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福克斯新闻数字频道采访了艾奥瓦州达文波特的四名当地共和党候选人
作者：安德鲁·马克·米勒 福克斯新闻
艾奥瓦州共和党人谈及选举热情与核心议题，中期选举临近
福克斯新闻数字频道采访了艾奥瓦州斯科特县的多名共和党人，了解该州媒体宣称的“蓝色浪潮”叙事是否与他们在当地所见相符。
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艾奥瓦州达文波特——随着艾奥瓦州成为众议院和参议院选举中期选举中至关重要的州之一，福克斯新闻数字频道采访了当地共和党候选人，了解媒体对这个“鹰眼州”的报道哪些准确、哪些失实。
10月初，距离具有重要意义的中期选举还有一个月，当地保守派人士聚集在达文波特市中心附近的斯科特县共和党活动现场观看首场州长辩论。福克斯新闻数字频道在场采访时，针对媒体关于艾奥瓦州在总统唐纳德·特朗普的经济表现、汽油价格和伊朗战争引发担忧之际，有望出现“蓝色浪潮”的说法是否准确进行了提问。
斯科特县共和党司库候选人格雷格·盖伊承认，艾奥瓦人对汽油价格感到“担忧”，但他认为，随着伊朗战争结束，油价上涨很可能是暂时的，选民们理解这一点。
当被问及根据他在该县挨家挨户宣传竞选活动时得到的反馈，他是否认为艾奥瓦州即将出现蓝色浪潮时，盖伊说：“出人意料的是，没有。”他表示，自己的竞选活动核心是“做正确的事”和“照顾好社区”。
民主党人认为蓝色浪潮正在形成。以下是可能阻止它的三大因素
艾奥瓦州斯科特县的共和党人向福克斯新闻数字频道讲述了媒体的“蓝色浪潮”叙事与他们在当地所见是否相符。（福克斯新闻数字频道/安德鲁·马克·米勒）
“我的邻居是民主党选区竞选活动的主要负责人之一，我看不到他们有投票的热情，”盖伊说。“我的意思是，如果我敲了100户人家的门，有30到40%的人会开门，我可能只能说服其中1户。那是个心怀怨恨的人，然后我会告诉他们，嘿，我知道你不会投我的票，但当我成为司库后，你有问题还是可以打电话给我。他们不知道该怎么办，因为他们满脑子都是怨恨。但除此之外，我认为没多少人相信民主党能做任何事情来改善我们的经济。”
达文波特是艾奥瓦州东南部密西西比河畔一座约有10万人口的城镇，在日益共和党化的艾奥瓦州，这里是倾向民主党的城市飞地。2024年，特朗普以51%比47%的优势在斯科特县赢得约4个百分点的支持率，但前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯整体赢得了达文波特的国会选区选区，反映出这座城市政治立场更具竞争性和复杂性。
2024年特朗普在艾奥瓦州以约13个百分点的优势获胜，共和党人掌控着州长办公室和州议会参众两院。但斯科特县融合了城市民主党人、郊区摇摆选民和保守派农村社区，这成为检验共和党在全州的优势能否克服民主党在艾奥瓦州东部韧性的关键试金石。
一个关键问题是，保守派艾奥瓦人是否会因对共和党不满而投票让民主党重新掌权。
“不，一点也不，”竞选艾奥瓦州参议院第49选区议员的注册护士辛西娅·门森迪克在被问及选民是否认为让民主党控制国会是“正确的选择”时说道。
“人们担心会选出民主党州长，因为只要看看任何由民主党人掌权的州，他们都会立即增加开支，”门森迪克说。当被问及今年11月艾奥瓦州是否会出现“蓝色浪潮”时，她补充道：“我看不到这种迹象。”
门森迪克的竞选活动聚焦于医疗保健和艾奥瓦州高发的癌症率，她表示，共和党选民最关心的问题之一是，如果民主党州长候选人罗布·桑德当选，艾奥瓦州会变成伊利诺伊州那样。
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2026年10月10日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在田纳西州克拉克斯维尔的F&M银行竞技场举行的竞选集会上发表讲话。特朗普正在为11月3日中期选举前的共和党候选人助选。（摄影：曼德尔·恩甘/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
共和党人在艾奥瓦州面临一场艰难的战斗，民调显示民主党在州长、参议院和国会选举中势头增强。此外，作为执政党的共和党在中期选举中还面临着历史逆风。
然而，近年来艾奥瓦州越发偏向红色，斯科特县的共和党人依然保持乐观。
22岁的狄龙·菲利永是斯科特县历史上最年轻的候选人，他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，无论在艾奥瓦州还是全国范围内，共和党人最终都要在两个截然不同的政党之间做出选择。
“我认为人们必须权衡这里的选择，他们要么可以投票给像阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德这样的社会主义候选人，他公开宣称自己是共产党员，支持列宁所支持的一切，而这正是导致苏联走向灭亡的原因，要么他们可以支持真正认真削减税收的共和党人，共和党人在2025年通过《一项宏大而完美的法案》为民众减税，”正在竞选艾奥瓦州众议院第81选区议员的菲利永说道。
“民主党人会继续对此撒谎，但再说一次，民主党人还在2025年投票反对这项宏大法案，将民众的税收提高了60%。”
