2026-09-23T22:52:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
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多名参会议员向哥伦比亚广播公司证实，参议院共和党竞选委员会主席在一场面向议员的闭门会议中表示，共和党仍能在艰难的政治环境中逆势而为，在11月的中期选举中保住参议院席位。
哥伦比亚广播公司获悉，全国共和党参议员竞选委员会（NRSC）主席、来自南卡罗来纳州的蒂姆·斯科特参议员在周三的会议上对同僚表示：“我们正处于生死之战，目前有创纪录数量的选战呈现胶着状态。”
参会人士透露，距离中期选举仅剩不到六周时间，斯科特表示该委员会未来的资金投放将集中在少数竞争激烈的选战中，要么是捍卫共和党现有席位，要么是试图拿下民主党席位。
斯科特将缅因州、得克萨斯州、俄亥俄州、艾奥瓦州和阿拉斯加州列为共和党需要捍卫的席位。至于进攻机会，他提到了新罕布什尔州和密歇根州。
萨莫弗新闻（Semafor）率先报道了斯科特的此番言论。
此次会议召开之际，共和党正致力于捍卫其在众议院和参议院的微弱多数席位，并准备应对由特朗普总统支持率下滑带来的政治逆风——这一情况部分源于选民对生活成本的不满以及对伊朗战争的不满。民主党试图利用这一政治环境，在俄亥俄州、得克萨斯州、艾奥瓦州和阿拉斯加州等共和党传统优势州对共和党参议院候选人发起强劲挑战。
从历史规律来看，掌控白宫的政党几乎总会在中期选举中丢失席位。斯科特在闭门汇报中指出，共和党可以效仿对手2022年的轨迹：当时民主党尽管输掉了众议院，且时任总统乔·拜登支持率低迷，但仍拿下了一个参议院席位。
另一名参会消息人士透露，议员们在汇报中还获悉，共和党打算利用最高法院的一项裁决——该裁决取消了全国共和党参议员竞选委员会等组织与候选人协调竞选支出的金额限制。
目前参议院共和党以53票对47票占据多数，副总统JD·万斯拥有 tiebreaker（平局决定权），因此共和党最多丢失3个席位仍能保住参议院控制权。
共和党面临的最脆弱席位之一在缅因州，该州参议员苏珊·柯林斯正寻求连任第六个任期，而该州选民倾向已转向左翼。不过柯林斯曾在过往激烈的连任竞选中华丽胜出——2020年尽管民主党对手的竞选开支远超她，她仍以8.6个百分点的优势获胜，其对手是民主党前州议员特洛伊·杰克逊。
在北卡罗来纳州——特朗普曾连续三次以微弱优势获胜的浅红色州——民主党正争取让受欢迎的前州长罗伊·库珀接替即将退休的共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯。多数民调显示库珀领先共和党候选人迈克尔·沃特利。
斯科特周三告诉共和党同僚，内部民调显示北卡罗来纳州和明尼苏达州的选战正在收紧。明尼苏达州的民主党副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根正与前体育记者米歇尔·塔福亚展开角逐，该州现任民主党参议员即将退休。
得克萨斯州已有30多年未选出民主党籍的全州公职人员，但民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科的对手是极具争议的共和党候选人、州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿——帕克斯顿在初选中击败了现任共和党参议员约翰·康尼恩。
民主党还试图拿下艾奥瓦州和俄亥俄州的参议院席位——这两个州曾是摇摆州，如今已转向右翼——以及倾向共和党的阿拉斯加州。
参议院共和党则打算拿下两个民主党籍参议员即将退休的席位：新罕布什尔州和密歇根州。新罕布什尔州的共和党候选人是前参议员约翰·E·苏努努，出身当地知名政治世家。与此同时，密歇根州共和党希望利用民主党内部的持续分歧——进步派候选人阿卜杜勒·萨耶德赢得了该州民主党提名。
共和党还希望拿下民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫执掌的佐治亚州参议院席位。多数民调显示奥索夫领先共和党候选人、众议员迈克·柯林斯，共和党消息人士此前曾告诉哥伦比亚广播公司，共和党正考虑是否缩减在佐治亚州参议院选战中的资金投入。
Senate GOP campaign chief privately says party is in “fight for our lives,” but sees path to midterm win
2026-09-23T22:52:00-0400 / CBS News
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Updated on: September 23, 2026 / 11:38 PM EDT / CBS News
In a closed-door meeting with lawmakers, the chair of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm made the case that the party can still outrun a difficult political environment and hold on to the Senate in the November midterms, multiple people in the room confirmed to CBS News.
