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.
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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.