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哥伦比亚广播公司新闻预测，获得特朗普背书的州议员里克·布拉廷已赢得密苏里州第五国会选区的共和党提名，这将让他与一名连任11届的民主党议员展开较量，而该选区在去年被大幅调整为更倾向共和党。
布拉廷周二在共和党初选中击败了一众候选人。现任议员伊曼纽尔·克利弗无对手参选民主党提名。
作为海军陆战队退伍军人，布拉廷在州众议院任职后，于2020年当选密苏里州参议员。特朗普总统周一为其背书，称布拉廷是“‘让美国再次伟大’的斗士”，他还获得了密苏里州州长迈克·基奥的支持。
该选区此前涵盖堪萨斯城周边的深蓝区域，但在去年全国范围内的选区重划浪潮中发生了巨变，州议员将该州第二大都市区拆分到了三个不同的国会选区中。据哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的分析，第五国会选区如今从堪萨斯城向外延伸150多英里，进入密苏里州中部，其选民中民主党占比仅为41%，而在旧选区边界下这一比例为62%。
据《堪萨斯城星报》上月报道，布拉廷是堪萨斯城地区本地人，现居住在重划后的选区外围，但他在州议会中代表该选区的一部分区域。
如果布拉廷成功拿下第五国会选区——目前多数全国分析机构均认为该选区已稳固倾向共和党——这将有助于共和党在这场普遍被认为对该党不利的中期选举中守住其微弱的众议院多数席位。
这也将罢免克利弗，这位曾担任堪萨斯城市长的议员自2005年起就在众议院代表该地区。随着密苏里州日益变红，该州共和党多年来一直考虑拆分堪萨斯城，以排挤克利弗。
州议会去年秋季通过了新的国会选区地图，这是一次罕见的中期选区重划行动，此前得克萨斯州共和党在特朗普的敦促下将其五个选区向右转，加利福尼亚州民主党则随之将五个选区向左调整。如今密苏里州在圣路易斯地区拥有一个倾向民主党的选区，另有七个倾向共和党的选区。
这一重划举措遭到了反对者的起诉，他们认为新选区划分不紧凑，违反了州宪法，但密苏里州最高法院保留了该地图。
五州初选正在进行中
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五州初选正在进行，密歇根州民主党人争夺参议院席位
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Rick Brattin wins Republican primary for Missouri seat redrawn to favor GOP, will face longtime House Democrat
August 4, 2026 / 11:57 PM EDT / CBS News
Trump-endorsed state lawmaker Rick Brattin has won the Republican nomination for Missouri’s 5th Congressional District, CBS News projects, setting up a battle against an 11-term Democrat in a district that was made dramatically more GOP-leaning last year.
Brattin defeated a crowded field of GOP primary candidates Tuesday. Incumbent Rep. Emanuel Cleaver ran for the Democratic nomination unopposed.
A Marine veteran, Brattin was elected to the Missouri state Senate in 2020, after serving in the state House of Representatives. President Trump offered his endorsement Monday, calling Brattin a “MAGA Warrior,” and he was backed by Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe.
The seat previously covered a deep-blue area surrounding Kansas City, but it was transformed during last year’s nationwide redistricting scramble, which led state lawmakers to split up the state’s second-largest metro area between three different districts. The 5th District now juts over 150 miles from Kansas City into Central Missouri, and its electorate is just 41% Democratic, down from 62% Democratic under its old borders, according to a CBS News analysis.
Brattin — a native of the Kansas City area — lives just outside the redrawn district, but he represents part of it in the state legislature, The Kansas City Star reported last month.
If Brattin succeeds in flipping the 5th District, which most national analysts now view as safely GOP-leaning, it could aid Republicans’ efforts to hold onto their narrow House majority in what is widely expected to be a challenging midterm election for the party.
It would also oust Cleaver, a former Kansas City mayor who has represented the area in the House since 2005. Missouri Republicans have considered splitting up Kansas City to squeeze out Cleaver for years, as the state has grown increasingly red.
The state legislature passed new congressional maps last fall, in a rare mid-decade redistricting push shortly after Texas Republicans shifted five of their districts rightward at Mr. Trump’s urging, and California Democrats responded by shifting five districts to the left. Missouri now has one Democratic-leaning district in the St. Louis area and seven GOP-leaning districts.
The gambit has drawn lawsuits from opponents who argue the new districts are not compact and violate the state constitution, but the Missouri Supreme Court has left the map in place.
Primary elections underway in 5 states
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Primary elections underway in 5 states as Michigan Democrats battle for Senate seat
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