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民主社会主义者成员安吉·尼克松将于今年11月在全州范围内的竞选中对阵共和党参议员阿什利·穆迪
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发布于2026年8月19日美国东部时间上午5:10
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分析特朗普对全国共和党初选的影响
唐纳德·特朗普总统对共和党初选拥有铁腕掌控力，在2026年初选季中为所有背书候选人赢得了胜利。乔·康查指出，共和党现在已经是“让美国再次伟大党”。前参议员约翰·科宁在德克萨斯州初选中输给了特朗普背书的肯·帕克斯顿，进一步凸显了特朗普持久的影响力。
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周二晚间的初选涵盖了从阳光明媚的南佛罗里达到寒冷的阿拉斯加冻土带以及其间两个州的备受关注的联邦选举，这些选举都将有助于决定共和党是否能继续掌控国会，还是民主党会取而代之。
还有三个州举行了关键的州长初选。
观察人士已经将选举结果作为风向标，用以衡量特朗普对共和党的掌控力以及新兴社会主义运动的影响力。
以下是值得关注的焦点：
一名阳光之州的社会主义者尽管资金投入远逊对手，仍在参议院选举中爆出惊天冷门。
一名社会主义者将有机会推翻现任共和党参议员，此前他在初选中击败了一位筹款额是自己9倍的热门对手。
民主党州众议员安吉·尼克松（来自杰克逊维尔的民主党人）在2022年4月21日周四的众议院就《第2-C号参议院法案：确立本州国会选区》进行辩论时插话。（美联社照片/菲尔·西尔斯）
民主社会主义者组织（DSA）成员、民主党州众议员安吉·尼克松在佛罗里达州联邦参议院民主党初选中取得了重大突破。她的对手是退役空军中校亚历山大·温德曼，后者作为特朗普的尖锐批评者，在左翼2019年失败的弹劾调查中发挥了核心作用，此前外界普遍预计他将胜出。
尽管温德曼拥有1630万美元的竞选资金储备，而尼克松仅筹集了约100万美元，但尼克松仍以近12个百分点的优势击败了他。截至7月，温德曼已在此次竞选中共花费约900万美元，而尼克松的支出仅略高于70万美元。
特朗普钦点的德桑蒂斯继任者在佛罗里达州州长共和党初选中胜出
尼克松将在全州范围内的竞选中对阵佛罗里达州共和党参议员阿什利·穆迪。
特朗普背书的候选人之夜表现起伏不定
佛罗里达州
在全国范围内，特朗普背书的一些候选人赢得了各自的初选，而另一些则遭遇了挫折。
获得特朗普背书的佛罗里达州共和党众议员拜伦·唐纳兹在该州共和党州长初选中胜出，对手包括副州长杰伊·柯林斯和 outsiders 詹姆斯·菲什巴克。唐纳兹获得了47%的选票，柯林斯获得25%，菲什巴克获得10.5%。
佛罗里达州共和党众议员拜伦·唐纳兹（左）获得唐纳德·特朗普总统背书，以接替罗恩·德桑蒂斯担任佛罗里达州州长，他击败了佛罗里达州副州长杰伊·柯林斯（右）。（伊娃·玛丽·乌斯卡泰吉/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社；乔·伯班克/奥兰多哨兵报/论坛新闻服务 via 盖蒂图片社）
唐纳兹将对阵前佛罗里达州共和党众议员、后转投民主党籍的大卫·乔利，后者在民主党初选中获得了提名。
特朗普在亚利桑那州初展共和党实力，民主党避开极左翼冷门
同样，作为特朗普背书人的共和党参议员阿什利·穆迪在特别参议院初选中胜出，将完成前国务卿马可·卢比奥剩余的美国参议院任期，该任期将于2028年结束。卢比奥去年加入特朗普政府后，穆迪被任命填补该席位。
同样获得特朗普背书的佛罗里达州第6国会选区共和党众议员兰迪·法恩轻松赢得连任。
不过，特朗普团队并非一路凯歌。
深陷丑闻的佛罗里达州第7国会选区共和党众议员科里·米尔斯在初选中输给了挑战者、前电视主播瑞安·伊利亚贾。
佛罗里达州共和党众议员科里·米尔斯目前正因涉嫌性行为不端接受道德调查，2026年4月22日他在华盛顿特区国会山办公室附近与助手同行。（路透社/乔纳森·恩斯特）
特朗普于今年2月为米尔斯背书，但这位议员正面临众议院道德委员会的广泛调查，涉及可能的竞选财务违规行为、对一名伴侣的袭击指控以及不当收受或索取礼物的指控。米尔斯否认存在任何不当行为。
第7选区倾向共和党，这意味着伊利亚贾在11月的大选中将占据优势。
与此同时，上周刚获得特朗普最后时刻背书的卡塔琳娜·劳夫在佛罗里达州第19国会选区争夺唐纳兹空缺席位的竞选中失利，此次选举出现了多个不同寻常的政治转折。
媒体高管吉姆·施瓦策尔在五人角逐中以29.1%的得票率胜出，劳夫获得22%的选票。商人吉姆·奥伯威斯以15.7%的得票率位居第三。
WHEL电台总裁兼总经理吉姆·施瓦策尔站在他1985年款福特F-150皮卡前，车身上印有“特朗普之乡”93.7 FM的标识。（WHEL）
