共和党参议院候选人正面临资金短缺。在摇摆州的参议院竞选中，几乎每一名民主党候选人在7月至9月期间筹集的资金都超过了他们的共和党对手。在某些情况下，这种差距非常显著。
Republican Senate candidates are hurting for cash. Nearly every Democratic candidate in battleground Senate races outraised their GOP opponent from July through September. And in some cases, the disparities were stark.
在德克萨斯州，民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科以主竞选账户中的6020万美元远超共和党人肯·帕克斯顿的1020万美元。
In Texas, Democrat James Talarico trounced Republican Ken Paxton $60.2 million to $10.2 million in their main campaign accounts.
在佐治亚州，民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫筹集了3310万美元，而众议员迈克·柯林斯仅筹得约280万美元。
In Georgia, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff raised $33.1 million to Rep. Mike Collins’ nearly $2.8 million.
在北卡罗来纳州，民主党人罗伊·库珀筹得1220万美元，而迈克尔·惠特利仅得210万美元。
In North Carolina, Democrat Roy Cooper raised $12.2 million to Michael Whatley’s $2.1 million.
在密歇根州，民主党人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛耶德筹得约3300万美元，而前众议员迈克·罗杰斯仅筹得约1000万美元。
In Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed hauled in roughly $33 million to former Rep. Mike Rogers’ nearly $10 million.
在缅因州，民主党人特罗伊·杰克逊筹得2050万美元，而共和党参议员苏珊·柯林斯仅得520万美元。
In Maine, Democrat Troy Jackson raised $20.5 million to GOP Sen. Susan Collins’ $5.2 million.
在俄亥俄州，民主党前参议员谢罗德·布朗筹得2310万美元，而共和党参议员约翰·赫斯特仅得480万美元。
In Ohio, Democratic former Sen. Sherrod Brown hauled in $23.1 million to GOP Sen. Jon Husted’s $4.8 million.
在爱荷华州，乔什·图雷克筹得1390万美元，而共和党众议员阿什利·赫森仅得约330万美元。
In Iowa, Josh Turek raised $13.9 million to Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson’s nearly $3.3 million.
在阿拉斯加州，民主党前众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉筹得1700万美元，而共和党参议员丹·沙利文仅得约270万美元。
In Alaska, Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola raked in $17 million to GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan’s nearly $2.7 million.
在新罕布什尔州，民主党众议员克里斯·帕帕斯筹得810万美元，而共和党前参议员约翰·E·苏努仅得150万美元。
In New Hampshire, Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas brought in $8.1 million to Republican former Sen. John E. Sununu’s $1.5 million.
而在堪萨斯州，民主党人亚当·汉密尔顿筹得约990万美元，而共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔仅得86.6万美元。
And in Kansas, Democrat Adam Hamilton raised nearly $9.9 million to GOP Sen. Roger Marshall’s just $866,000.
在这10场参议院竞选中，民主党竞选团队筹集的资金超过共和党的五倍。换句话说，塔拉里科一个人筹得的资金就超过了所有这些共和党候选人的总和。
Across those 10 Senate races, the Democratic campaigns raised more than five times as much as the Republican ones. Put another way: Talarico alone raised more than all those Republicans combined.
马歇尔和惠特利各自在10月开始时银行账户中剩余不到100万美元。迈克·柯林斯的情况也不乐观，进入选举最后几周时，其账户中仅有略多于100万美元的现金。
Marshall and Whatley each started October with less than $1 million left in the bank. Mike Collins wasn’t much better-positioned, entering the final weeks of the election with just over $1 million cash on hand.
这些数字未包括联合筹款委员会，该委员会允许候选人筹集资金，并且可能尚未将部分资金转移到竞选账户中。
These numbers do not include joint fundraising committees, which allow candidates to raise money and may have some more cash that has not yet been transferred to the campaigns.
民主党在本轮选举周期中始终在候选人层面筹得的资金多于共和党。但进入中期选举冲刺阶段时出现的巨额差距，凸显了共和党所面临的恶化环境。
Democrats have consistently outraised Republicans on the candidate level this cycle. But the yawning gaps heading into the midterm’s home stretch stand as the latest example of the deteriorating environment for the GOP.
尽管共和党外部团体的资金远多于民主党，但候选人层面的资金优势仍然重要，因为候选人投放电视广告的成本要低得多，使得他们的资金能够发挥更大的作用。
And while GOP outside groups have significantly more money than Democrats, this candidate cash advantage matters because candidates get TV ads for much cheaper rates, letting their dollars stretch much farther.
为了说明这些数字有多么悬殊：至少有半打众议院民主党挑战者在第三季度筹得超过300万美元——这一数额高于若干共和党参议员现任者的筹款额。共和党也有一些积极因素。
To underscore how lopsided some of these figures are: At least half a dozen House Democratic challengers raised over $3 million in the third quarter — a sum higher than several GOP Senate incumbents. There are some silver linings for the GOP.
在明尼苏达州，共和党候选人米歇尔·塔福亚筹得490万美元，而民主党副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根筹得430万美元。塔福亚本月开始时手头有210万美元，而弗拉纳根有150万美元。
In Minnesota, Republican Michele Tafoya raised $4.9 million to Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s $4.3 million. Tafoya started the month with $2.1 million to Flanagan’s $1.5 million.
苏利文、赫斯特德、欣森、罗杰斯和苏珊·柯林斯在十月份开始时，手头现金均比各自的民主党对手多出数百万美元。
Sullivan, Husted, Hinson, Rogers and Susan Collins all entered October with millions more in cash on hand than their Democratic opponents.
此外，共和党还得到了亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克和总统唐纳德·特朗普的MAGA Inc.所支持的共和党超级政治行动委员会的援助，这些委员会在最近几周向中期选举注入了数亿美元的资金。
And Republicans are getting air cover from GOP super PACs bankrolled by billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s MAGA Inc. that have pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the midterms in recent weeks.
周四披露，马斯克是得克萨斯州政治行动委员会的主要资助方，该委迄今已花费1.31亿美元用于支持帕克森和攻击塔拉里科。马斯克上一季度向共和党参议院超级政治行动委员会捐赠了1.58亿美元，文件显示，该委随后将这些资金转移到了支持帕克森的政治行动委员会。
Musk was revealed on Thursday as the primary funder of Texas PAC, which has spent $131 million so far boosting Paxton and attacking Talarico. Musk gave $158 million to Senate Republicans’ super PAC arm last quarter, the filings showed, with the group in turn transferring the funds to the pro-Paxton PAC.
共和党还受益于最近的一项最高法院裁决，该裁决允许党委会在与候选人协调的情况下无限制地支出，使得全国共和党参议员委员会能够至少部分抵消这些差距。
Republicans are also benefitting from a recent Supreme Court ruling that allows party committees to spend unlimited sums in coordination with candidates, allowing the National Republican Senatorial Committee to offset at least some of the differences.
由于周四提交的报告仅覆盖至9月30日，每位候选人的账户总额仍未完全清楚。
Since the tranche of reports filed Thursday only cover until Sept. 30, the full scope of each candidates’ coffers is unknown.
但还有其他迹象表明，一些人在最后冲刺阶段资金紧张：Whatley 在电视上已经销声匿迹，这清楚地表明他的资金正在耗尽，尽管他的竞选团队坚称这只是暂时的停顿。
But there are other signs that some are strapped for cash in the final sprint: Whatley has gone dark on television, a clear indication of him running low on funds even as his campaign insists it’s a temporary pause.