获得民社党背书的挑战者将在关键摇摆选区的关键初选中挑战亲以色列的民主党在任议员
2026年8月18日 美国东部时间上午5:00 / 福克斯新闻
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佛罗里达民社党联盟的美国国会候选人奥利弗·拉金在《周末大秀》中接受采访，谈及他的政策提案和精英教育背景。
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左翼与中间派建制派围绕民主党未来展开的高风险较量将于周二在佛罗里达州成为焦点，一名民主社会主义者（DSA）成员将挑战支持以色列的温和派民主党在任议员。
在本月密歇根州的阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德和明尼苏达州副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根在关键的民主党参议院提名对决中取得引人注目的左翼胜利，以及民社党成员弗朗西斯卡·洪在威斯康星州民主党州长初选中落败导致民社党遭遇重大挫折后，这场民主党“内战”的下一场对决将在佛罗里达州上演，该州与阿拉斯加和怀俄明州一同举行初选。
阿拉斯加和佛罗里达州的参议院初选将为争夺参议院控制权的关键大选对决铺平道路。佛罗里达人将选出接替任期受限州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯的两党主要候选人，而长期担任民主党众议员的黛比·沃瑟曼·舒尔茨在经过大幅重划的国会选区中面临社会主义候选人的挑战，正为政治生存而战。
但最受全国关注的初选是佛罗里达州第25国会选区，民社党背书的奥利弗·拉金将挑战温和派民主党众议员贾里德·莫斯科维茨，这个关键的国会摇摆选区是大约二十多个将决定共和党能否在中期选举中维持微弱多数席位的众议院席位之一。
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左图为自称民社党成员的奥利弗·拉金，他正在佛罗里达州周二民主党初选中挑战在任众议员贾里德·莫斯科维茨（佛罗里达州民主党人）。（乔·雷德尔/阿尔·德拉）
33岁的拉金曾是桑德斯2016年民主党总统竞选团队的成员，是唯一一名在关键国会摇摆选区参选的民社党背书的众议院候选人。
拉金表示他支持废除美国参议院，在福克斯新闻采访中称参议院是“非民主机构”，并将以色列执政联盟称为“宗教至上主义政权”。
莫斯科维茨是以色列的坚定且直言不讳的支持者，主张加强美国的军事和安全援助。
这位两届联邦议员曾担任州议员和佛罗里达州应急管理主任，正在该州新重划的第25国会选区寻求连任，该选区以布劳沃德县为中心，位于这个曾是战场州的东南角，此前曾倾向共和党，属于摇摆席位。
莫斯科维茨获得了民主党国会竞选委员会等建制派势力的支持，同时也得到了主要亲以色列政治团体美国以色列公共事务委员会（AIPAC）的支持。拉金则得到包括争议性政治主播哈桑·皮克在内的知名极左翼人士的支持。
沃瑟曼·舒尔茨是连任11届的国会议员，曾任民主党全国委员会主席，她正在新划分的第20国会选区寻求连任，尽管她居住在相邻的选区。三十年来该席位一直由黑人议员代表，如今是多数少数族裔选区，她作为唯一的白人候选人遭到黑人领袖的批评。
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获得民主社会主义者组织背书的伊利亚·曼利正在对阵资深众议院民主党人、佛罗里达州民主党众议员黛比·沃瑟曼·舒尔茨。（汤姆·威廉姆斯，CQ报团/卡琳·让，《南佛罗里达太阳哨兵报》）
参选者包括前国会女议员希拉·谢尔菲卢斯-麦科马克——她因被指控挪用500万美元联邦资金而于4月辞去国会职务，她本人对此予以否认；前布劳沃德县市长戴尔·霍尔内斯；以及社区活动家、以2 Lifes Crew乐队成员身份闻名的说唱歌手路德·“卢克大叔”·坎贝尔。
包括进步变革竞选委员会（PCCC）在内的多个左翼团体支持伊利亚·曼利，这位27岁的代课老师自称社会主义者，童年曾无家可归。
在接替德桑蒂斯的州长竞选中，众议员拜伦·唐纳兹获得了总统唐纳德·特朗普的支持。众多参选者还包括副州长杰伊·柯林斯、前佛罗里达州众议院议长保罗·伦纳和商人詹姆斯·菲什巴克。
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佛罗里达州共和党众议员拜伦·唐纳兹于2025年3月28日在佛罗里达州博尼塔斯普林斯接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访，此前他启动了2026年州长竞选。（保罗·斯坦豪瑟/福克斯新闻）
去年转投民主党阵营的前共和党众议员戴维·乔利是民主党州长提名竞选中知名度最高的候选人。三十多年来，民主党人从未在佛罗里达州州长选举中获胜。
佛罗里达州的参议院初选将角逐填补此前由国务卿马可·卢比奥担任的剩余任期，卢比奥于去年年初提前辞去参议院职务，加入特朗普政府任职。
德桑蒂斯任命时任佛罗里达州总检察长阿什利·穆迪填补该空缺席位。她将于周二面临三名初选挑战者。
佛罗里达州共和党参议员阿什利·穆迪于2025年10月21日周二在国会大厦投票后离开参议院 floor。（比尔·克拉克/CQ报团，盖蒂图片社）
退役陆军中校亚历克斯·温德曼因在特朗普第一次弹劾审判中作证而受到全国关注，他将与进步派州众议员安吉·尼克松角逐民主党提名。
民主党人希望在中期选举中拿下这个参议院席位，以期重新夺回参议院多数党地位。
民主党人还将目光投向倾向共和党的阿拉斯加州，共和党参议员丹·沙利文正在寻求连任，预计将面临前民主党众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉的强劲挑战。
沙利文和佩尔托拉是该州全党派初选中16名候选人中知名度最高的两位，无论党派归属，得票前四的候选人将晋级大选。
另一位名为丹·沙利文的前教师也在参选名单上。共和党人曾试图阻止另一位丹·沙利文参选，指控他与民主党合谋，通过混淆选民来帮助佩尔托拉当选，他和佩尔托拉的竞选团队均否认这一指控。
众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉于2024年12月3日在华盛顿特区参加国会圣诞树点亮仪式。（内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社）
