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Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee faces a showdown with Helena Faux over the Washington Bridge turmoil.

Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee faces a showdown with Helena Faux over the Washington Bridge turmoil.

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September 5th, 2026

Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee faces a showdown with Helena Faux over the Washington Bridge turmoil.

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Four years ago, Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee narrowly clinched victory in the Democratic primary, and just as he was basking in the celebratory embrace of his supporters, someone handed him a phonethe caller being none other than his electoral rival, merely to formally concede defeat.

四年前罗德岛州州长丹·麦基在民主党初选中以微弱优势险胜正当他沉浸于支持者簇拥的欢庆氛围之际,有人递来一部手机——来电者正是其竞选对手仅为正式承认败选而已。

"That will never come to pass," he declared, brushing the phone aside with an imperious wave, his tone brooking no dissent, "sever all communication with them forthwith."

"绝不会发生,"挥手将手机拨开语气斩钉截铁,"即刻终止与他们的通话。"

Now, Helena Fox, the woman he had once treated with such disdain, was challenging him to a rematch.

如今那位曾遭他轻蔑以待的女性海伦娜·福克斯正向他发起复赛的挑战。

McGee, for his part, was desperate to avert a twofold calamityaverse to becoming the first sitting governor since 2018 to suffer defeat in a presidential primary, and equally loath to be the first Rhode Island governor in over three decades to lose a primary contest.

麦基则急于规避双重厄运——既不愿沦为自2018年以来首位在初选中折戟沉沙的美国总统州长亦不甘成为三十余载间首位在初选中败北的罗德岛州长

Fox, having formerly held an executive position at CVS Health, has amassed campaign funds surpassing those of the incumbent governor, while her campaign advertisements have become ubiquitous, reaching every conceivable corner.

福克斯执掌CVS健康公司高管之职筹款数额凌驾于现任州长之上竞选广告更是铺天盖地无远弗届

In stark contrast to four years ago, this election cycle has witnessed a pronounced surge in Democratic voters' proclivity to oust incumbent officials.

与四年前迥异本届选举周期内民主党选民对罢免现任官员的意向呈现出显著攀升之势

McGee, now 75 years of age, must still assuage the public rancor that has accrued from the egregious delays plaguing a bridge renovation project.

年届75岁的麦基尚需化解因某座桥梁修缮工程工期严重延误而积聚的民怨

"Throughout the crucible of the past four years, I have come to apprehend with ever-greater profundity how acutely the populace perceives that the state government consorts exclusively with a coterie of the privileged elite," confessed Fox, now sixty-two, during the course of an interview, "and they, in like measure, have heard the governor proclaim 'all is well,' whilst they privately lament, 'I am beset with anxiety over the prospect of a remunerative post.'"

在过去四年的历练中我愈发深刻地体悟到民众何其真切地感受到州政府仅与少数权贵阶层沆瀣一气,”现年六十二岁的福克斯在接受访谈时坦言,“他们同样耳闻州长高呼‘万事皆宜’,而他们却在暗自嗟叹‘我为一纸高薪职位而忧心忡忡’。”

In Rhode Island, a state whose political landscape leans decidedly toward the Democratic Party, the victor of the September 9th primary is almost certain to emerge as the frontrunner in the general election.

政治版图明显倾向于民主党罗德岛州9月9日初选的胜出者几乎笃定将成为大选中的领跑者

Apart from his perennial adversary Fox, McKee must also contend with another formidable obstacle on his campaign trailthe pivotal bridge spanning Providence, which serves as the lifeline of New England's third-largest city.

除却福克斯这一宿敌麦基在竞选征途上还需应对另一棘手障碍——那座横跨普罗维登斯市堪称新英格兰第三大城市命脉关键桥梁

In 2023, when state officials characterized the situation as a "critical failure" and intimated that remedial works might stretch over several months, McKee resolutely shuttered the westbound carriageway of the Washington Bridge.

在2023年当州级官员将其定性为严重故障并宣称修复工程或将绵延数月之久时,麦基毅然决然地封闭了华盛顿桥西行一侧的通行。

The cascading repercussions of the partial closure, vast in their reach, swiftly permeated the entire region.

