Republicans win Virginia, New Jersey governorships 共和党在维吉尼亚州、新泽西州州长竞选中获胜 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans rolled to victory in Virginia and New Jersey governor's races on Tuesday in a sharp blow to Democrats that showed the limits of President Barack Obama's political clout.
After suffering a one-two punch in those two states, Democrats salvaged a victory over a conservative candidate in a congressional district in upstate New York in a race that exposed a split in the Republican Party.
Republican Bob McDonnell scored an easy victory over Democrat Creigh Deeds in Virginia. In New Jersey, Republican Chris Christie had a tougher time with incumbent Democratic Governor Jon Corzine but prevailed.
The victories buoyed Republican hopes that they had emerged from the political
wilderness after losing control of the Congress in 2006 and the White House in 2008.
周二,共和党在维吉尼亚州和新泽西州州长竞选中获胜,这给民主党以沉重打击。他们此次胜利也证明了总统巴拉克-奥巴马政治影响力的局限性。
在接连遭受两个州的沉重失败后,民主党急需在纽约州北部区域选举区的保守选民中赢得胜利。而此次的竞选也暴露出共和党内部的分裂。
共和党候选人Bob McDonnell轻易击败民主党人候选人Creigh Deeds,在维吉尼亚州州长选举中获胜。而在新泽西州,共和党人候选人Chris Christie和现任民主党州长Jon Corzine艰难对决,但最后还是胜利了。
胜利又一次燃起了共和党人的希望,他们已经从2006年失去对国会的控制和2008年失去对白宫的控制后的政治萧条中脱离。
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