He participates in many organizations, including the Southern Utah Trucking Association (past president); Utah Trucking Association (past president); Dixie ATC (director and past chair); Utah College of Applied Technology (past chair); UDOT Motor Carrier Advisory Board (chairman); UHP Honorary Colonels (past chair); and the St. George Lions Club.
Political career
2008 When District 75 incumbent Republican Representative
Stephen H. Urquhart ran for
Utah State Senate and left the seat open, Ipson was selected from among four candidates by the Republican convention and was unopposed for the November 4, 2008 General election, winning with 10,613 votes.[6]
2010 Ipson was unopposed for the June 22, 2010 Republican Primary[7] and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 6,975 votes (83.9%) against Democratic nominee Jerry Howard.[8]
2012 Ipson was unopposed for the June 26, 2012 Republican Primary[9] and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 10,299 votes (78.7%) against
Democratic nominee Cimarron Chacon and
Constitution candidate Randall Hinton.[10]
2014 Ipson was unopposed for the Republican convention and won in the November 4, 2014 General election with 4,680 votes (65.5%) against Independent American nominee Nihla Judd, and Democratic nominee Cheryl Hawker.[11]
2016 Ipson was appointed to replace Steve Urquhart in the Utah State Senate.[3][12]