密歇根州选举日投票开始：州长与联邦参议员之争受全国关注
11月3日，美国密歇根州韦恩县 Detroit 市及全州选民走进投票站，投票站于早上7时开放、晚上8时关闭。选民将选出新任州长，决定一场备受全国关注的联邦参议员竞选结果，并决定州议会两院由哪个政党控制，同时就两项全州提案投票。据密歇根州州务部数据，截至选举日早上7时，已有超过240万名密歇根州选民通过缺席选票或提前投票点投了票，约占该州740万登记选民的33%。
联邦参议员竞选中，民主党候选人 Abdul El-Sayed 与共和党候选人 Mike Rogers 对决：El-Sayed 曾任韦恩县与底特律市卫生主管，Rogers 曾任联邦众议员。州长竞选中，因现任州长 Gretchen Whitmer 已达任期限制无法连任，选民将在民主党候选人、现任州务卿 Jocelyn Benson 与共和党候选人、现任联邦众议员 John James 之间作出选择；11月1日的 RealClearPolling 民调平均值显示 Benson 领先约8.8个百分点。
底特律都会区选民还将就动物园税率续征与历史博物馆税率等地方议题投票，结果将影响未来数年的公共服务与文化机构经费。底特律自由新闻报当天在底特律都会区各投票站采访选民，汽油价格、生活成本与退休保障是受访者提到的主要关切。
（来源：底特律自由新闻报）
Polls Open in Michigan as Nation Watches Senate and Governor Races
On November 3, voters in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, and across the state headed to the polls, which opened at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Voters will elect a new governor, decide a nationally watched U.S. Senate race, determine control of both chambers of the state Legislature and vote on two statewide ballot proposals. According to the Michigan Department of State, more than 2.4 million Michiganders — about 33% of the state's 7.4 million registered voters — had already voted by absentee ballot or at early voting sites by 7 a.m. on Election Day.
In the Senate race, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a former Wayne County and Detroit health director, faces Republican Mike Rogers, a former U.S. representative. In the governor's race, with incumbent Gretchen Whitmer term-limited, voters choose between Democrat Jocelyn Benson, the secretary of state, and Republican John James, a sitting U.S. representative; the RealClearPolling average on November 1 gave Benson a lead of about 8.8 points.
Metro Detroit voters are also deciding local issues including a zoo millage renewal and museum millages, which will affect public services and cultural funding for years. The Detroit Free Press fanned out across metro Detroit polling places, where voters cited gas prices, living costs and retirement security among their top concerns.
(Source: Detroit Free Press)
来源：底特律自由新闻报
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图片来源：图：底特律市政中心 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons（CC0，WMrapids)。 / Photo: Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Detroit. Source: Wikimedia Commons（CC0，WMrapids).
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