“We’re in the fight for our lives with a record number of toss-up races,” Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), told his colleagues during Wednesday’s meeting, CBS News has learned.
With just under six weeks until the midterms, Scott said the group will focus its future spending on a handful of tight races where it is either defending GOP-held seats or attempting to flip Democratic seats, the people said.
Scott pointed to Maine, Texas, Ohio, Iowa and Alaska as among the seats the party is defending. As for opportunities to go on offense, he named New Hampshire and Michigan.
Semafor was first to report on Scott’s comments.
The meeting came as Republicans aim to defend their narrow majorities in the House and Senate — and prepare to face down political headwinds wrought by President Trump’s sagging approval ratings, tied in part to voter dissatisfaction with the cost of living and frustrations with the Iran war. Democrats have sought to capitalize on the political environment, mounting strong challenges against GOP Senate candidates in red states like Ohio, Texas, Iowa and Alaska.
Historically, the party that controls the White House almost always loses ground in the midterms. During his closed-door presentation, Scott argued Republicans could follow a trajectory similar to the one their opponents traced in 2022, when Democrats gained a Senate seat despite losing the House and struggling with then-President Joe Biden’s rough approval ratings.
Senators were also told during the presentation that Republicans are aiming to take advantage of a Supreme Court ruling that struck down limits on the amount of money groups like the NRSC can spend in coordination with candidates, according to a source in the room.
With a 53-47 majority, the Senate Republican conference can afford to lose as many as three seats and still hold on to the chamber, with Vice President JD Vance serving as a tiebreaker.
One of the most vulnerable GOP-held seats is in Maine, where Sen. Susan Collins is seeking a sixth term in a state that has trended leftward. But Collins — who is running against Democratic former state lawmaker Troy Jackson — has survived tough reelection battles in the past, winning by 8.6 points in 2020 despite being dramatically outspent by her Democratic opponent.
And in North Carolina, a light-red state that Mr. Trump narrowly won three times in a row, Democrats are vying to replace retiring GOP Sen. Thom Tillis with popular former Gov. Roy Cooper. Most polls show Cooper with an edge over Republican nominee Michael Whatley.
Scott told his Republican colleagues Wednesday that internal polls showed tightening races in North Carolina and Minnesota, where Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is facing off against former sports reporter Michele Tafoya. Minnesota is represented by a retiring Democrat.
A Democrat hasn’t won statewide in Texas in over 30 years, but the party’s nominee, James Talarico, is running against a polarizing Republican candidate in Attorney General Ken Paxton, who defeated incumbent GOP Sen. John Cornyn in the primary.
Democrats are also looking to flip Senate seats in Iowa and Ohio — two former swing states that have shifted rightward — as well as red-leaning Alaska.
Senate Republicans are aiming to pick up two seats held by retiring Democrats: New Hampshire and Michigan. The GOP nominee in New Hampshire, former Sen. John E. Sununu, comes from a well-known local political dynasty. Michigan Republicans, meanwhile, hope to take advantage of lingering fissures within the Democratic Party after progressive Abdul El-Sayed won the nomination.
Republicans also hope to pick up Georgia’s Senate seat, which is held by Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Most polls show Ossoff leading the GOP nominee, Rep. Mike Collins, and Republican sources have previously told CBS News the party is considering whether to scale back its spending on the Georgia Senate race.