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Evan McMullin

Utah Senate Candidate Evan McMullin and his Ugly CIA History | Illustration: Lex Villena; Ben P L

Utah

In Utah Senate Race, Evan McMullin Has To Reckon With an Ugly History

In a campaign where much of the focus has been on Donald Trump and January 6, McMullin's CIA career deserves more interrogation.

Eric Boehm | 10.17.2022 10:30 AM

Mike Lee and Evan McMullin, Utah candidates for Senate | Illustration: Lex Villena; Ben P L, Gage Skidmore

Election 2022

Utah Democrats Endorse Non-Democrat Evan McMullin To Face Mike Lee

McMullin ran a third-party campaign for president in 2016.

Joe Lancaster | 6.28.2022 8:00 AM

MilesTaylor | Miles Taylor

Evan McMullin

Never-Trump Republicans Announce New Fundraising Effort To Re-Defeat the Ex-President

Renew America Movement co-founder Miles Taylor vows, "We will split the vote and sink him."

Matt Welch | 6.25.2021 12:56 PM

BillWeld | BRIAN SNYDER/REUTERS/Newscom

Third Parties

The Latest #NeverTrump Bug To Splat on the Windshield of MAGA?

Anti-Trump Republicans have yet to win an intra-party fight. And launching third parties are for marathoners, not sprinters.

Matt Welch | 5.27.2021 7:00 AM

EvanMc | Sue Dorfman/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Evan McMullin

Will a Coalition of Hawks, Mormons, and Libertarian-Leaners Form a New Third Party?

Three reasons to be skeptical about Evan McMullin's latest political initiative.

Matt Welch | 5.14.2021 12:47 PM

MittRomney | ERIN SCOTT/REUTERS/Newscom

Election 2020

Mitt Romney's Lament Highlights Trump's Swing-State Mormon Problem

LDS disaffection could help swing Arizona blue.

Matt Welch | 10.14.2020 1:59 PM

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Jeff Flake

Everybody Hates Jeff Flake

3 reasons why the anti-Trump center-right is the most off-putting place to be in American politics...for now.

Matt Welch | 3.21.2018 5:44 PM

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Evan McMullin

Evan McMullin's Troop-less War Against Donald Trump's GOP

Independent candidate says Republican Party 'can no longer be considered the home for conservatives,' despite all voting evidence to the contrary. Meanwhile, did his ballot exclusion tip Florida away from Hillary Clinton?

Matt Welch | 11.23.2016 12:40 PM

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Election 2016

Where the Third-Party Candidates Were Strongest

Which states gave Gary Johnson his best results? Jill Stein? Evan McMullin? And who did those candidates help more, Trump or Clinton?

Jesse Walker | 11.9.2016 11:55 AM

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Reasontv

Will Libertarian Gary Johnson Break 5 Percent? Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch Talk Election Day

How the Clinton/Trump race to the bottom prove the thesis of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America.

Nick Gillespie | 11.8.2016 10:08 AM

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Evan McMullin

Evan McMullin on Federalism, Spending, War, Edward Snowden, and 'the Bigotry of Donald Trump'

The independent conservative ticket is threatening in Utah with a message of local control and the notion that "all men and women are created equal."

Matt Welch | 11.7.2016 9:30 AM

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Evan McMullin

Evan McMullin: Only a Mormon Phenomenon So Far

Outside of Utah and the Mormon belt of Idaho, the independent conservative is polling in Jill Stein territory

Matt Welch | 11.1.2016 3:30 PM

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Evan McMullin

Where Hillary Clinton is the Spoiler Candidate

Utah lets third-party fans throw an argument back in the Democrats' faces.

Jesse Walker | 10.31.2016 12:10 PM

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Evan McMullin

Evan McMullin Gets His First Daily Newspaper Endorsement

Provo Daily Herald plumps for the native son. Meanwhile, Donald Trump now has more endorsements than Gary Johnson.

