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华盛顿讯——民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科周三表示，他在得克萨斯州参议院选举中击败共和党总检察长肯·帕克斯顿，向为帕克斯顿的参选投入了超过1.5亿美元的埃隆·马斯克传递了一个信号：“得克萨斯州不出售”。
在确认击败帕克斯顿数小时后，塔拉里科接受《CBS今晨》节目采访时表示，他的胜利是一个“彻底根除政治中的大额金钱影响”的契机。
“得克萨斯州民众向全球首位万亿富翁传递了明确无误的信号：得克萨斯州不出售，”塔拉里科说道，“本州、本国家的权力属于人民，我们必须确保权力始终掌握在人民手中。”
这位得克萨斯州民主党人表示，他击败帕克斯顿的胜利是一项授权，要求改革竞选资金制度并“整治政府”，从而限制马斯克这类超级捐赠者的影响力。
这位SpaceX和特斯拉的首席执行官在9月向支持参议院共和党人的主要超级政治行动委员会（超级PAC）捐赠了超过1.58亿美元。该组织即参议院领袖基金PAC，随后将这笔资金转拨给了得克萨斯州PAC——这个政治组织正是为帕克斯顿的参议院竞选提供支持的。
马斯克的信托基金还向孤星自由PAC捐赠了1000万美元，该组织致力于推动帕克斯顿当选参议员。
当被问及为何马斯克投入如此巨资试图击败塔拉里科时，这位民主党人表示，他认为这位亿万富翁“想要自己的私人参议员”。
“他想要一位能听从他指令的参议员，一位将得克萨斯州土地出售给他建数据中心、把我们的水资源拱手相让、把纳税人的钱塞给他的参议员，”塔拉里科说，“我想他清楚，我在州政府任职期间一直敢于与亿万富翁对抗。我有打击腐败、整治政府的履历，而这正是我将在美国参议院要做的事，我相信这也是得克萨斯州民众期望我为他们去做的。”
同样在得克萨斯州，民主党州众议员吉娜·伊诺霍萨预计将击败共和党人格雷格·阿博特州长，成为30多年来首位赢得州长职位的民主党人。阿博特原本寻求第四任期州长。
民主党人预计还将在11个参议院关键争夺席位中赢得10个，击败南卡罗来纳州、堪萨斯州、缅因州、艾奥瓦州、俄亥俄州和北卡罗来纳州的共和党人。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻预测，民主党将保住密歇根州、佐治亚州和新罕布什尔州的参议院席位。阿拉斯加州参议院选举仍被视为势均力敌，密西西比州参议院选举同样如此，现任共和党参议员辛迪·海德-史密斯目前仅落后民主党人斯科特·科洛姆43票。
凭借对共和党对手的胜利，哥伦比亚广播公司新闻预测，民主党将掌控下届国会的上院（参议院），并将持有54个席位。
“我们取得了得克萨斯州规模的胜利，这意味着我们获得了得克萨斯州规模的授权，”塔拉里科在谈到民主党人在参议院选举中的成功时说道。
随着所在政党掌控上院，塔拉里科表示，民主党必须制定惠及所有美国人的经济政策，通过全民医疗保健法案并投资教育。
“这些是我们必须跨党派实现的一些重大目标，与两党合作为我们州的民众谋福祉，”塔拉里科说。
这位民主党人表示，他所在选区的选举结果表明，美国人正在拒绝政治分歧，并且已经“厌倦”科技公司老板利用自身平台煽动人们相互对立。
“他们不断让我们相互对立，”塔拉里科说，“他们按党派、种族、性别、宗教、文化划分我们，让我们无法注意到他们在掠夺我们的财富、关闭我们的公立学校、削弱我们的医疗体系、对我们所有人加税，同时却为自己减税。”
随着民主党预计将掌控上院，纽约州的民主党领袖查克·舒默将有望开启第二届参议院多数党领袖任期。
当被问及是否会支持舒默时，塔拉里科表示，他希望与这位纽约州参议员会面，“倾听他对参议院和国家的愿景”。
Talarico says his Texas Senate win sends message to Elon Musk: “Texas is not for sale”
Updated on: November 4, 2026 / 9:33 AM EST / CBS News
Washington — Democrat James Talarico on Wednesday said his win over Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race delivered a message to Elon Musk, who spent more than $150 million to boost Paxton’s candidacy: “Texas is not for sale.”
Hours after his projected win over Paxton, Talarico told “CBS Mornings” that his victory is an opportunity to get big money out of politics “for good.”
“The people of Texas delivered a crystal-clear message to the world’s first trillionaire: Texas is not for sale,” Talarico said. “The power in this state, in this country, belongs to the people and we’ve got to make sure it stays that way.”
The Texas Democrat said his win over Paxton is a mandate to overhaul the campaign finance system and “clean up government” to limit the influence of megadonors like Musk.
The SpaceX and Tesla CEO donated more than $158 million in September to the main super PAC backing Senate Republicans in the midterm elections. That group, the Senate Leadership Fund PAC, then disbursed that money to Texas PAC, the political organization supporting Paxton in the Senate race.
Musk’s trust also donated $10 million to the Lone Star Liberty PAC, which worked to get Paxton elected to the Senate.
Pressed on why Musk put so much of his money into the effort to defeat Talarico, the Democrat said he believes the billionaire “wanted his very own personal senator.”
“He wanted a senator who was going to do his bidding, who was going to sell off Texas land to his data centers, who was going to give our Texas water, who was going to give our taxpayer dollars,” Talarico said. “And I think he knows that I have a history of standing up to billionaires in state government. I have a history of tackling corruption and cleaning up government, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do in the U.S. Senate, and I think that’s what the people of Texas expect me to do on their behalf.”
Also in Texas, Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa is projected to unseat Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, making her the first Democrat to win the governor’s mansion in more than 30 years. Abbott was seeking a fourth term as governor.
Democrats are also projected to win 10 of the 11 Senate races considered battlegrounds, with victories over Republicans in South Carolina, Kansas, Maine, Iowa, Ohio and North Carolina. CBS News projects Democrats will hold seats in Michigan, Georgia and New Hampshire. The Alaska Senate race remains rated a toss-up, as does the Mississippi Senate race, where incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican, is trailing Democrat Scott Colom by 43 votes.
With their victories over Republican opponents, CBS News projects Democrats will control the upper chamber in the next Congress and hold 54 seats.
“We saw a win the size of Texas, and that means we have a mandate the size of Texas,” Talarico said of Democrats’ successes in Senate races.
With his party in control of the upper chamber, Talarico said Democrats must enact economic policies that work for all Americans, pass universal healthcare and invest in education.
“Those are some of the big goals that we have to accomplish on a bipartisan basis, working with both parties to deliver for people in our state,” Talarico said.
The Democrat said the outcome of his race showed that Americans are rejecting political divisions and are “tired” of the owners of tech companies using their platforms to turn people against each other.
“They continually pit us against each other,” Talarico said. “They divide us by party, by race, by gender, by religion, by culture so we don’t notice that they’re picking our pockets, that they are closing our public schools, that they’re gutting our healthcare, that they’re raising taxes on all of us while they cut taxes for themselves.”
With Democrats projected to control the upper chamber, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York is expected to seek a second stint as Senate majority leader.
Asked whether he would back Schumer, Talarico said he hopes to sit down with the New York senator and “hear about his vision” for the Senate and the country.
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