埃德·马基击败获桑德斯和奥卡西奥-科特兹支持的赛思·莫尔顿发起的代际变革竞选
2026年9月1日 美国东部时间晚8:41 / 福克斯新闻
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现任马萨诸塞州联邦参议员埃德·马基（民主党）与联邦众议员赛思·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、移民海关执法局、社会主义和任期限制等议题展开交锋。（图片来源：WCVB）
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一位在竞选活动中为数不多为跨性别权利发声的民主党议员，击退了一名呼吁参议院代际变革的年轻挑战者。
当地时间周二晚，马萨诸塞州联邦参议员埃德·马基（民主党）击败了该州联邦众议员赛思·莫尔顿（民主党）的挑战，再次当选马萨诸塞州联邦参议员民主党候选人，谋求其第三个完整任期。投票结束不到一小时，美联社就预测马基将击败莫尔顿。
马基已在国会代表马萨诸塞州近五十年，他凭借自身的进步派资质，击败了以代际变革为核心竞选纲领的莫尔顿。值得注意的是，他是本届中期选举中为数不多仍在推动跨性别权利、尤其是体育领域跨性别权利的民主党候选人之一。
【头条】民主党参议院初选最后辩论中进步派就谁更左翼展开激烈交锋的五大最激烈时刻
马萨诸塞州联邦参议员埃德·马基（民主党）与联邦众议员赛思·莫尔顿（民主党）正争夺民主党提名，这场竞选以呼吁代际变革为核心。（图片来源：安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社；迈克尔·布罗克斯坦/SOPA Images/LightRocket via 盖蒂图片社）
“跨性别运动员应该能够参赛，”马基对《纽约时报》表示，“这符合马萨诸塞州的价值观，也体现了我们的身份。但赛思·莫尔顿并非如此。”
这一立场被共和党用作竞选活动中的政治口号，而民主党在努力拿下参众两院多数席位之际，大多对此保持沉默。莫尔顿认为，这一立场是2024年民主党全面失利的重要因素。
“我有两个小女儿，我不希望她们在球场上被男性或曾为男性的运动员冲撞，但作为民主党人，我却不敢说出这句话，”莫尔顿当时说道。
最高法院就跨性别体育赛事作出裁决后，民主党人对后续行动避而不谈
马萨诸塞州作为深蓝州——自2013年以来该州就没有共和党籍参议员，前参议员斯科特·布朗在选举中败给了马萨诸塞州联邦参议员伊丽莎白·沃雷克（民主党）——马基的立场不太可能在11月的选举中给他带来负面影响。
此次初选胜利也是进步派的又一次胜利。多年前共同起草《绿色新政》决议的马基，获得了包括佛蒙特州联邦参议员伯尼·桑德斯（无党派，民主党党团）和纽约州联邦众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特兹（民主党）在内的进步派巨头的支持。
【观看】议员们在近期健康危机后披露他们对国会任期限制的立场
马萨诸塞州联邦参议员埃德·马基与联邦众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特兹于2024年2月6日在华盛顿特区美国国会大厦前出席新闻发布会，庆祝《绿色新政》通过五周年。（图片来源：亚辛·厄图尔克/阿纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
此次胜利也对全美范围内民主党人推动代际变革的整体努力造成打击，尤其是在前总统乔·拜登及其谋求连任白宫的波折之后。
尽管包括78岁的康涅狄格州联邦众议员约翰·拉尔森在内的资深议员已被击败，47岁的哈特福德市长卢克·布罗宁取代了他，但莫尔顿将年龄作为竞选关键因素，马基仍成功守住了席位。
莫尔顿本人在周二晚间初选失利后表示，他认为自己的竞选是对党内最资深人士发起的必要挑战。
“挑战建制派，呼吁新一代领导层并非易事，但却是必要的。我将继续推动民主党——以及我们的国家——面向未来，”莫尔顿在一份声明中说道。
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马基击败莫尔顿并非首次年轻候选人挑战这位八旬议员却铩羽而归。
2020年，马基就击败了前联邦众议员乔·肯尼迪三世，赢得了马萨诸塞州政坛的这场“王位争夺战”，与此次与莫尔顿的激烈对决类似，当时的竞选核心也是参议院的领导层更迭。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
80-year-old Dem beats back generational challenge after going all-in on trans athletes
Ed Markey withstood Seth Moulton’s generational change campaign backed by Sanders and AOC
September 1, 2026 8:41pm EDT / Fox News
By Alex Miller , Leo Briceno Fox News
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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One of the only Democrats stumping for transgender rights on the campaign trail fought back a younger challenger pushing generational change in the Senate.
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., withstood a challenge from Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., to again be crowned as Massachusetts’ Democratic nominee for Senate in his quest for a third full term on Tuesday night. The Associated Press projected Markey would defeat Moulton less than an hour after polls closed.
Markey, who has represented Massachusetts in Congress for nearly five decades, survived Moulton’s campaign focused on generational change by leaning into his progressive bona fides. Notably, he is one of the few Democrats running this midterm cycle who is continuing to push for transgender rights, particularly in sports.
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Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., are vying for the Democratic nomination in a race defined by demands for generational change.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
“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.”
The position, which has been used by Republicans as a political rallying cry on the campaign trail and one that Democrats have largely remained quiet about as they push to flip both chambers of Congress, is one that Moulton argued played a major factor in Democrats’ losing across the board in 2024.
“I have two little girls, I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat I’m supposed to be afraid to say that,” Moulton said at the time.
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Given Massachusetts’ position as a deep-blue bastion — the Bay State hasn’t had a Republican senator since 2013; former Sen. Scott Brown lost to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. — it’s unlikely that Markey’s position will cost him in November.
And his primary victory marks another win for progressives. Markey, who co-authored the Green New Deal resolution years ago, boasted the backing of progressive titans, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
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Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attend a press conference to celebrate the 5-year anniversary of the Green New Deal in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6, 2024.(Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)
It also serves as a blow to a broader push among Democrats across the country looking for generational change, particularly after the tumult that followed former President Joe Biden and his attempt to run for a second term in the White House.
Though longtime incumbents have been defeated, including Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., 78, by the much younger Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, 47, Markey was able to hold on despite Moulton making age a key factor in his campaign.
For his own part, Moulton, after losing the primary on Tuesday evening, said he viewed his campaign as a necessary challenge to even the party’s most tenured figures.
“Challenging the establishment and calling for a new generation of leadership isn’t easy, but it is necessary. I will continue to push the Democratic Party — and our country — to look towards the future,” Moulton said in a statement.
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Markey’s victory over Moulton isn’t the first time that a younger candidate has stepped into the arena only to be felled by the octogenarian.
Markey bested Massachusetts political royalty in 2020, beating former Rep. Joe Kennedy III in a primary contest that, like his contentious battle against Moulton, centered on a changing of the guard in the upper chamber.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.