劳夫和奥伯威斯是老对手，多年前曾在一场竞争激烈的中西部共和党初选中交锋。两人都在2020年参选伊利诺伊州第14国会选区。奥伯威斯在那次初选中胜出，但在大选中输给了民主党人。
两年后，劳夫在伊利诺伊州第11国会选区参选未果，那次选举并未遇到奥伯威斯。
周二佛罗里达州第19国会选区选举的第四名是前北卡罗来纳州众议员麦迪逊·考索恩，他在2022年因丑闻并试图更换选区后落选。
施瓦策尔在这个深红选区的11月大选中几乎铁定获胜。
美国最红的州选出共和党州长候选人
怀俄明州
美国西部也上演了类似剧情。
在怀俄明州联邦参议院初选中，获得特朗普背书的该州联邦众议员哈丽雅特·哈格曼以压倒性优势获胜。她击败了牧场主萨姆·米德。在80%的选票已统计的情况下，哈格曼以62%比28%领先米德，其他三名候选人得票率远低于两人。
2022年5月28日，唐纳德·特朗普与当时的共和党国会候选人哈丽雅特·哈格曼在怀俄明州卡斯珀的竞选集会上并肩站在一起。（哈丽雅特·哈格曼竞选团队）
不过，在怀俄明州州长初选中，共和党选民拒绝了特朗普的选择，选举州参议员埃里克·巴洛击败了州公共教育总监梅根·德根费尔德。巴洛同样以绝对优势胜出，在四分之三的选票已统计的情况下，他以50%比29.7%的得票率领先德根费尔德。
两场选举的结果在投票结束后不久就已揭晓。
与特朗普结盟的保守派在竞争激烈的初选中胜出，将决定怀俄明州唯一众议院席位归属
怀俄明州国务卿查克·格雷在竞争激烈的五人初选中胜出，获得25%的选票。商人史蒂夫·弗赖斯获得20.7%的选票。陆军老兵凯文·克里斯滕森获得17.8%的选票。
该州自2006年以来从未在全州选举中选出过民主党人，这一趋势很可能在11月继续延续。
阿拉斯加州
现任共和党参议员丹·沙利文在该州的无党派初选中名列第二，将进入11月的大选，他将面临包括得票最高的前民主党众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉在内的其他三名候选人。
特朗普在其Truth Social账号上淡化了失利的影响。
“今晚取得了很多伟大的胜利！”他说道。
veteran dem defeats scandal-plagued former lawmaker, progressive challenger in trump’s backyard
温和派民主党人在佛罗里达州众议院选举中击退极左翼对手
在众议院选举方面，佛罗里达州新划分的第20国会选区出现了一位熟悉的面孔胜出。佛罗里达州民主党众议员黛比·沃瑟曼·舒尔茨原本代表的第25选区经重新划分后，她转而参选第20选区。
沃瑟曼·舒尔茨击败了其他四名候选人，包括自称社会主义活动家的伊利亚·曼利。曼利是一位实力强劲的竞争者，其竞选筹款额接近100万美元。尽管筹款成绩不俗，曼利仍排在布劳沃德县前市长戴尔·霍尔尼斯之后，位列第三。
曼利周一晚间在NBC新闻节目中表示，沃瑟曼·舒尔茨住在如今的第22选区，却要参选第20选区，这是不合适的，并表示民主党“需要华盛顿的新鲜血液”。他还称，由白人占据这个席位是不合适的。
种族问题成为此次选举的一大争议点，沃瑟曼·舒尔茨的批评者指责她参选一个被描述为“历史上的黑人选区”的席位。
“我们南方仅剩的几个机会均等选区之一，却由一名白人民主党人占据，这是不可接受的，”曼利在周一的采访中说道。
获得民主社会主义者组织背书的伊利亚·曼利将与佛罗里达州民主党众议员黛比·沃瑟曼·舒尔茨展开对决，后者是众议院资深民主党议员。（汤姆·威廉姆斯，CQ-滚石报/卡琳·让，南佛罗里达太阳哨兵报）
前民主党众议员谢里·谢尔菲尔-麦科米克在此次选举中位列第四。她曾代表该选区，今年4月因面临涉嫌滥用救灾资金的联邦刑事指控而辞职。她对这些指控拒不认罪。
沃瑟曼·舒尔茨在这个民主党占绝对优势的选区中，11月大选将拥有显著优势。
在该州其他选区，佛罗里达州第25国会选区的民主党众议员贾里德·莫斯科维茨以64%比36%的优势击败了势头强劲的社会主义挑战者奥利弗·拉金。
莫斯科维茨以温和派民主党人的身份参选，而拉金则在竞选活动中自豪地宣扬自己的民主社会主义者组织成员身份。
拉金在竞选活动中表示，他希望废除并起诉美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）的成员，将民主党内部关于终止该机构的立场进一步推进。这位前伯尼·桑德斯竞选活动的现场组织者还支持扩大最高法院规模、设定25美元最低工资、解除对古巴的禁运以及支持华盛顿哥伦比亚特区、波多黎各、关岛、美属维尔京群岛、美属萨摩亚和北马里亚纳群岛的建州诉求。
莫斯科维茨发表了一份言辞激烈的声明，谴责民主社会主义者组织。
佛罗里达州民主党众议员贾里德·莫斯科维茨2024年9月26日周四在华盛顿特区国会山举行的针对前总统唐纳德·J·特朗普遇袭事件的全体特别委员会听证会上发言。（丁申/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