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2026年8月20日，州长候选人罗布·桑德在艾奥瓦州卡罗尔的卡罗尔县环保教室进行竞选访问期间与选民交谈。（摄影：利昂·尼尔/盖蒂图片社）
库尔特·惠伦并未竞选公职，而是担任艾奥瓦州斯科特县共和党副主席，他告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，尽管该州的共和党人对当前局势有诸多不满，但他认为，在事关重大的情况下，共和党选民不会袖手旁观。
“我认为人们仍然为共和党事业斗志昂扬。我们是一个大帐篷政党，有人绝对热爱特朗普，也有人不喜欢他。但现实是，特朗普对我们国家来说是一股压倒性的向善力量，”惠伦说。
“所以我们可以就具体细节争论不休，但我真的认为共和党最终会团结起来，当然也会支持总统，我也肯定会鼓励他们这么做，因为我们还有别的选择吗？我的意思是，另一个选择就是彻头彻尾的共产主义、马克思主义、民主社会主义者强制佩戴口罩。纵观历史，民主党一直都是支持大政府、反对小人物的政党。”
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Media narrative predicting blue wave in key battleground state not meshing with local Republicans: ‘Fired up’
October 13, 2026 5:00am EDT / Fox News
Fox News Digital spoke to four local GOP candidates in Davenport, Iowa
By Andrew Mark Miller Fox News
Iowa Republicans talk enthusiasm, top issues in midterm approaches
Fox News Digital spoke to several Republicans in Scott County Iowa about whether the media narrative of a “blue wave” in the state matches up with what they see on the ground.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa — As Iowa emerges as one of the most critical states in the midterm election in both House and Senate races, Fox News Digital spoke with local Republican candidates about what the media is getting right and wrong on the ground in the Hawkeye State.
As local conservatives gathered at a Scott County Republican Party event near downtown Davenport in early October to watch the first gubernatorial debate, a month out from the consequential midterm election, Fox News Digital was there asking if the media narrative was accurate that Iowa was primed for a “blue wave” amid concerns about President Donald Trump’s economy, gas prices, and the war in Iran.
Greg Guy, running as a Republican for treasurer in Scott County, acknowledged that Iowans are “concerned” about the price of gas, but believes they understand that the surge in cost is likely temporary after the war in Iran winds down.
“Surprisingly not,” Guy said when asked if he thinks a blue wave is imminent in Iowa based on the reactions he gets when he knocks on doors in the county telling voters about his campaign, which he says is focused on doing “what’s right” and “taking care” of the community.
