That’s a 1990 number, so it may have changed. I saw 11% on wiki, which would translated into the twenties for Republicans
Also, Mormons didn’t spill into the surrounding states, nor was it a hostile takeover. There weren’t any other Europeans living there yet, and Brigham Young knew enough about agriculture to realize that they couldn’t all live in the Salt Lake Valley, so he sent people north and south on purpose.
Las Vegas was originally an LDS settlement, a piece of irony that is not lost on anyone.