Matt Welch | 10.31.2016 10:20 AM

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Evan McMullin

Has Evan McMullin Proven He Has Party-Building Power?

His ballot access record doesn't really show it.

Brian Doherty | 10.27.2016 2:47 PM

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Gary Johnson

Gary Johnson Responds to Evan McMullin's He's-Not-a-Real-Libertarian Critique: 'I've Been the Nominee of the Libertarian Party Two Cycles!"

Independent conservative opens up a polling lead over Johnson in Idaho while lagging distantly in Minnesota. But are his tax and foreign policies really more libertarian than the Libertarian's?

Matt Welch | 10.25.2016 5:45 PM

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Gary Johnson

Gary Johnson Poll Collapse: Just 3% of Likely Voters in CNN/ORC Survey

Libertarian nominee hurtling southward toward the 5% threshold nationwide

Matt Welch | 10.24.2016 5:10 PM

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Evan McMullin

Utah Poll Shocker: Trump 30%, McMullin 29%, Clinton 28%, Johnson…5% (UPDATED)

Independent conservative surges far ahead of the Libertarian and tantalizingly close to the lead.

Matt Welch | 10.17.2016 11:35 AM

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Evan McMullin

Evan McMullin: 'If Gary Johnson Were a Real Libertarian, I Probably Wouldn't Be Doing This'

Conservatives who lament Johnson's insufficient libertarianism should be treated with skepticism at best.

Matt Welch | 10.14.2016 3:31 PM

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Evan McMullin

Evan McMullin Could Tip the Election. So Why Isn't He Being Polled?

Another new Utah poll puts the independent at 20%, yet he's not even being measured in swing states like Iowa and Colorado.

Matt Welch | 10.14.2016 10:59 AM

Large image on homepages | Evan McMullin for president

Gary Johnson

Mormon Exodus: Trump, Clinton Tied in Utah at 26%; McMullin 22%, Johnson 14%

Will the conservative alternative sneak past the Libertarian nominee in the Electoral College?

Matt Welch | 10.12.2016 12:33 PM

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Donald Trump

Mike Crapo Withdraws Trump Endorsement After Mike Lee Calls on the Nominee to 'Step Aside' and Jeff Flake Says 'America Deserves Far Better' (UPDATED)

Elected Mormons lead the GOP charge against the Republican presidential nominee, while Gary Johnson redoubles focus on a defecting Utah.

Matt Welch | 10.8.2016 12:20 PM

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Evan McMullin

Evan McMullin Gratuitously Denied Ballot Access in Florida, Because That's What the Duopoly Does

Gary Johnson is hardly the only third-party candidate to get democracy'd good and hard

Matt Welch | 9.16.2016 5:48 PM

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Evan McMullin

9-State Contender Evan McMullin Says Gary Johnson is 'Not a Serious Candidate'

'He spends his time advocating for legalized prostitution,' the #NeverTrumper contends, inaccurately, while seizing on the Aleppo gaffe

Matt Welch | 9.9.2016 2:20 PM

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Election 2016

400 Types of Yogurt, Two Serious Presidential Candidates, & One Worn-Out Rap About 3rd Parties

The Daily Show flirts with alternatives only to mock the idea of voting anything but Republican or Democratic.

Nick Gillespie | 8.19.2016 2:36 PM

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Evan McMullin

Meet #NeverTrump Savior Evan McMullin, Who Believes in Amnesty for Illegals!

The former CIA agent holds some views that many conservative Republicans find unacceptable. But at least he's not a libertarian...

Nick Gillespie | 8.16.2016 1:18 PM

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Evan McMullin

Evan McMullin, Independent Running for Anti-Trump Republicans, Makes Utah Ballot, Misses California

Gary Johnson campaign manager Ron Nielson does not think this will harm Johnson in Utah, currently his most promising state.

Brian Doherty | 8.16.2016 2:14 AM

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