2026年8月24日 / 美国东部时间上午10:43 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
共和党籍参议员特德·克鲁兹周一表示，得克萨斯州另一个参议院席位的竞选将是一场“2亿美元”的较量，并概述了共和党接下来的道路——州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿将在这场受密切关注的竞选中对阵州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科。
“我认为我们会赢得这场竞选，但这将是一场实打实的较量，”克鲁兹在《哥伦比亚广播公司早间新闻》节目中说道。
帕克斯顿和塔拉里科自5月底的共和党初选 runoff（决选）以来就已展开对决，这位右翼得克萨斯州总检察长击败了在任参议员约翰·康恩。康恩是一位 prolific fundraiser（多产筹款人），自2002年起就在参议院代表得克萨斯州。随着帕克斯顿在初选中击败立场更温和的康恩，许多共和党人承认这场竞选的花费会更高，尽管他们有信心共和党能守住这个席位。
当被哥伦比亚广播公司新闻记者梅杰·加勒特问及得克萨斯州的这场竞选是否会耗资1亿美元时，克鲁兹回答“2亿美元”。
“这场竞选的花费会很高，”克鲁兹补充道。
这位得克萨斯州共和党人表示，在共和党初选经历了一场激烈的党内争斗后，他将与帕克斯顿一同开展竞选活动，并通过自己的超级政治行动委员会为这位共和党候选人提供资金支持。此次初选成为美国历史上耗资最高的初选，也让参议院共和党领袖与特朗普总统产生分歧，后者在最后时刻为帕克斯顿背书。
“肯·帕克斯顿刚经历了一场艰难的初选，”克鲁兹说，“当你面对那么多攻击广告时，难免会有点伤痕累累。这就是政治的本质，仅此而已。”
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塔拉里科也曾面临一位初选对手——众议员贾斯敏·克罗克特，但此次初选并未进入决选阶段。
这场大选预计将成为全美耗资最高的参议院竞选之一，也可能是决定参议院控制权归属的关键战役。共和党目前在参议院占据53个席位，这意味着民主党需要翻转4个席位，同时守住其他几个现有席位，才能获得多数党地位。
尽管自1988年以来得克萨斯州从未选出过民主党籍参议员，但民主党人希望塔拉里科能成为获胜候选人。塔拉里科是一名长老会神学院学生，自称“进步派基督徒”。与此同时，共和党人抨击这位民主党人此前在素食主义和性别等议题上的言论，克鲁兹今年早些时候也曾表示，这位民主党人“绝对极端”。但无党派的库克政治报告在帕克斯顿胜出后，将该选区的评级从“大概率共和党”调整为“倾向共和党”，上周又进一步调整为“势均力敌”。
周一，克鲁兹称塔拉里科“几乎没有选民真正了解他的履历”，称其“极其极端”，并表示“当选民了解这家伙的主张时，就不会支持他了”。
“他在加州会是个很棒的候选人，”克鲁兹说，“但在德州，他可不是个好候选人。”
Ted Cruz says Texas Senate race will be a “$200 million” fight
August 24, 2026 / 10:43 AM EDT / CBS News
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz said on Monday that the race for Texas’ other Senate seat will be a “$200 million” fight, outlining the road ahead for Republicans as state Attorney General Ken Paxton faces off against state Rep. James Talarico in the closely watched contest.
“I think we’re going to win this race, but it is a real fight,” Cruz said on “CBS Mornings.”
Paxton and Talarico have been facing off since the GOP primary runoff in late May, where the right-wing Texas attorney general defeated the incumbent, Sen. John Cornyn, a prolific fundraiser who has represented Texas in the Senate since 2002. With Paxton’s primary victory over the more moderate Cornyn, many Republicans have conceded that the race would become more expensive, despite their confidence that the GOP will hold onto the seat.
Asked by CBS News’ Major Garrett whether it would be a $100 million fight in Texas, Cruz said “$200 million.”
“It’s going to be expensive,” Cruz added.
The Texas Republican said he’ll be campaigning with Paxton, along with boosting the GOP candidate with funding from his super PAC, after an ugly intraparty fight in the Republican primary, which became the most expensive primary in history and put Senate GOP leaders at odds with President Trump, who delivered a last-minute endorsement of Paxton.
“Ken Paxton just came out of a rough primary,” Cruz said. “When you face that many attack ads, you’re a little bit bruised. I mean, that’s just the nature of politics.”
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Talarico had also faced a primary challenger, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, but the race did not go to a runoff.
The general election is expected to be among the most expensive Senate races in the country, and could be key to determining control of the Senate. Republicans currently control 53 seats in the upper chamber, meaning Democrats would need to flip four seats, while defending a handful of others, to secure the majority.
Although Texas hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988, Democrats are hoping they have a winning candidate in Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian who calls himself a progressive Christian. Meanwhile, Republicans have railed against the Democrat for previous comments he’s made on issues like veganism and gender, and Cruz said earlier this year that the Democrat is “absolutely extreme.” But the nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted its rating of the race from likely Republican to leaning Republican after Paxton’s victory, and then last week, from leaning Republican to a toss-up.
On Monday, Cruz claimed of Talarico that “very few voters actually know his record,” saying it’s “really extreme” and arguing that “when the voters hear what this guy is for, they don’t support him.”
“He would be a great candidate in California,” Cruz said. “He’s not a great candidate in Texas.”
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