部分关闭所引发的连锁效应其波及范围之广迅速蔓延至整个区域

Serving as a pivotal conduit for Interstate 195, the bridge soars from Providence across the Seekonk River to East Providence, further threading through the South Coast of Massachusetts and Cape Cod, thereby constituting an indispensable arterial thoroughfare.

该桥梁作为195号州际公路的关键载体自普罗维登斯凌空横跨锡康克河直抵东普罗维登斯并进一步贯通马萨诸塞州南海岸与科德角构成一条至关重要的交通动脉

With nearly one hundred thousand vehicle crossings daily, the stark reality of the closure now compels all traffic to reroute, converging upon the reconfigured eastbound lanesan exigency that indubitably engenders profound and intricate ramifications for the region's traffic dynamics.

每日近十万辆次的通行车辆,如今在关闭的严峻现实面前不得不悉数改道涌入重新布局的东行路段此举无疑对区域交通流线产生了深远而复杂的重塑影响

Subsequently, the delays in the repair schedule far exceeded the stipulated commitments, and the costs likewise significantly surpassed the initial estimatesall of which furnished Fox with an inexhaustible arsenal of ammunition with which to assail McKee's leadership acumen.

此后维修工期之延误远超既定承诺费用显著高于最初估算凡此种种皆为福克斯抨击麦基领导才能提供了取之不尽的攻讦素材

McGee rebutted the allegations, steadfastly asserting that he had ensured the public's safety without compromise, while the bridge's completion was slated for 2028.

麦基予以驳斥坚称其已确保民众之安全无虞该桥梁之竣工则预定于2028年达成。

He repeatedly invoked the state of Maryland, asserting that the Washington Bridge would be completed before the replacement of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimorethe latter having collapsed in 2024 after a colossal container ship struck it, resulting in the tragic deaths of six construction workers, with its reconstruction projected for completion by 2030.

屡次提及马里兰州断言华盛顿大桥将先于巴尔的摩的弗朗西斯·斯科特·基大桥替换工程竣工——后者因2024年一艘巨型集装箱船撞击而坍塌酿成六名建筑工人罹难的惨剧其替换工程预计于2030年落成

However, Adam Myers, a political scientist at Providence College, contends that sudden calamities such as bridge collapses frequently ensnare governors in predicaments from which extrication proves exceedingly arduous.

然而普罗维登斯学院政治学者亚当·迈尔斯指出桥梁坍塌这类突发事件往往令州长们陷入难以自拔的困境

Intractable issuesranging from crime and immigration to the cost of livingare invariably enmeshed in a labyrinth of systemic determinants, rendering the ascription of accountability profoundly elusive and thereby compounding the intricacies of governance.

诸如犯罪移民生活成本等棘手议题因其牵涉盘根错节的系统性因素难以明确界定责任归属从而加剧了治理的复杂性

"Take bridges, for instancethe public is well aware that the state government bears full responsibility for them," Myers elaborated, "and thus there appears to be an exceptionally unambiguous locus of accountability, one fully capable of absorbing the entirety of the blame."

以桥梁为例公众皆知州政府对此负有全责,”迈尔斯阐述道,“故而似乎存在一个极为明确的问责主体足以承载全部责任。”

While parrying external censure over his purported mishandling of the bridge predicament, Mackey has pivoted to an offensive stance, lambasting Fox as an out-of-touch industry magnate who, he alleges, aspires to pave his way to victory through sheer pecuniary influence.

在抵御外界对其处理桥梁问题不力之诟病的同时,麦基已转而采取攻势,直指福克斯为脱离实际的业界高管,斥其妄图以金钱铺路、买通胜局。

Fox's family is deeply entrenched in the political arena, with both her grandfather Thomas Dodd and her uncle Chris Dodd having served as Democratic senators representing Connecticut in the federal chamber.

