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这位80岁的参议员凭借坚守进步派优先议题，击败了年轻对手赛斯·莫尔顿
作者：利奥·布里塞尼奥，福克斯新闻
马萨诸塞州民主党参议院初选最后时刻五大高光时刻
现任马萨诸塞州联邦参议员爱德华·马基（民主党）与马萨诸塞州联邦众议员赛斯·莫尔顿（民主党）在9月1日民主党初选前的最后一场辩论中，就跨性别运动员政策、移民海关执法局、社会主义与任期限制等议题展开交锋。（图片来源：WCVB）
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曾支持多位挑战温和派民主党人的争议性Twitch主播、极左翼活动家哈斯安·皮克尔，为马萨诸塞州联邦参议员爱德华·马基（民主党）的胜选表示庆祝。本次初选对决中，这位80岁的进步派中坚对阵了一位比他年轻得多、立场更温和的候选人。
“如今形势非常明确，民主党选民更看重政策，更希望由进步派人士代表他们进入参议院，而非年龄！我们的运动又拿下一分！”在马基击败比他年轻33岁的马萨诸塞州联邦众议员赛斯·莫尔顿后，皮克尔在X平台上写道。
马基将自己塑造成本次选举中真正的进步派人士，以此击败了以代际变革为竞选核心的莫尔顿。他多次质疑莫尔顿的进步派资质，同时持续推动跨性别权利——尤其是在体育领域的相关政策——这一立场让许多民主党人避之不及。
民主党代际大战爆发：80岁参议员迎战年轻挑战者
前民主党幕僚埃文·巴克表示，民主党需要意识到，争议性Twitch主播哈斯安·皮克尔正迅速成为该党运动的代言人。（朱莉娅·德马雷/美联社照片）
跨性别运动员议题被共和党用作竞选造势的政治口号，而民主党在争取 flipping 参众两院多数席位的过程中基本回避了这一话题。莫尔顿认为，这一议题是2024年民主党全线失利的重要原因之一。
“跨性别运动员应该能够参赛，”马基告诉《纽约时报》，“这符合马萨诸塞州的价值观，也是我们的本色。而赛斯·莫尔顿做不到这一点。”
马基还支持激进的气候变化立法，这一纲领甚至赢得了以年轻群体为核心的组织的支持。
“胜利！祝贺爱德华·马基今晚在马萨诸塞州州初选获胜。马基参议员一直是绿色新政斗争中的气候政策领军者，该政策旨在创造就业机会并降低工薪阶层的生活成本，”日出运动在发给X平台的声明中写道。
众议院进步派重启公立学校绿色新政 民主党内战助力极左翼崛起
作为两位候选人中立场更进步的一方，马基参议员获得了伊丽莎白·沃伦参议员与阿娅娜·普雷斯利众议员的支持。（杰马尔·康蒂丝/盖蒂图片社，MoveOn Civic Action 供图）
该组织自称是“为对抗法西斯主义、争取绿色新政而战的青年运动”。
曾为巴拉克·奥巴马总统担任高级顾问的顶级政治顾问大卫·阿克塞尔罗德指出，在周二选举前，马基并非一直都是进步派左翼的宠儿。他将马基的政治长寿归功于其立场转变。
“[爱德华·马基]50年前首次当选国会议员时是一名社会保守派，反对堕胎权和学校校车接送政策，”阿克塞尔罗德在自己的X平台帖子中写道。
“如今他已经80岁了，尽管年事已高，但很可能会在今晚马萨诸塞州的初选中轻松获胜。因为在他的‘黄金岁月’里，他拥抱了绿色新政、全民医保、跨性别权利以及其他左翼核心优先议题，以此在这位蓝色州内比他年轻、立场更温和的挑战者面前站稳了脚跟。”
佛蒙特州联邦参议员伯尼·桑德斯（无党派）也对马基的胜选表示赞扬。与马基一样，84岁的桑德斯尽管与许多年轻候选人存在年龄差距，但仍在塑造进步派运动。
“祝贺爱德华·马基在马萨诸塞州民主党参议院初选中以压倒性优势获胜。埃德深知，在收入和财富不平等问题日益严重的当下，国会必须对抗亿万富翁，为工薪家庭而战，”桑德斯写道。
AOC背书参议员埃德·马基 incumbent迎战来自众议员赛斯·莫尔顿的民主党联邦参议院初选挑战
2023年9月20日，在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦外举行的美国气候团启动新闻发布会上，美国纽约州联邦众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科特兹（民主党）与马萨诸塞州联邦参议员爱德华·马基（民主党）拥抱交谈。（安娜·蒙尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
在赢得初选后，马基将在11月3日的大选中迎战对手，而在这个深蓝的“海湾州”，他被普遍看好将轻松获胜。
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马基上一次连任是在2020年，以66.2%比33.0%的得票率击败共和党挑战者、当地律师凯文·奥康纳。
利奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会团队的政治记者，此前曾任职于《世界杂志》。
Hasan Piker cheerleads progressives as 80-year-old senator wins six more years
September 2, 2026 12:09am EDT / Fox News
The 80-year-old senator defeated younger challenger Seth Moulton by doubling down on progressive priorities
By Leo Briceno, Fox News
Top 5 moments from final Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary debate
Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., faced off over transgender athletes, ICE, socialism and term limits in their final debate before the Sept. 1 Democratic primary. (Credit: WCVB)
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Hasan Piker, a controversial Twitch streamer and far-left activist who has supported several challengers against moderate Democrats, celebrated the victory of Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., in a primary contest that pitted the 80-year-old progressive stalwart against a far younger and more centrist candidate.
