2026-06-17T07:50:37-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
华盛顿——小罗伯特·怀特周二赢得了华盛顿特区国会代表的民主党初选，这标志着这一长期由同一人占据的职位迎来代际更替，此时这座美国首都正面临越来越大的自治权压力。
在这个民主党占绝对优势的城市，怀特的胜利使他有望在11月的大选中胜出，接替担任18届国会代表的埃莉诺·霍姆斯·诺顿。现年89岁的诺顿是民权运动的标志性人物，在外界越来越担忧她能否有力回击特朗普政府对特区事务的联邦干预后，她决定不再参选。
作为华盛顿特区市议员的怀特，竞选时承诺将为捍卫特区自治权而战。特朗普政府不断挤压特区自治权，不仅持续无限期部署国民警卫队以打击犯罪，还通过缩减联邦员工队伍扰乱了首都的经济。
“我的当选意味着我们将守住独立，我们将获得州地位。人们知道我不会退缩，我会战斗到底，”胜选结果公布后，怀特对美联社说道。
华盛顿特区国会代表职位没有表决权，但可以让这座拥有近70万居民、在国会没有其他代表权的特区民众通过在众议院发言和提出法案拥有发声渠道。
此次初选是一代人以来首次，华盛顿特区选民在同一场选举中同时选出新市长和国会代表。在这个民主党占压倒性优势的城市，民主党初选获胜者预计将在11月的两场选举中胜出。哥伦比亚广播公司尚未预测市长竞选的获胜者。
2014年首次当选的现任市长穆里尔·鲍泽决定不寻求第四个任期。民主党热门候选人珍妮丝·刘易斯·乔治和凯尼恩·麦克达菲有望接替她。此次初选首次采用排名选择投票制，特区选举官员曾警告称这可能会延迟计票结果。
特朗普成为选举的核心背景
所有竞选活动的核心都是这座城市与特朗普政府及联邦政府紧张的关系。华盛顿特区的自治权有限，联邦领导人对地方事务仍拥有重大控制权，包括批准特区议会通过的预算和法律。
特朗普政府进一步挤压了特区的自治权：特朗普去年夏天启动了联邦执法增兵行动，并派遣国民警卫队。特朗普缩减联邦政府规模的举措也扰乱了首都地区的经济，导致数千人失业。他还通过拆除或翻新标志性地标、在建筑上添加自己的名字或形象来重塑这座城市。
鲍泽发现自己在讨好特朗普和回应选民担忧之间左右为难，许多选民认为她对特朗普的行动没有做出足够强硬的回击。
上周，当被问及对民主党社会主义者刘易斯·乔治可能胜选的回应时，特朗普威胁要对华盛顿实施新的联邦接管。
“也许我们会接管华盛顿，按联邦模式进行管理，”他说道。
承诺捍卫特区自治权的刘易斯·乔治在选举后活动中坚持了这一立场，当时现场播放着流行音乐，人群与候选人在舞台上共舞。
“如果有任何疑虑，现在我们可以打消了，”她向欢呼的支持者说道。“选举市长的是华盛顿特区的人民。”
麦克达菲当天晚些时候在一场支持者活动中呼应了这一观点。
“自治权正受到威胁，但唐纳德·特朗普不会管理华盛顿特区，我们才会。华盛顿特区的人民管理华盛顿特区，”麦克达菲对人群说道。“我们会每一天都为特区的自治权而战。”
在初步计票结果陆续出炉时，两位候选人都没有宣布胜选。
联邦干预、经济负担成为候选人首要议题
69岁的华盛顿特区居民弗朗·塔图说，国民警卫队的部署让她感到担忧。
“岌岌可危的是许多年轻的生命，随着特朗普增派联邦执法人员和所有驻军来到这里，”她说道，并补充说她把票投给了刘易斯·乔治和怀特。
怀特表示，他计划呼吁华盛顿特区居民及其他各方尽可能动员起来，前往摇摆州帮助那些对特区需求更友好的候选人竞选。
“我们不能让一届完全反对华盛顿特区的国会在明年1月上台，”他说道。
候选人还将经济负担作为优先议题，刘易斯·乔治将此归咎于特朗普政府。尽管特朗普政府宣扬其联邦执法干预是成功的打击犯罪举措，但公共安全也成为了首要关切问题。
其他市长候选人包括前市议员文森特·奥兰治和前联邦承包商霍普·所罗门，她因政府效率部的裁员而失去了工作。
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Robert White wins Democratic primary for D.C. delegate to Congress after Eleanor Holmes Norton retirement
2026-06-17T07:50:37-0400 / CBS/AP
Washington — Robert White Jr. won the Democratic primary for the district’s delegate to Congress on Tuesday, ushering in generational change for a position long held by the same candidate as the nation’s capital faces mounting pressures on its autonomy.