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Republicans in Scott County, Iowa, spoke to Fox News Digital about whether the media’s “blue wave” narrative matches what they see on the ground.(Fox News Digital/Andrew Mark Miller)
“My neighbor is one of the big people in charge of the canvassing for the Democrat Party. I don’t see where they’re excited to vote,” Guy said. “I mean, if I talk to a hundred doors and 30 to 40% will open up, I might get one out of 40. That’s a hater, and then I’ll just tell them, hey, I know you’re not going to vote for me, but when I’m treasurer, and you have a problem, you can still call me. They don’t know what to do because they’re wound up in the hate. But otherwise, I don’t think there’s a whole lot of belief that the Democrat Party can do anything to fix our economy.”
Davenport, a town of about 100,000 people in southeast Iowa along the banks of the Mississippi River, stands out as a Democratic-leaning urban pocket in an increasingly Republican Iowa. President Trump carried Scott County by roughly four points in 2024, 51% to 47%, but former Vice President Kamala Harris won Davenport’s congressional district precincts overall, reflecting the city’s more competitive and complex political profile.
Trump won Iowa by about 13 points in 2024, and Republicans control the governor’s office and both chambers of the state legislature. But Scott County’s mix of urban Democrats, suburban swing voters and conservative rural communities makes it a key test of whether the GOP’s statewide strength can overcome Democratic resilience in eastern Iowa.
One of the critical questions is whether conservative Iowans are frustrated enough with Republicans to vote Democrats back into power.
“No, not at all,” Cynthia Mensendick, a registered nurse running for election to the Iowa State Senate to represent District 49, said when asked if voters think handing Democrats control of Congress is the “right answer.”
“The concern is that there will be a Democrat governor because if you look at any state where a Democrat takes over, they immediately increase spending,” Mensendick said, adding, “I’m not seeing that,” when asked if a “blue wave” was set to occur in Iowa this November.
Mensendick, who is running a campaign focused on healthcare and the high cancer rate in Iowa, says one of the top concerns with Republican voters is Iowa turning into Illinois if Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand is elected.
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President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at F&M Bank Arena in Clarksville, Tennessee, on October 10, 2026. Trump is campaigning for Republican candidates ahead of the November 3 midterm election.(Photo by Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Republicans are facing an uphill battle in Iowa, where polling shows Democrats have gained momentum in the gubernatorial, Senate and congressional races. Additionally, Republicans are going up against historical headwinds as the party in power heading into the midterms.
However, Iowa has shifted more red in recent years, and the Republicans in the room in Scott County remained optimistic.
Dillon Fillion, the youngest candidate in Scott County history at 22 years old, told Fox News Digital that Republicans in Iowa and nationwide have a choice between two very different parties at the end of the day.
“I think people have got to weigh the options here, they either have an option of voting for socialist candidates like Abdul El-Sayed, who is a pronounced communist and supports all the things that Lenin supports, which led the Soviet Union into the downfall that it went to, or they have the support of supporting Republicans who were actually serious about cutting their taxes, which cut their taxes in 2025 with the One Big Beautiful Bill,” Fillion, running for the Iowa House of Representatives in District 81, said.
“And Democrats will continue to lie about that, but again, the Democrats also voted to raise their taxes 60% in 2025, voting against the Big Beautiful Bill.”
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Gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand speaks to voters during a campaign visit to the Carroll County Conservation Classroom on Aug. 20, 2026, in Carroll, Iowa.(Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Kurt Whalen isn’t running for office, but rather serves as the Scott County Iowa GOP Vice Chair, and he told Fox News Digital that while there are many frustrations with the state of affairs from Republicans in the state, he doesn’t think GOP voters will sit on the sidelines with so much at stake.
“I think people are still fired up for the Republican cause. I mean, we are a big tent party. There’s people that absolutely love Trump, there’s people that don’t care for him. But the reality is, Trump’s been an overwhelming force for good in our country,” Whalen said.
“So, we can haggle about specifics, but I really think the Republican Party will ultimately come home and certainly support the president, and I would certainly encourage them to do that because what other choice do we have? I mean, the other choice is straight up, communist, Marxist, DSA, mask mandates. The Democratic Party in general, if you look at it historically, it has always been for big government against the little guy.”
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.