2026年8月4日 美国东部时间晚上7:35 / 福克斯新闻
在备受关注的卡尔希预测市场争议事件后，投资银行家马克·莫兰也以独立候选人身份参选
作者：亚历克斯·米勒，福克斯新闻
观看：华纳抨击弗吉尼亚州法院裁决“离谱”，凯恩敦促民主党人“奋起取胜”
弗吉尼亚州两名民主党参议员在法院否决国会选区地图后作出回应，华纳抨击该裁决，凯恩则敦促候选人继续推进竞选。（图片来源：尼古拉斯·巴拉西为福克斯新闻数字频道拍摄）
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经过数月延迟，弗吉尼亚州参议院席位的竞选现已尘埃落定，一名共和党候选人加入角逐，将与现任民主党资深参议员马克·华纳展开三方对决，以期推翻其 incumbent地位。
伯特·水泽（Bert Mizusawa）在弗吉尼亚州的共和党参议院提名竞选中胜出，击败了另外两名觊觎华纳席位的候选人。该州已有二十多年未选出共和党籍联邦参议员，此次竞选也为共和党提供了执掌参议院席位的机会。
华纳是一位实力强劲的对手，上次选举中以约12个百分点的优势获胜，并在参议院情报委员会中占据要职。此次竞选也未被列入全国共和党有望翻盘的选区清单。
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民主党参议员马克·华纳2025年在华盛顿出席听证会发言。（图片来源：凯文·迪奇/盖蒂图片社）
三名共和党候选人都未曾担任过公职，但都在政府、情报界或军方拥有职业生涯。
水泽曾担任陆军少将，此前曾涉足政坛，在过去16年间两次参选众议院和参议院均未成功。
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他曾被唐纳德·特朗普总统任命为外交政策顾问，2016年特朗普过渡团队期间担任国家安全政策主任。随后特朗普提名他在中央情报局担任国家安全技术与业务整合高级顾问。
根据其竞选网站，若当选，他的主要工作重点是解决国家债务问题、提高民众负担能力，并成为一名“亲军事的参议员”。
【最高法院在州法院选举地图裁决之争中重创弗吉尼亚州民主党】
卡尔希是一家受美国联邦监管的本土预测市场交易所，允许用户就政治、经济及其他现实事件的结果进行交易。（图片来源：劳拉·布雷特/盖蒂图片社）
与此同时，试图击败华纳（他正寻求连任第四届参议员任期）的并非只有水泽一人。
投资银行家、前真人秀参赛者马克·莫兰原本以民主党人身份参选对抗华纳，随后放弃初选，转而以第三方独立候选人身份参选。
今年早些时候，莫兰因透露自己曾在预测市场平台卡尔希上为自己的竞选下注而登上新闻头条。他拒绝与卡尔希达成和解，最终被处以6000多美元罚款。
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他当时告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他为自己下注的决定实际上是为竞选活动做了免费宣传。
“我知道当我为自己下注时，他们会来找我麻烦。所以我明知要付出约100美元的代价，还是这么做了，因为这样能获得更多关注——正如你们这次致电采访我所证明的，这比我作为政客提出任何政策主张都更有效。”莫兰说道。
“因为我们生活的不是一个靠理念取胜的宪政共和国，而是一个被捐赠阶级掌控的国家。”他补充道。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
Virginia Senate race to battle top intel Dem takes shape after redistricting delays
August 4, 2026 7:35pm EDT / Fox News
Investment banker Mark Moran is also running as an independent after a high-profile Kalshi prediction market controversy
By Alex Miller, Fox News
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After months of delay, the race for Virginia’s Senate seat is now set, with a Republican contender emerging to enter a three-way fight in the quest to oust longtime Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.
Bert Mizusawa clinched the Republican nomination for Senate in The Old Dominion against two other hopefuls eyeing Warner’s seat, and a chance for power in a state that hasn’t sent a Republican to the upper chamber in more than two decades.
Warner is a formidable opponent, having won his last election by roughly 12 points and commanding a position of power on the Senate Intelligence Committee. It’s also a race that is not on the national Republican map for flip opportunities.
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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., speaks at a hearing in Washington in 2025.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
None of the three Republican hopefuls have held public office before, but have made their careers working in government, the intelligence community or serving in the military.
Mizusawa, a former Major General in the military, has forayed into politics before, launching unsuccessful bids for the House and Senate over the last 16 years.
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He was tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as his foreign policy advisor and later acted as director of national security policy for his transition team in 2016. Trump then tapped him to serve in the Central Intelligence Agency as a senior advisor for national security technology and business integration.
His primary focuses, if elected, are tackling the nation’s debt, affordability and to be a “pro-military Senator,” according to his campaign website.
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Kalshi is a federally regulated U.S.-based prediction market exchange that allows users to trade on the outcomes of political, economic and other real-world events.(Laura Brett/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Mizusawa isn’t alone in the bid to unseat Warner, who is running for a fourth term in the upper chamber.
Investment banker and former reality TV contestant Mark Moran is running a third-party independent campaign after opting to dump his initial push against Warner as a Democrat.
Moran made headlines earlier this year when he revealed that he wanted to get caught by the prediction market platform Kalshi for betting on himself in his campaign. Moran was fined over $6,000 after refusing to strike a deal with Kalshi.
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He told Fox News Digital at the time that his decision to bet on himself was effectively free marketing for his campaign.
“I know that they’re going to come after me when I place a bet on myself. So I do that knowing that for the low price of about $100, I can get more attention on me, as evidenced by your calling me, than anything else that I could do with my ideas as a politician,” Moran said.
“Because we don’t live in a constitutional republic where ideas can win. We live in one owned by the donor class,” he continued.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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