Miranda Gold
ID · Commissioner, Ada County Highway District, District 3
Leads the five-member board that runs Ada County's local roads and served on the Eagle City Council from 2017 to 2021. Focuses on safe routes to school and pedestrian crossings, and on making growth pay its share of new road costs through impact fees.
Where Miranda Gold stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Infrastructure (8 records)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Seconded and voted for ACHD's FY2025/2026 road budget and a $51,507,000 property tax levy; both passed 3-2. She also voted to collect forgone property tax revenue, which passed 4-1.
August 28, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: achdidaho.civicweb.net
Voted to create a new ACHD Safety Engineering Department with five new staff positions. It passed 4-1.
October 25, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: achdidaho.civicweb.net
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 8 support
Voted with the full commission to adopt the ballot wording that asks Ada County voters to renew ACHD's local vehicle registration fee (Resolution 2462).
July 15, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: achdidaho.civicweb.net
Voted to raise ACHD's road impact fees on new development, to $5,803 per new single-family home, and to keep one countywide fee area. It passed 4-1, with Commissioner Patricia Nilsson opposed.
December 3, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: boisedev.com
Seconded and voted for ACHD's FY2025/2026 road budget and a $51,507,000 property tax levy; both passed 3-2. She also voted to collect forgone property tax revenue, which passed 4-1.
August 28, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: achdidaho.civicweb.net
Voted to redesign State Street in downtown Boise from 8th to 14th Street, cutting it from four lanes to three and adding a shared-use path for walkers and bikes. It passed 3-2.
July 24, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: idahopress.com
Voted to create a new ACHD Safety Engineering Department with five new staff positions. It passed 4-1.
October 25, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: achdidaho.civicweb.net
Seconded and voted for ACHD's 2024-2028 five-year road work plan (Integrated Five-Year Work Plan). It passed 3-2.
September 27, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: achdidaho.civicweb.net
Seconded and voted for the 8th Street bikeway plan in Boise, from Franklin Street to Union Street (modified Concept A). It passed 4-1.
February 22, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: achdidaho.civicweb.net
Moved to approve a study for a bridge or underpass to carry walkers and bicyclists across State Highway 44 in Eagle. The council approved it unanimously.
September 10, 2019Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: lf.cityofeagle.org
Track record — General
General · 14 records
Spoke for ACHD against Senate Bill 1356 at the Idaho House State Affairs Committee. The bill changed ACHD commissioner elections to the countywide method used for county officials. The committee sent it to the House floor 10-4.
April 1, 2026
Source: legislature.idaho.gov
Testified to the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee against House Bill 471, which proposed countywide elections for ACHD commissioners like Ada County commissioners. The committee rejected the bill 4-5.
April 4, 2025
Source: legislature.idaho.gov
Voted with the commission 4-0 to censure fellow Commissioner Kent Goldthorpe over his Facebook comments about the Legislature. She said his passion crossed a line.
April 1, 2025
Source: idahopress.com
Was elected president of the ACHD Commission by a unanimous vote of the commissioners for 2025.
January 8, 2025
Source: achdidaho.civicweb.net
Cast the only vote against ACHD's adopted plan for Linder Road from Pine Avenue to Ustick Road in Meridian (staff-recommended option 2). It passed 4-1.
September 25, 2024
Source: achdidaho.civicweb.net
Seconded and voted to change ACHD's long-range street map so Emerald Street, from Cole Road to Orchard Street, is planned as a 3-lane road instead of 5 lanes. It passed 3-1.
September 6, 2023
Source: achdidaho.civicweb.net
Won the Ada County Highway District Commissioner seat for District 3 with 18,413 votes (50.1%), defeating Mary May (45.9%) and Payton Khan (4.1%).
November 8, 2022
Source: canvass.sos.idaho.gov
Voted against Eagle's fiscal year 2021 budget, as changed to give staff a 2% cost-of-living raise and no merit raises, and against its spending law (Ordinance 834). Both passed 3-2 with the mayor's tie-breaking vote.
September 2, 2020
Source: lf.cityofeagle.org
Voted against approving the design of a 1,550-square-foot Eagle history museum building on the public library grounds. It passed 3-2 with the mayor's tie-breaking vote.
July 28, 2020
Source: lf.cityofeagle.org
Voted against letting the Avimor development form a special district to pay for its public infrastructure (Community Infrastructure District). She asked for more detail and a public hearing first. It passed 3-1.
July 14, 2020
Source: lf.cityofeagle.org
Voted against auctioning The Landing, a city-owned property, with a $1.65 million minimum bid. It passed 3-2 with the mayor's tie-breaking vote.
June 9, 2020
Source: lf.cityofeagle.org
Voted against selling The Landing, a city-owned building in Eagle; that motion failed 1-3. She then moved to keep it open for summer programs and stop spending on improvements to it, which failed 2-3.
February 18, 2020
Source: lf.cityofeagle.org
Won a seat on the Eagle City Council, finishing first of four candidates with 1,311 votes. A state recount on December 7, 2017 confirmed the result.
November 7, 2017
Source: lf.cityofeagle.org
Lost the race for Idaho State Senate District 14 as the Democratic nominee, getting 7,903 votes (29.4%) to Republican Marv Hagedorn's 19,011 (70.6%).
November 8, 2016
Source: canvass.sos.idaho.gov
Past race Miranda Gold ran in:
- Ada County Highway District Commissioner, District 3 · November 3, 2026 · Ada County Highway District · incumbent