一些共和党成员及独立的摩门教女性表示，她们会跨越党派界限来投票。
Some GOP and independent Mormon women said they will cross party lines.
在亚利桑那州这场备受关注的州长选举中，耶稣基督后期圣徒教会（The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints）的两位成员分别代表不同的政党参选；而摩门教女性对于自己的信仰在投票时应当如何表现，持有截然不同的看法。
Two members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are on opposite tickets in Arizona's closely watched governor's race, and Mormon women are reaching sharply different conclusions about what their faith asks of them at the ballot box.
共和党州长候选人安迪·比格斯（Andy Biggs）是唐纳德·特朗普总统的极端保守派盟友，他试图击败现任州长凯蒂·霍布斯（Katie Hobbs）。霍布斯选择的前梅萨市市长约翰·贾尔斯（John Giles）作为自己的竞选搭档——贾尔斯既是该教会的成员，也是一名从共和党转而成为无党派人士的人。
Republican gubernatorial nominee Rep. Andy Biggs, an ultra-conservative ally of President Donald Trump, is running to unseat Gov. Katie Hobbs, who picked former Mesa Mayor John Giles, a church member and a Republican-turned-independent, as her running mate.
一些共和党成员及独立的摩门教女性告诉ABC News，贾尔斯参选以及比格斯反对承认2020年选举结果的行为，促使她们支持霍布斯；另一些女性则认为自己在育儿权利和跨性别议题上的立场使她们更倾向于支持比格斯。
Some Republican and independent Mormon women told ABC News that Giles' presence on the ballot and Biggs' vote against certifying the 2020 election have pushed them toward Hobbs. Others say their views on parental rights and transgender issues draw them to Biggs.
根据该教会2025年的统计数据，亚利桑那州约有44.2万名后期圣徒居民，约占该州总人口的6%。在2022年的选举中，霍布斯仅以1.7万票的优势获胜；因此，这些摩门教选民的投票结果可能会对选举结果产生重要影响。
About 442,000 Latter-day Saints live in Arizona, per the church's 2025 count. That's roughly 6% of the state's population. The split could matter in a state Hobbs won by just about 17,000 votes in 2022.
“有些选举的胜负差距非常微小，可能只有5000票或10000票的差距，而这正是贾尔斯能够改变选举结果的关键因素，”共和党策略师泰勒·蒙塔古（Tyler Montague）说道。
“Some of these races are close, you know, 5,000 votes, 10,000 votes. That's well within the margin that [John] Giles adds to the ticket,” said Tyler Montague, a Republican strategist.
“我们是一个庞大的选民群体，我认为争取摩门教选民的支持是非常明智的——毕竟他们的投票率非常高，”前共和党全国委员会主席、同时也是该教会成员的罗娜·麦克丹尼尔（Ronna McDaniel）表示。
"We're a huge group, and I definitely think it would be smart to be courting Mormon voters, Mormon women, because we are high propensity turnout voters," said Ronna McDaniel, former Republican National Committee chair and a church member.
“摩门教女性对亚利桑那州的未来至关重要，”亚利桑那州的民主党策略师斯泰西·皮尔森（Stacey Pearson）说。
"So go the Mormon wives, go the state, really," said Stacey Pearson, a Democratic strategist in Arizona.
比格斯为自己否认选举结果的立场辩护，称这是出于对选举管理过程的合理质疑。
Biggs has defended his record of election denialism as raising legitimate questions about election administration.
“很多人在投票时会考虑候选人的品格，他们认为比格斯试图推翻选举结果的行为严重缺乏诚信，”蒙塔古指出。
"You have a lot of people that are character voters, and they view Biggs' participation in the attempts to overthrow the election as a severe lack of character," Montague said.
蒙塔格还认为，堕胎权这一长期将宗教保守派与共和党候选人紧密联系在一起的议题，在亚利桑那州选民于2024年批准了一项保护堕胎权的投票提案后，今年的影响力可能会减弱。“这不再是一个那么突出的议题，”他说。
Montague also argued abortion, long the issue binding religious conservatives to Republican candidates, may have less influence this year after Arizona voters approved a ballot measure protecting abortion access in 2024. "It's not as salient an issue," he said.
