Iron County Voters Turn Back School Bond Issue

Voters in Iron County have soundly rejected a bond proposal from the Iron County School District that would have brought the construction of two new facilities for the district.

In unofficial results released by the Iron County Clerk, the measure was being defeated by a vote of 52.17% of voters against the issuance of the bonds, while 41.17% of voters supported issuing the bonds.

The school district was seeking $66 million in funding. The district was planning to use the funding to construct a tenth elementary school in the district. The school would have been built to accommodate 650 to 700 students, and would likely have been built on the west side of the valley, somewhere between Three Peaks Elementary school and Iron Springs Elementary school. The estimated cost of that building was estimated at $36 million.

The second project the district proposed was the building of a brick and mortar facility to house alternative programs the district offers. Those programs include Launch High School, which features a project based learning model, and Southwest Education Academy, where students facing credit deficiency can create a path to graduation. The cost of that building was estimated at $30 million.

The district estimates that they are educating nearly 15,000 students in grades Pre-K through 12^th grade and beyond.

How We Voted In Other Races

Iron County voters also weighed in on the races for federal and state offices on the ballot. In the Presidential Race county residents overwhelmingly supported the ticket of President Elect Trump and Vice President Elect J.D. Vance giving them just under 75% of the Iron County vote.

In the race for the U.S. Senate race to replace retiring Senator Mitt Romney, John Curtis received just under 73% of the votes cast in the county.

In the contest for the 2^nd Utah Congressional District, Iron County gave their support to Republican Celeste Maloy giving her 71.69% of the vote.

In the race for Governor of the State of Utah, Iron County voters gave the nod to incumbent Governor Spencer Cox giving him and running mate Deidre Henderson 60.5% of the vote. An interesting note in that contest, write in candidate Phil Lyman actually placed second in Iron Country capturing 16.04% of the vote compared to the 14.06% of the vote garnered by Democratic candidate Brian King.

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Iron County also supported all the other Republicans who were on the ballot for statewide offices. All of the Iron County races were un-opposed.