与此同时，佩尔托拉上周因与前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯的背书划清界限而登上新闻头条。
阿拉斯加州还将举行多场 crowded 初选，包括接替任期受限的共和党州长迈克·邓利维的竞选，以及该州唯一的国会席位竞选，共和党众议员尼克·贝吉奇正在寻求连任。
在深红州怀俄明州，特朗普背书众议员哈丽雅特·哈格曼，助其竞选接替即将退休的共和党参议员辛西娅·拉米斯。
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该州还将举行州长初选，共和党州长马克·戈登任期已满，以及该州全州范围的美国众议院席位竞选，哈格曼将辞去该席位参选参议院。
与此同时，民主党众议员埃里克·斯沃韦尔因性侵犯指控退出加州州长竞选并于四个月后辞去国会职务，其原湾区选区的选民将选出继任者。参选的两名候选人均为民主党人，这意味着共和党微弱的众议院多数席位将进一步缩小。
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DSA-endorsed challenger faces the pro-Israel Democrat incumbent in a key primary for a crucial swing district
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The high-stakes battle between the left wing and the center-left establishment over the future of the Democratic Party takes the spotlight Tuesday in Florida, where a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) faces a more moderate incumbent Democrat who supports Israel.
After attention-grabbing left-wing victories this month by Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed and Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in crucial Democratic Senate nomination showdowns, and a major setback for the DSA with the defeat of DSA member Francesca Hong in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, the next faceoff in the party’s civil war comes in Florida, which, along with Alaska and Wyoming, is holding primaries.
The Senate primaries in Alaska and Florida will set up crucial general election showdowns in the fight for control of the chamber. Floridians will pick the major party nominees in the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis, while longtime Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is fighting for political survival against a socialist candidate in a dramatically altered congressional district.
But the primary grabbing the most national attention is in Florida’s 25th District, where DSA-endorsed Oliver Larkin is challenging the more moderate Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz in a key congressional swing district that’s among roughly two dozen House seats that will determine whether Republicans hold onto their razor-thin majority in the midterm elections.
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Oliver Larkin, left, a self-identified DSA member, is challenging incumbent Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., in Florida’s Tuesday Democratic primary election.(Joe Raedle / Al Drago)
The 33-year-old Larkin, a veteran of Sanders’ 2016 Democratic presidential campaign, is the only DSA-endorsed House candidate running in a crucial congressional swing district.
