2026年9月9日 / 美国东部时间晚上8:35 / 哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）新闻
据美联社报道，前CVS高管海伦娜·富尔克斯（Helena Foulkes）在周三晚间的民主党初选中击败罗德岛州州长丹·麦基（Dan McKee）。
截至美国东部时间当晚8:30左右，约半数选票已完成计票，富尔克斯以62.3%对37.7%领先麦基。
罗德岛州是 reliably 民主党票仓，自2006年以来从未选出过共和党籍全州官员，这让富尔克斯成为11月大选的热门候选人。共和党提名将在亚伦·加基安（Aaron Guckian）和伊莱恩·佩利诺（Elaine Pelino）之间决出。
麦基是美国八年来首位在初选中失利的现任州长。麦基此前担任副州长，在前州长吉娜·雷蒙多（Gina Raimondo）加入拜登政府出任商务部长后，他接任州长职位。他在2022年当选完整任期州长，至今已任职五年。
麦基的首个完整任期因华盛顿大桥关闭事件饱受困扰：2023年12月，工作人员在这座桥发现断裂的锚定杆后将其关闭。这座连接州首府普罗维登斯和东部郊区的关键通道，重建费用目前预计达4.27亿美元，完工时间定于2028年11月。该项目最初预算为3.68亿美元，原计划在今年8月完工。
富尔克斯从未担任过公职，但拥有政治人脉。她的叔父克里斯·多德（Chris Dodd）和祖父托马斯·多德（Thomas Dodd）都曾担任参议员，她还获得了前众议院议长南希·佩洛西（Nancy Pelosi）的背书——佩洛西是她母亲的大学室友。她曾在2022年竞选州长，但在民主党初选中输给了麦基。
这位前CVS药房高管的竞选纲领聚焦住房和可负担性议题，这些都是中期选举中最受关注的问题。她援引自己25年的职场经历，证明自己有能力推动医疗保健服务更具可及性。富尔克斯提议提高医疗补助报销率，还提出对百万富翁征税的方案：对年收入超过100万美元的人群额外征收3%的税款，所得资金将用于建造超过2万套住房。
Incumbent Rhode Island governor projected to lose Democratic primary to former CVS executive
September 9, 2026 / 8:35 PM EDT / CBS News
Former CVS executive Helena Foulkes defeated Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee in the Democratic primary on Wednesday night, The Associated Press projects.
With roughly half of all votes counted at around 8:30 p.m. ET, Foulkes led McKee 62.3% to 37.7%.
Rhode Island is a reliably Democratic state, and hasn’t elected a Republican statewide since 2006, making Foulkes the favorite to win in November. Aaron Guckian and Elaine Pelino are facing off for the Republican nomination.
McKee is the first sitting governor anywhere in the country to lose a primary in eight years. McKee, previously the lieutenant governor, was elevated to the top job after former Gov. Gina Raimondo became commerce secretary during the Biden administration. He was elected for a full term in 2022 and has served as governor for five years.
McKee’s first full term has been plagued by the closure of the Washington Bridge, which was shut down in December 2023 after broken anchor rods were discovered. Rebuilding the bridge — a crucial link between the state capital of Providence and its eastern suburbs — is now estimated to cost $427 million and is scheduled to be completed in November 2028. The original price tag for the project was $368 million and was supposed to be finished this past August.
Foulkes has never served in public office, but she has political ties. Her uncle and grandfather, Chris and Thomas Dodd, were both senators, and she was endorsed by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was her mother’s college roommate. She ran for governor in 2022 but lost to McKee in the Democratic primary.
The former CVS pharmacy executive has campaigned on housing and affordability, some of the most resonant issues in the midterm elections. She has cited her 25-year career as evidence that she can make healthcare more accessible. Foulkes has pitched raising Medicaid reimbursement rates, and she’s proposed a tax on millionaires, which would allot money to build over 20,000 homes by adding an additional 3% tax on incomes over $1 million.
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