福克斯的家族在政坛上盘根错节其祖父托马斯·多德叔父克里斯·多德皆曾以民主党籍身份代表康涅狄格州跻身联邦参议院。

She devoted a quarter of a century to diligent service at CVS, ultimately ascending to the helm of the company's pharmacy division between 2014 and 2018.

在CVS勤勉供职达二十五载并于2014年至2018年间最终荣升为公司药房部门之掌舵人

Subsequently, she wielded the chief executive mantle at Hudson's Bay Company, the Canadian retail titan, until her eventual departure in 2020.

此后执掌加拿大零售业巨擘哈德逊湾公司的首席执行官权柄,直至2020年方才卸任

Mackey excoriated Fox, alleging that during her stewardship of CVS she had countenanced and exacerbated the ravages of the opioid crisisa charge she categorically repudiated, denying it outright.

麦基严词抨击福克斯指其在执掌CVS期间纵容助长阿片类药物危机的肆虐而福克斯对此项指控予以坚决驳斥矢口否认

"Who, pray, is this candidate before us? A corporate titan of such magnitude that the Democratic Party finds her utterly intolerable," McKinsey remarked in the course of the interview, "for she has, on countless occasions, demonstrated a proclivity to elevate her own self-interest above the welfare of the populace."

此处的候选人究竟是何许人也此乃一介令民主党人难以容忍的企业巨擘,”麦基于访谈中如是言道,“已然屡次三番地展现出将一己私利凌驾于民生福祉之上的行径。”

When queried about her tenure at CVS, Fox contended that during her stewardship as president of the company's pharmacy division, it had already curtailed the distribution of opioids by 40 percent.

当被问及她在CVS任职期间的经历时,福克斯辩称在她执掌CVS药房部门总裁一职之际,该公司已将阿片类药物的分销削减了40%

In 2022, subsequent to Fox's departure from CVS, the corporation consented to a $5 billion settlement to resolve nationwide litigation concerning the impact of opioids, albeit without any admission of wrongdoing.

2022年即福克斯离开CVS之后该公司同意支付50亿美元以了结全国范围内针对阿片类药物影响的诉讼但并未承认任何不当行为

Fox subsequently issued a stern admonition that McKee's disparaging remarks had precipitated a veritable maelstrom among the thousands of employees stationed at CVS's headquarters in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, while underscoring that external censure directed at her personally was frequently construed as a profound indictment of the retail behemoth's overarching operations.

福克斯继而严正警示麦基的抨击性言论已在罗德岛州文索基特市CVS总部供职的数千名员工中激起轩然大波并强调外界对其个人的指摘往往被解读为这家零售业巨头整体运营深刻诘问

"The commercial leaders of the fifty largest enterprises in this state have jointly addressed a letter to you, demanding that you immediately cease your vituperation against CVS," she challenged during a debate in August, "Do you intend to expel them all from this state?"

"本州规模最为庞大的五十家企业商业领袖联名致函于你要求即刻终止对CVS的抨击,"在八月的一场辩论中质询道,"你莫非要将他们尽数逐出本州不成?"

Mackey steadfastly avowed that he champions the interests of working-class constituents, underscoring the considerable endorsement he garnered from numerous trade unions throughout his campaign;

麦基坚称其代表工薪阶层选民之利益并着重强调在竞选过程中获得了众多工会的背书支持

However, it is noteworthy that the Rhode Island Democratic Party and the state's AFL-CIO both opted to maintain a stance of neutrality during the primary, refraining from according explicit support to any contender.

然而值得注意的是罗德岛州民主党与该州劳工联合会-产业工会联合会均选择在初选中保持中立立场,未对任何一方予以明确支持

Concurrently, Fox noted that his cohort of supporters is steadily expanding, numbering among its ranks Democratic figures hailing from Cumberland, Mackey's own stomping ground, where he once held the mayoral office.

与此同时福克斯指出其支持者阵营正持续扩展其中不乏来自麦基故里坎伯兰的民主党人士——麦基曾在该地执掌市长之职

"Now is the opportune moment to assume the mantle of an outsider," Fox asserted.

此刻正是成为局外人的绝佳时机,”福克斯如此断言

September 5th, 2026

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