“恪守道德的摩门妇女”组织亚利桑那州负责人简·安德森（Jane Andersen）表示，原则和品行可以重于对某个政党的忠诚。该组织不背书任何候选人，在其全国成员中，大约40%是共和党人，34%是民主党人，26%是无党派人士。
Jane Andersen, Arizona state director of Mormon Women for Ethical Government, said principle and conduct can outweigh loyalty to a party. The group does not endorse candidates, and its membership is roughly 40% Republican, 34% Democratic and 26% independent nationally.
安德森说：“当我们在共和党阵营中遇到那些极为另类的全州候选人，并且……他们的从政方式如此严苛、如此负面、如此不符合女性日常生活的行事准则时，她们选择疏远这样的人，哪怕他们的政策看起来可能更对胃口。”吉尔伯特的60岁教师苏珊娜·伦特（Suzanne Lunt）在1月6日国会山骚乱后退出了共和党，随后短暂重新登记为共和党人以竞选亚利桑那州众议员但告落败，之后又恢复了无党派身份。她将投票给霍布斯和贾尔斯。
"When we've had statewide candidates on the Republican side that have been such outliers, and … their approach to politicking has been so harsh, so negative, so out of line with how the women conduct themselves in daily life, they've chosen to walk away from that person," Andersen said, "even if maybe the policies might seem like they align more." Suzanne Lunt, a 60-year-old teacher in Gilbert, left the party after the Jan. 6 insurrection, briefly re-ed as a Republican to run for the Arizona House, lost, then returned to independent. She is voting for Hobbs and Giles.
伦特说：“我们的教会领袖教导我们，应该尽量投票给有诚信的人。我努力去寻找那些我知道可以信任、遵守法治、并且准备好与各类人合作而不仅仅是盲目顺从党派路线的领导人。”51岁的西尔维娅·詹克斯（Sylvia Jencks）是来自保守派圣坦谷的无党派人士，她也将投票给霍布斯。
"Our church leaders have taught us that we should try to vote for people with integrity," Lunt said. “I try to find leaders who I know I can trust, who follow the rule of law, and who are ready to work with all kinds of people and not just toe the party line." Sylvia Jencks, 51, an independent from conservative San Tan Valley, is also voting for Hobbs.
詹克斯说：“我希望找一个关心亚利桑那州、而不仅仅关心总统想要什么的人。”但她同时也指责了民主党，称该党“关注了错误的事情”，而没有致力于加强该州的经济。
"I want somebody who cares about Arizona and not just what the president wants," Jencks said. But she faulted Democrats, too, saying the party is "focusing on the wrong things" instead of strengthening the state’s economy.
43岁的塔蒂亚娜·佩纳（Tatiana Pena）来自南菲尼克斯，是五个孩子的母亲，也是一名坚定的共和党支持者。她之所以投票给比格斯（Biggs），是因为教会领袖们所宣扬的“家庭价值观”。
Tatiana Pena, 43, a South Phoenix mother of five and lifelong Republican, is voting for Biggs because of what church leaders have taught about protecting "family values." "They don't talk politics, but they have given us warnings," Pena said. "One of the biggest warnings is to defend the family unit in society.
佩纳说：“教会成员从不谈论政治，但他们确实给了我们一些警告；其中最重要的警告就是‘要维护社会中的家庭单位’。对我来说，这一点比其他任何事情都重要。”对她来说，这意味着要限制跨性别女性使用女性洗手间以及参与女子体育活动的权利，同时反对为未成年人提供性别转换治疗服务。
That to me outweighs everything else." For her, that means restricting transgender women's access to women's restrooms and girls' sports, and opposing gender-transition care for minors. Tyler Bowyer, Turning Point USA's chief operating officer and a church member from Mesa, agreed, arguing that Mormon women are "most moved by the trans policies that have been pushed by the left."
来自梅萨（Mesa）的“Turning Point USA”组织首席运营官泰勒·鲍耶（Tyler Bowyer）也持相同观点；他认为摩门教女性最反感的是左派推行的那些与性别相关的政策。阿肯色大学研究摩门教政治行为的教授布列塔尼·罗曼内洛（Brittany Romanello）指出：“如今，人们不再仅仅因为某人属于摩门教就会投票支持他们；选民们更关注这些政策背后的价值观和道德问题。”
For Brittany Romanello, a University of Arkansas professor who studies Mormon political behavior, the divide shows shared faith no longer guarantees a vote. “Women are looking at the values, the controversies, the morals …This is not the 2012 election, where people just expected people to vote for Mitt Romney because he's LDS," she said.