Larkin says he supports abolishing the U.S. Senate, arguing in a Fox News interview that it’s an “undemocratic institution,” and has referred to Israel’s ruling coalition as a “religious supremacist regime.”
Moskowitz is a strong and vocal supporter of Israel and has advocated for robust U.S. military and security assistance.
The two-term federal lawmaker, a former state representative and Florida emergency management director, is running for re-election in the state’s newly redrawn 25th Congressional District, a Broward County-anchored swing seat in the southeastern corner of the one-time battleground state that has leaned red.
Moskowitz, who enjoys establishment backing from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is also supported by AIPAC, a major pro-Israel political group. Larkin has support from prominent far-left figures, including controversial political streamer Hasan Piker.
Wasserman Schultz, an 11-term congresswoman and former Democratic National Committee chair, is running for re-election in the newly drawn 20th District, even though she lives in an adjacent district. She has faced criticism from Black leaders for being the only White candidate running for a majority-minority seat that has been represented by Black lawmakers for three decades.
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Elijah Manley, who has been endorsed by Democratic Socialists of America, is facing off against Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., a veteran House Democrat.(Tom Williams, CQ-Roll Call / Carline Jean, South Florida Sun Sentinel)
The field includes former Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who resigned from Congress in April over allegations that she misused $5 million in federal funds, which she denies; former Broward County Mayor Dale Holness; and community activist Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell, a rapper best known for his role in 2 Live Crew.
A slew of groups on the left, including the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), are backing Elijah Manley, a 27-year-old substitute teacher and self-described socialist who overcame childhood homelessness.
In the race to succeed DeSantis, Rep. Byron Donalds enjoys the backing of President Donald Trump. The large field of contenders also includes Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, former Florida House Speaker Paul Renner and businessman James Fishback.
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Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida is interviewed by Fox News Digital ahead of his 2026 campaign kickoff for governor, in Bonita Springs, Florida on March 28, 2025.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Former Republican Rep. David Jolly, who became a Democrat last year, is the best-known candidate running for his party’s gubernatorial nomination. No Democrat has won an election for Florida governor in more than three decades.
Florida’s Senate primary will tee up the race to fill out the remainder of the term previously held by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who stepped down from the Senate early last year to serve in the Trump administration.
DeSantis appointed then-Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill the vacant seat. She faces three primary challengers on Tuesday.
Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., leaves the Senate floor after a vote in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Retired Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, who gained national attention after testifying in Trump’s first impeachment trial, faces progressive state Rep. Angie Nixon for the Democratic nomination.
Democrats are hoping to flip the Senate seat in the midterms, as they aim to win back the Senate majority.
Democrats also have their eyes on red-leaning Alaska, where Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is running for re-election and is expected to face a formidable challenge from former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola.
Sullivan and Peltola are the best-known candidates among the 16 contenders in the state’s all-party primary, where the top four vote-getters advance to the general election regardless of party affiliation.
A former teacher also named Dan Sullivan is on the ballot. Republicans unsuccessfully tried to block the other Dan Sullivan from appearing on the ballot, accusing him of colluding with Democrats to help elect Peltola by confusing voters, an accusation he and the Peltola campaign have denied.
Rep. Mary Peltola speaks during the Capitol Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 3, 2024.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu)
Meanwhile, Peltola made headlines last week by distancing herself from an endorsement coming from former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Alaska also has crowded primary fields in the race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy and in the contest for the state’s sole congressional seat, where Republican Rep. Nick Begich is seeking re-election.
In bright-red Wyoming, Trump is backing Rep. Harriet Hageman in her bid to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Cynthia Lummis.
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There are also primaries for governor, where GOP Gov. Mark Gordon is term-limited, and for the state’s at-large U.S. House seat, which Hageman is leaving to run for the Senate.
Meanwhile, four months after Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell quit Congress amid sexual assault allegations that sank his bid for California governor, voters in his former Bay Area district will choose a replacement. Both candidates on the ballot are Democrats, meaning the GOP’s razor-thin House majority will narrow further.
Fox News’ Matthew Donnell contributed to this story
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News