Utah County Republicans boot a state lawmaker, while Commissioner Nathan Ivie survives a fierce challenge

Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie survived a vigorous challenge from four opponents in the county Republican convention this weekend — after he voted for an unpopular 67% property tax hike, and recently came out as gay in the conservative county.Final convention results were not announced until after 1 a.m. Sunday because of glitches with electronic voting during the party’s first-ever, all-online convention because of the coronavirus pandemic. Voting had begun on Thursday, and cl