Hildale • In an election that mixed religion — or the lack thereof — and small town politics, Tuesday’s unofficial returns appeared to favor candidates who do not belong to a polygamous church.
Hildale held a mail-in election, and final results won’t be known until an official canvass is completed in up to two weeks.
Hildale and adjacent Colorado City, Ariz., are the home of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Its members have controlled the municipal governments there since the border towns were incorporated in the mid-20th century.