民主党将更多共和党参议院票仓变为中期选举战场

Dems turning more GOP Senate strongholds into midterm battlegrounds

距离选举日还有十周，参议院战场范围广阔、分布零散——且已深入特朗普的票仓腹地。重要性何在：在正常年份，共和党人根本不会对阿拉斯加、堪萨斯、艾奥瓦、密西西比、内布拉斯加或得克萨斯有任何担忧。但今年并非寻常之年。共和党人预计这六个州最终会回归"让美国再次伟大"的基本盘，但他们并没有把赌注押在这上面。这些州仍处于胶着状态，使中期选举变成了一盘棋局，给民主党人提供了更多进攻机会——同时也使

Ten weeks from Election Day, the Senate battlefield is sprawling, scattered — and stretching deep into Trump country . Why it matters: In a normal year, Republicans wouldn't think twice about Alaska, Kansas, Iowa, Mississippi, Nebraska or Texas. This isn't a normal year. Republicans expect all six states to revert to their MAGA mean. But they're not betting on it. The fact that they're still in play has turned the midterms into a game of chess, giving Democrats more openings to attack — and leav