Salt Lake County Republican delegates halted embattled state school board member Natalie Cline’s reelection bid, selecting her opponent, Amanda Bollinger as the sole GOP candidate for the November ballot.

Among the Salt Lake County GOP delegates who live in the state board District 9 boundaries, 63.1% cast ballots for Bollinger while 36.8% voted for Cline, the incumbent.

Bollinger was assured a spot on the primary ballot after collecting a sufficient number of valid signatures to run for the District 9 seat on the Utah State Board of Education, but earlier Saturday she said she preferred to garner at least 60% of the delegate vote.

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Utah’s bid for the 2034 Winter Games is on track after an IOC visit. What’s next?

The advice from a member of the International Olympic Committee delegation in Utah this week to inspect venues for a 2034 Winter Games sounded contradictory at first: Don’t be in a rush to put plans in place, but don’t wait to take advantage of the opportunity.

“Let’s not hurry on this. But then, be bold and ambitious,” the IOC’s Olympic Games executive director, Christophe Dubi, said during an invitation-only community forum held in the Eccles Theater lobby last week, insisting, “it’s urgent not to start too early” to organize a Winter Games.

Read more how the 2034 Winter Games could be formally awarded to Utah on July 24.

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