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华盛顿8月20日电（路透社）——据多家美国媒体报道，加州州参议员、民主党人艾莎·瓦哈卜周四被预测将在一场特别选举中获胜，填补美国众议院的一个空缺席位。
瓦哈卜击败了旧金山湾区公共交通系统官员、民主党人梅利莎·埃尔南德斯。
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一旦宣誓就职，身为阿富汗裔美国人的瓦哈卜将填补此前由民主党众议员埃里克·斯沃韦尔担任的席位。斯沃韦尔今年4月因性不当行为指控辞职，他本人否认了相关指控。此举将使民主党在众议院拥有213个席位，而共和党则将持有218个席位。
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这个稳固的民主党选区位于旧金山和圣何塞附近。瓦哈卜将成为首位进入美国国会的阿富汗裔美国人。这位进步派民主党人同时也是首位当选州议员的穆斯林女性和阿富汗裔美国人。
据美国全国广播公司新闻台报道，在95%的选票已统计完成的情况下，瓦哈卜获得了超过53%的选票，而埃尔南德斯获得了约47%的选票。
据《华盛顿邮报》及其他多家媒体报道，美国以色列公共事务委员会（一个亲以色列游说团体）的超级政治行动委员会“联合民主项目”自8月初以来已花费近250万美元支持埃尔南德斯。
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今年在民主党内部就候选人对以色列的立场产生紧张分歧之际，该游说团体已成为一些民主党初选争议的焦点。
知名进步派民主党人反对美国对以色列的支持，原因包括美以对伊朗发动战争、总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡与共和党过从甚密，尤其是以色列对加沙和黎巴嫩的袭击，这导致民主党对华盛顿这个盟友的支持出现削弱。
瓦哈卜和埃尔南德斯将于11月再次对决。此次选举的获胜者将担任完整两年任期的国会议员。
瓦哈卜自称是致力于减少不平等现象的州议员，她曾起草一项法案，旨在使加州成为美国首个明确禁止种姓歧视的州。2023年，州长加文·纽森否决了该法案，称现有法律已禁止血统歧视。
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Democratic California state legislator Wahab wins US House of Representatives seat
2026-08-21 00:04:10 UTC / Reuters
By Richard Cowan and Kanishka Singh
August 21, 2026 12:04 AM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Democrat Aisha Wahab, a member of the California state Senate, was projected on Thursday to win a special election to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to multiple U.S. media outlets.
Wahab defeated Democrat Melissa Hernandez, an official with the San Francisco Bay Area mass transit system.
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Once sworn in, Wahab, an Afghan American, will fill the seat that was held by Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April amid allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied. That will give Democrats 213 seats in the House, while Republicans will hold 218.
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The solidly Democratic district is near San Francisco and San Jose. Wahab will be the first Afghan American member of the U.S. Congress. The progressive Democrat was also the first Muslim woman and Afghan American elected to the state legislature.
Wahab had over 53% of the votes while Hernandez secured about 47% with 95% of the votes tallied, according to NBC News.
United Democracy Project, a super PAC of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group, spent nearly $2.5 million since early August to boost Hernandez, according to the Washington Post and multiple other media reports.
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The lobbying group has become a focus of criticism in some Democratic primary contests this year during intra-party tensions over candidates’ positions on Israel.
Prominent progressive Democrats have opposed U.S. support for Israel over the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s close ties to Republicans, and particularly over Israeli attacks on Gaza and Lebanon, leading to an erosion of Democratic backing for Washington’s ally.
Wahab and Hernandez will again face each other in November. The winner of that election will hold the congressional seat for a full two-year term.
Wahab, who has positioned herself as a state lawmaker aiming to reduce inequality, had authored a bill that would have made California the first U.S. state to explicitly ban caste discrimination. It was vetoed in 2023 by Governor Gavin Newsom, who said existing laws already banned ancestry discrimination.
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Reporting by Richard Cowan and Kanishka Singh; Editing by Stephen Coates
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