“今晚，民主党选民传递了明确的信息。我遭遇了来自民主社会主义者组织的挑战。他们用尽了一切手段攻击我，但我没有改变自己的身份和信仰，选民们压倒性地选择了我在国会中秉持的独立立场，”他说道。“我牵头推动了罢免克里斯蒂·诺姆的行动，我与本届政府对抗，也与民主社会主义者组织中的极端分子对抗并取得了胜利。现在我们将在一个由共和党重新划分、旨在击败我的艰难选区参选，但我计划再次获胜。”
莫斯科维茨的选区此前一直是民主党安全区，但经重新划分后倾向共和党。他将对阵共和党籍的前博卡拉顿市长斯科特·辛格。
阿拉斯加州现任共和党参议员晋级
全国范围内最受关注的参议院选举之一正在阿拉斯加州进行，目前共和党仅以微弱优势掌控参议院多数席位。
阿拉斯加州实行无党派“前四”初选制度，即所有党派的候选人在公开竞选中竞争，得票前四的候选人进入大选。大选阶段该州使用排名选择投票制。
获得特朗普背书的共和党参议员丹·沙利文面临15名初选挑战者，包括前民主党众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉和一名退休教师。
阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丹·沙利文2026年4月30日在华盛顿特区迪克森参议院办公楼举行的参议院军事委员会听证会上发言。（安娜·莫尼梅耶/盖蒂图片社）
截至选举结果揭晓时，现任议员沙利文得票排名第二，将进入11月大选。佩尔托拉在2024年竞选连任时输给了共和党众议员尼克·贝吉奇三世，此次她以不到1%的微弱优势领先，位列第一。
阿拉斯加州唯一的众议院议员贝吉奇将在11月的 ballot 上争取保住席位。他将与独立渔民比尔·希尔同台竞选，另外两个入围四人竞选阵营的席位在周三早些时候尚未决出。
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据美联社在选举结果揭晓时的统计，州长选举的前两名候选人仅相差两个百分点。
贝吉奇家族世代从政，尼克的叔叔汤姆·贝吉奇是民主党人、前州参议员，他与民主党人乔纳森·克赖斯-汤姆金斯一同获得了11月大选的参选资格。
截至周三清晨，美联社尚未公布阿拉斯加州参议院、众议院和州长三场选举的最后两名晋级候选人，三场选举都将有四名候选人进入11月大选。
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Socialists capture major Florida victory on hit-or-miss night for Trump-endorsed primary candidates
2026-08-19T05:10:20-04:00 / Fox News
DSA member Angie Nixon will face Republican Sen Ashley Moody in the statewide race this November
By Peter D’Abrosca Fox News
Published August 19, 2026 5:10am EDT
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6397129601112
Analyzing Trump’s influence on GOP in primary races nationwide
President Donald Trump demonstrates an iron grip over the Republican Party’s primary races, securing victories for all his endorsed candidates in the 2026 primary season. Joe Concha notes the GOP is now the ‘MAGA party.’ Former Senator John Cornyn lost his primary to Trump-endorsed Ken Paxton in Texas, further underscoring Trump’s enduring power.
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Tuesday night’s primary elections featured closely watched federal races from sunny South Florida to the frigid Alaskan tundra and two states in between, all of which will help decide whether Republicans maintain control of Congress, or whether Democrats overtake them.
