民主党人凯蒂·帕迪利亚·斯托特赢得得克萨斯州第23国会选区，夺回该席位
2026年11月4日 美国东部时间凌晨2:01 / CBS新闻
据预测，民主党人凯蒂·帕迪利亚·斯托特将赢得得克萨斯州第23国会选区，在共和党提名极具争议的拥枪派网红布兰登·埃雷拉参选后，该席位从共和党手中易主。
此次胜利之际，得克萨斯州民主党人斩获多项重大胜利，包括拿下参议院席位、州长职位以及多个重要众议院席位。
尽管埃雷拉最终获得了共和党领导层的支持，但他的竞选活动始终受到其YouTube频道言论的困扰——该频道拥有400万订阅用户。2024年他挑战前众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯的党内初选期间，其关于纳粹和退伍军人自杀的玩笑被广泛传播，他其他关于女性的低俗玩笑也随之被翻出。
自今年4月共和党众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯辞职后，该席位一直处于空缺状态。此前他因承认与一名员工有染而面临罢免投票，该员工随后自杀身亡。
冈萨雷斯被视为温和派，但他始终是可靠的共和党票仓。2024年他以23个百分点的优势胜出，且在去年的选区重划后，该选区仍属安全共和党选区。特朗普曾以14个百分点的优势赢得当前这个选区。
得克萨斯州第23选区范围从圣安东尼奥延伸至埃尔帕索，涵盖乌瓦尔德，沿南部边境延伸超过800英里。该选区此前被视为摇摆选区，在2006年至2020年冈萨雷斯首次当选期间，其在民主党和共和党之间来回交替了四次。
该选区已被重划得更为保守，而冈萨雷斯在2024年初选中仅以400票的优势击败埃雷拉。今年3月的初选中，尽管冈萨雷斯得到特朗普的支持，埃雷拉还是以微弱优势胜出。
在冈萨雷斯退选之前，该选区并未被民主党视为有竞争力的选区，但特朗普政府的强硬移民政策始终是该选区的关键议题。美国国土安全部已在大本德国家公园启动边境墙建设，不过该地区仅占整个西南边境逮捕人数的1.3%。这座庞大的公园面积相当于罗得岛州，深受得克萨斯州居民喜爱。
埃雷拉和帕迪利亚·斯托特均反对边境墙建设。得克萨斯州民主党众议员亨利·库拉尔提出的阻止建设的法案未能通过，但上月已由一名法官叫停了建设。
Democrat Katy Padilla Stout wins Texas’ 23 congressional district, flipping seat
November 4, 2026 / 2:01 AM EST / CBS News
Democrat Katy Padilla Stout is projected to win Texas’ 23rd Congressional District, flipping the seat after Republicans nominated controversial pro-gun YouTube personality Brandon Herrera.
The victory came as Democrats in Texas notched major victories, including winning the Senate race, the governor’s mansion and several major House seats.
Although Herrera eventually secured the backing of Republican leadership, his campaign was dogged by comments he had made on his YouTube channel, which has 4 million subscribers. During his 2024 primary challenge against former Rep. Tony Gonzales, his jokes about Nazis and veteran suicides were widely shared, and his other crude jokes about women also resurfaced.
The seat has been vacant since April, when GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales resigned. He was facing an expulsion vote after admitting an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.
Gonzales was considered a moderate, but he also had been a reliable Republican vote . Gonzales won by 23 points in 2024 and the district remained safely Republican after last year’s redistricting. Mr. Trump won the current district by 14 points.
Texas’ 23rd District stretches from San Antonio to El Paso, includes Uvalde and extends more than 800 miles along the southern border. The district was previously considered a swing district, having flipped between Democrats and Republicans four times between 2006 and 2020, when Gonzales was first elected.
The district has been redrawn to be more conservative, and Gonzales defeated Herrera in the 2024 primary by only 400 votes. In the March primary this year, Herrera came out ahead of Gonzales, even though Gonzales had Mr. Trump’s backing.
Although the district had not been seriously considered in play for Democrats before Gonzales dropped out of the race, the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policy has been a key issue in the district. The Department of Homeland Security has begun border wall construction in Big Bend National Park, though the area accounts for only 1.3% of all southwest border arrests. The massive park is the size of Rhode Island and is beloved by Texans.
Both Herrera and Padilla Stout opposed the border wall construction. A bill to stop the construction introduced by Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar did not advance, but a judge halted construction last month.
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