国播出的广告。但该广告聚焦总统本人，而非当地国会候选人，这引发了一些候选人的担忧：即便特朗普并未参选，竞选开支的重点仍会放在为其造势上。
“我筹到了很多钱，没人知道具体数额，但我可以告诉你，大概有8.5亿美元，”特朗普在8月21日登上空军一号飞往南卡罗来纳州前说道，“我会把其中很大一部分钱用在——还有我自己的钱——但我会把很多钱花在我认为优秀的共和党候选人身上。”
此前唯一一笔捐款是在南卡罗来纳州。“让美国再次伟大”委员会向参议员达琳·格雷厄姆的竞选团队捐赠了82.7万美元。在格雷厄姆参选参议员之前，该委员会在2026年的中期选举竞选中仅花费了约1.8万美元。该超级政治行动委员会去年花费了约170万美元，截至第二季度末，已募集到4.01亿美元。
格雷厄姆在7月林赛·格雷厄姆去世后继承了其担任的参议院席位，目前正为争取连任以完成完整任期而努力。
“拜托，请把我当成参选的候选人，”8月21日在南卡罗来纳州为格雷厄姆举办的集会上，特朗普说道，“来投票吧，这太重要了。”
帕克斯顿在任职多年期间屡遭批评，但仍在共和党选民中颇受欢迎。据得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校“得克萨斯政治项目”的民调显示，8月份他在共和党选民中的支持率为61%。
帕克斯顿在2023年的弹劾审判中因受贿、玩忽职守和漠视公职等指控而面临免职危机。不过在审判期间，外界披露帕克斯顿当时正处于婚外情中，他的妻子、州参议员随后提出了离婚。
尽管得克萨斯州已有33年未选出过民主党籍参议员，但塔拉利科在多数民调中都与帕克斯顿不相上下。最近几周，他不断遭到特朗普的批评。本周早些时候，特朗普为这位参议院候选人取了新绰号。
“这个绰号是‘塔拉-怪胎’，因为他是我见过的最糟糕的候选人之一，”特朗普说道。
塔拉利科随即推出了印有该绰号的T恤进行售卖。
Trump delivers $10 million to Ken Paxton in first major contribution of midterms
September 5, 2026 / 3:29 PM EDT / CBS News
By Mark Osborne
President Trump has delivered his first major campaign contribution of the midterms to Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton. The president is donating $10 million from his MAGA Inc. super PAC to help Paxton, the current Texas attorney general, who is locked in a surprisingly tight race with Democrat James Talarico.
The donation includes $5 million to run negative ads against Talarico and $5 million to run positive ads for Paxton, according to a Federal Election Commission filing on Saturday. Both donations are to Del Ray Media Inc., a political media operation, for both television and digital advertising.
Mr. Trump’s MAGA Inc. committee holds $400 million but had yet to offer a single major donation this midterm cycle.
Securing American Greatness, a nonprofit with ties to Mr. Trump’s super PAC, MAGA Inc., unveiled its first ad to air nationwide. But the ad is focused on the president instead of local congressional candidates, causing some consternation among candidates that the focus of the spending would be on promoting Mr. Trump, even though he’s not actually on the ballot.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton greets President Donald Trump at the “Save America” rally on Oct. 22, 2022, in Robstown, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
“I’ve raised a lot, and nobody knows what it is, but I will tell you it’s about $850 million,” Mr. Trump said before boarding Air Force One to fly to South Carolina on Aug. 21. “I’ll be spending a lot of that money for — and my own money — but I’ll be spending a lot of that money for candidates that I think are good, Republican candidates.”
The only prior donation came in South Carolina. MAGA Inc. donated $827,000 to Sen. Darline Graham’s campaign. Until Graham’s Senate bid, MAGA Inc. had spent only about $18,000 in 2026 on a midterm race. The super PAC spent about $1.7 million last year, and by the end of the second quarter, it had raised $401 million.
Graham is fighting to be reelected for a full term after taking the Senate seat held by her brother, Lindsey Graham, after his death in July.
“Pretend, please, that I’m on the ballot,” the president said Aug. 21 at a rally for Graham in South Carolina. “Come and vote. It’s so important.”
Paxton has faced regular criticism during his years in office, though he’s still popular among Republicans. He was polling at a 61% approval rate among Republicans in August, according to polling by The Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin.
Paxton survived an impeachment trial in 2023 over allegations of bribery, dereliction of duty and disregard of official duties. However, during the trial it emerged that Paxton was having an affair, and his wife, a state senator, later filed for divorce.
Talarico is running neck-and-neck with Paxton in most polling even though Texas hasn’t had a Democratic senator in 33 years. He’s endured growing criticism from Mr. Trump in recent weeks. Earlier this week, the president came up with a new nickname for the Senate candidate.
“The name happens to be Tala-freako because he is one of the worst candidates I have ever seen,” Mr. Trump said.
Talarico responded by selling T-shirts with the nickname emblazoned on them.
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