Three states also featured critical gubernatorial primary elections.
Observers are already using the race results as bellwethers to gauge Trump’s grip over the GOP and the power of the emergent socialist movement.
Here’s what stood out:
A Sunshine State socialist scores a shocking Senate upset despite being heavily outspent.
A socialist will have a chance to unseat a sitting Republican senator after upsetting a heavily favored opponent who outspent her nine-to-one.
Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville breaks up a debate on Senate Bill 2-C: Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State in the House of Representatives on Thursday, April 21, 2022.(AP Photo/Phil Sears)
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member and Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon scored a massive upset in the state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Nixon ran against retired Air Force Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a prominent critic of Trump who played a central role in the left’s failed 2019 impeachment attempt, who was expected to emerge victorious.
She defeated Vindman by almost 12 points, despite his $16.3 million war chest, compared to hers of only about $1 million. As of July, Vindman had spent about $9 million on the race, while Nixon had spent just over $700,000.
TRUMP’S HANDPICKED DESANTIS SUCCESSOR WINS CROWDED GOP PRIMARY FOR FLORIDA GOVERNOR
Nixon will square off in a statewide race against Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla.
Trump has a hit-or-miss endorsement night
Florida
Across the country, some of Trump’s endorsed candidates won their respective races, while others struggled.
Trump-endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., won the Sunshine State’s Republican gubernatorial primary against a field that included Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and outsider James Fishback. Donalds won 47%, compared with 25% for Collins and 10.5% for Fishback.