White’s win in the heavily Democratic city sets him up to take the top spot in November’s general elections, when he could replace 18-term delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. Norton, 89 and a fixture of the Civil Rights movement, decided not to run again after facing growing concerns over her ability to forcefully push back against the Trump administration’s federal intervention into the city’s affairs.
White, a D.C. council member, had campaigned on promises to fight for the city’s autonomy, which has been squeezed under President Trump, who deployed the National Guard on an ongoing, open-ended mission meant to fight crime and rattled the capital’s economy by downsizing the federal workforce.
“My election means we’re going to keep our independence and we’re going to get statehood. People know I’m not going to lay down. I’m going to fight,” White told The Associated Press after his win was declared.
The D.C. delegate position is a nonvoting one, but it grants the nearly 700,000 people of the district, who have no other representation in Congress, a voice through speechmaking on the House floor and bill introduction.
The primary marked the first time in a generation that D.C. residents voted for a new mayor and delegate in the same election. And in an overwhelmingly Democratic city, that party’s winner is expected to come out on top in both races in November. CBS News has not yet projected a winner in the mayor’s race.
Current Mayor Muriel Bowser, who was first elected in 2014, decided not to seek a fourth term. Democratic frontrunners Janeese Lewis George and Kenyan McDuffie are hoping to replace her. The primary includes ranked choice voting for the first time, which the district’s election officials have warned could delay results.
Trump loomed large over the vote
Central to all the campaigns has been the city’s fraught relationship with the Trump administration and the federal government. The city has limited autonomy and federal leaders retain significant control over local affairs, including approval of the budget and laws passed by the D.C. Council.
That autonomy has been further squeezed under Mr. Trump, who launched a federal law enforcement surge last summer and sent in the National Guard. Mr. Trump’s efforts to downsize the federal government also roiled the capital region, costing thousands of people their jobs. He has also been reshaping the city by removing or renovating storied landmarks and putting his name or image on buildings.
Bowser found herself walking a fine line between staying in Mr. Trump’s good graces and responding to the concerns of constituents, many of whom said she didn’t push back hard enough on Mr. Trump’s actions.
Mr. Trump last week threatened a new federal takeover of Washington when asked about his response to a potential victory by Lewis George, a democratic socialist.
“Maybe we’d take back Washington, run it on the federal basis,” he said.
Lewis George, who has pledged to protect the city’s autonomy, stood that ground at her post-election event where pop music blared and a crowd danced with the candidate on stage.
“If there was any doubt, right now we lay it to rest,” she said to cheering supporters. “It is the people of D.C. who elect the mayor.”
McDuffie, closing out the day at an event with supporters, echoed that sentiment.
“It is under threat right now, but Donald Trump does not run Washington, D.C. We do. The people of D.C. run Washington, D.C.,” McDuffie told the crowd. “And we will fight for D.C.’s autonomy every single day of the week.”
Neither candidate declared victory as preliminary results rolled in.
Federal intervention, affordability among candidates’ top priorities
Washington resident Fran Tatu, 69, said the National Guard deployment was a concern for her.
“What’s at stake — many young lives with the surge of federal officers by Trump and all of the troops that are here,” she said, adding that she was voting for Lewis George and White.
White said he plans to call for Washington residents and other actors to mobilize as much as possible and head to battleground states to help the campaigns of candidates who will be friendlier to the city’s needs.
“We cannot have a Congress that is in complete opposition to D.C. come January,” he said.
Candidates have also made affordability a priority, which Lewis George has blamed on the Trump administration. Public safety has also emerged as a top concern even as the Trump administration has touted its federal law enforcement intervention as a successful crime fighting initiative.
Other candidates for mayor include former council member Vincent Orange and Hope Solomon, a former federal contractor who lost her job because of cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency.
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