“It’s very clear that the Dem voters care more about policies and having a progressive represent them in the Senate than age! Another w for our movement!” Piker wrote on X after Markey defeated Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., who is 33 years his junior.
Markey defeated Moulton, who centered his campaign on generational change, by casting himself as the race’s true progressive. He repeatedly questioned Moulton’s progressive credentials while continuing to push for transgender rights, particularly in sports — a position many Democrats have shied away from.
DEMOCRATS’ GENERATIONAL BATTLE ERUPTS AS 80-YEAR-OLD SENATOR FACES YOUNGER CHALLENGER
Former Democrat operative Evan Barker says the party needs to realize that controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker is quickly becoming the face of their movement.(Julia Demaree/AP Photo)
The position, which Republicans have used as a political rallying cry on the campaign trail and which Democrats have largely avoided as they push to flip both chambers of Congress, is one that Moulton argued played a major role in Democrats’ losses across the board in 2024.
“Trans athletes should be able to play,” Markey told The New York Times. “That reflects Massachusetts and who we are. And Seth Moulton does not.”
Markey has also supported aggressive legislation on climate change, a platform that helped win over even groups that center around younger audiences.
“VICTORY! Congratulations to Ed Markey on his victory in Massachusetts tonight. Sen. Markey has been a leading climate champion in the fight for a Green New Deal to create jobs and lower costs for working people,” the Sunrise Movement said in a statement to X.
HOUSE PROGRESSIVES REVIVE GREEN NEW DEAL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS DEM CIVIL WAR EMPOWERS FAR LEFT
Sen. Ed Markey, the more progressive of the two candidates, has the backing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley.(Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn Civic Action)
The group describes itself as a “movement of young people fighting fascism to win a Green New Deal.”
David Axelrod, a top political consultant and former advisor to President Barack Obama, noted that Markey hadn’t always been a darling of the progressive left ahead of Tuesday’s election. He credited Markey’s pivot for his political longevity.
“[Ed Markey] was first elected to Congress 50 yrs ago as a social conservative, opposed to abortion rights and school busing,” Axelrod said in his own post to X.
“Now 80, he’s likely to sail in tonight’s primary in MA, despite his age, because, in his Golden Years, he’s grabbed on to the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, trans rights and other marquee priorities of the Left, undergirding himself against younger, more moderate challengers in very blue MA.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., also praised Markey’s win. Like Markey, Sanders, 84, continues to shape the progressive movement despite the decades between him and many of its younger candidates.
“Congratulations to Ed Markey on his landslide victory in the Democratic Massachusetts Senate primary. Ed knows that, at a time of massive income and wealth inequality, Congress must take on the billionaires and fight for working families,” Sanders wrote.
AOC ENDORSES SEN ED MARKEY AS INCUMBENT FACES DEM US SENATE PRIMARY CHALLENGE FROM REP SETH MOULTON
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hugs Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) as they speak at a news conference on the launch of the American Climate Corps outside the U.S. Capitol building on September 20, 2023 in Washington, DC.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Having cleared the primary election, Markey now heads to the general on Nov. 3, where he is heavily favored to win in the deep-blue Bay State.
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Markey last won reelection in a 66.2% to 33.0% victory over Republican challenger Kevin O’Connor, a local attorney.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.