Rep. Byron Donalds (left), R-Fla., was endorsed over Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins (right) by President Donald Trump to succeed Gov. Ron DeSantis as Florida governor.(Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Donalds will face former Florida Republican congressman-turned-Democrat David Jolly, who won the nod for the job on the Democratic side.
TRUMP FLEXES GOP MUSCLE IN ARIZONA PRIMARIES AS DEMS DODGE FAR-LEFT UPSET
Likewise, Republican Sen. Ashley Moody, herself a Trump endorsee, took home a victory in a special Senate primary election to finish the remainder of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate term, which ends in 2028. Moody was appointed to the seat last year after Rubio joined the Trump administration.
Republican Rep. Randy Fine of Florida’s 6th Congressional District, also endorsed by Trump, easily won his reelection bid.
However, it wasn’t all smiles for Team Trump.
Scandal-plagued incumbent Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., who represents the state’s 7th Congressional District, lost his race to challenger and former TV anchor Ryan Elijah.
Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., who is currently under an ethics investigation for alleged sexual misconduct, walks with an aide near his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 22, 2026.(REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
Trump endorsed Mills in February, but the congressman is facing a wide-ranging House Ethics Committee investigation into possible campaign finance violations, allegations of assault against a romantic partner and allegations of improperly received or solicited gifts. Mills has denied wrongdoing.
The 7th District leans red, meaning Elijah should have an edge come November.
Meanwhile, Catalina Lauf, who scored an 11th-hour endorsement from Trump last week, lost her bid to fill Donalds’ seat in Florida’s 19th Congressional District in a race that featured several unusual political twists.
Media executive Jim Schwartzel won the five-way race with 29.1% of the vote, while Lauf earned 22%. Businessman Jim Oberweis placed third with 15.7% of the vote.
WHEL president and general manager Jim Schwartzel in front of his 1985 Ford F-150 with “Trump Country” 93.7 FM branding.(WHEL)
Lauf and Oberweis are familiar rivals, having squared off in a crowded midwestern Republican primary years ago. Both ran in Illinois’ 14th Congressional District back in 2020. Oberweis won that round, but lost to a Democrat in the general election.
Two years later, Lauf ran unsuccessfully in Illinois’ 11th Congressional District, though that race did not feature Oberweis.
The fourth-place finisher in Tuesday night’s 19th Congressional District race in Florida was former Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, who was defeated in 2022 amid scandal and after attempting to change districts.
Schwartzel is all but certain to win his November general election in the deep red district.
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Wyoming
A similar story played out in the western U.S.
In Wyoming’s U.S. Senate primary, Trump-endorsed Rep. Harriet Hageman, who serves as the state’s at-large congresswoman, won in a landslide. She defeated cattle rancher Sam Mead. With 80% of the votes counted, Hageman held a 62% to 28% lead over Mead, with three others lagging well behind.
Donald Trump teams up with then-GOP congressional candidate Harriet Hageman at a campaign rally, on May 28, 2022, in Casper, Wyoming.(Harriet Hageman campaign)
However, in Wyoming’s gubernatorial primary, Republican voters spurned Trump’s choice, electing state Sen. Eric Barlow over Megan Degenfelder, the state’s superintendent of public instruction. Barlow, too, won decidedly, holding a lead of 50% to Degenfelder’s 29.7% with three quarters of the votes counted.
Both races were called shortly after polls closed.
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Wyoming’s Secretary of State Chuck Gray won a competitive five-way primary, garnering 25% of the vote. Businessman Steve Freiss earned 20.7% of the vote. Army veteran Kevin Christensen won 17.8% of the vote.
The state hasn’t elected a Democrat in a statewide race since 2006, and that trend is likely to continue in November.
Alaska
Incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan finished second in the state’s non-partisan primaries, and will move on to the general election where he will face three other candidates, including former Democratic congresswoman Mary Peltola, the top vote-getter, in November.
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Moderate Dems fend off far-left in Florida House races
On the House side, a familiar face won in the newly redrawn 20th Congressional District in Florida. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., was drawn out of the 25th District, which she currently represents.
Wasserman Schultz defeated four other candidates, including self-proclaimed socialist activist Elijah Manley, a serious contender who raised nearly $1 million in his bid. Despite the fundraising haul, Manley placed third behind former mayor of Broward County Dale Holness.
Manley argued on Monday night in an appearance on NBC News that it was inappropriate for Wasserman Schultz to run in the 20th District when she lives in what is now the 22nd District, and said Democrats “need fresh leaders” in Washington. He also argued that it was inappropriate for a White person to occupy the seat.
Race became a major issue in the contest, with Wasserman Schultz’s detractors criticizing her decision to run in a district described as “historically Black.”
“One of the last remaining opportunity districts that we have in the South being held by a white Democrat, that’s unacceptable,” Manley said in his Monday interview.
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)
Former Democratic Rep. Sheri Cherfilus-McCormick placed fourth in the race. She represented the district until April when she resigned after facing federal criminal charges involving alleged misuse of disaster-relief funds. She has pleaded not guilty to those charges.
Wasserman Schultz should have a significant advantage in November in a district that heavily favors Democrats.
Elsewhere in the state, Rep. Jared Moskowitz crushed a surging socialist challenger in Florida’s 25th Congressional District, defeating Oliver Larkin by a 64%-36% margin.
Moskowitz ran as a centrist Democrat, while Larkin proudly touted his membership in the DSA on the campaign trail.
Larkin said on the campaign trail that he wanted to abolish and prosecute members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), taking his party’s stance on ending the agency one step further. The former Bernie Sanders campaign field director also championed packing the Supreme Court, a $25 minimum wage, ending the Cuba embargo and D.C. statehood, along with statehood for Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Moskowitz issued a fiery statement denouncing the DSA.
Representative Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat from Florida, during a hearing with the full task force on the assassination attempt of former President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024.(Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Tonight, Democratic voters sent a clear message. I faced a challenge from the DSA. They threw everything at me and I didn’t change who I am or what I believe, and the voters overwhelmingly chose the independent-minded approach I’ve brought to Congress,” he said. “I led the effort to have Kristi Noem fired, I’ve taken on this Administration, and I’ve taken on extremes in the DSA and won. Now we’re running in a tough district hand-drawn by Republicans to defeat me, but I plan to win that too.”
Moskowitz’s district, once reliably blue, leans Republican after redistricting. He will face Republican former Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer.
Incumbent GOP senator advances in Alaska
One of the most closely watched Senate races in the country is ongoing in Alaska, as Republicans cling to a narrow majority in the upper chamber.
Alaska has non-partisan “top-four” primary elections, meaning that candidates from all parties compete in an open race, and the top four vote-getters advance to the general election. In the general election, the state uses ranked-choice voting.
Trump-endorsed Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan faced 15 primary challengers, including former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and a retired teacher.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) speaks during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 30, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The incumbent Sullivan was second in voting at the time the race was called, and will move on to the general election. Peltola, who lost her seat to Republican Rep. Nick Begich III in 2024, was in first and held a razor-thin lead of less than 1%.
Alaska’s only member of the House, Begich, will be on the ballot in November as he battles to keep his seat. He will be joined by independent fisherman Bill Hill, while two additional spots in the four-candidate field remained uncalled early Wednesday.
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The top two contenders in the gubernatorial race were separated by only two percentage points at the time AP called the race.
Politics runs in the Begich family, as Nick’s uncle, Tom Begich, a Democrat and former state senator, secured a spot in the November general election alongside Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.
As of early Wednesday morning, AP had not yet called the final two candidates advancing in each of Alaska’s Senate, House and gubernatorial races, all of which send four candidates to the November general election.
Peter D’Abrosca is a politics reporter at Fox News Digital.
