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McMullin was a CIA [[operations officer]] from 2001 to 2010. In 2011, he received an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and worked as an [[investment banker]] for about a year and a half. He was a senior adviser on national security issues for the [[House Committee on Foreign Affairs]] from 2013 to 2015 and served as a chief policy director for the [[House Republican Conference]] in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from January 2015 through July 2016. McMullin left the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] in 2016 after [[Donald Trump]] became the party's presumptive presidential nominee.

McMullin was born on April 2, 1976<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.lib.byu.edu/agents/people/16671 |title=McMullin, Evan (David Evan), 1976– |publisher=[[Brigham Young University]] |accessdate=October 8, 2021}}</ref><ref name="SL Trib 2016-10-26" /><ref name="Deseret News 2021-04-07">{{cite web |last1=Benson |first1=Samuel |title=Opinion: Evan McMullin is back, and he's ready to reshape American politics |url=https://www.deseret.com/2021/4/7/22353618/evan-mcmullin-miles-taylor-new-third-party-gop-republican-founding-ideals-trump-vision |website=Deseret News |access-date=April 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408213534/https://www.deseret.com/2021/4/7/22353618/evan-mcmullin-miles-taylor-new-third-party-gop-republican-founding-ideals-trump-vision |archive-date=April 8, 2021 |language=en |date=April 7, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> in [[Provo, Utah]], the oldest of four children of David McMullin and Lanie Bullard. At a young age, his family moved to a rural area outside [[Seattle]], Washington,<ref name="Hugh Hewitt interview">{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNarSHJEOec |title=Presidential Hopeful Evan McMullin – Full Interview |work=Hugh Hewitt Show |date=August 9, 2016|via=YouTube}}</ref> where his father worked as a computer scientist and his mother sold bulk foods to neighbors from the family's garage.<ref name="SL Trib 2016-10-26">{{cite news |last=Canham |first=Matt |date=October 26, 2016 |title=Who is Evan McMullin? An unorthodox presidential contender who has led an unusual life |url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/4506207-155/who-is-evan-mcmullin-an-unorthodox |newspaper=[[Salt Lake Tribune]] |location=[[Salt Lake City]] |access-date=November 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="About Evan McMullin">{{cite web|last1=McMullin|first1=Evan|title=About Evan McMullin|url=https://www.evanmcmullin.com/about|publisher=Evan McMullin for President|access-date=August 8, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911143951/https://www.evanmcmullin.com/about/|archive-date=September 11, 2016}}</ref> After graduating in 1994 from [[Auburn Senior High School]],<ref name="About Evan McMullin" /> McMullin spent two years in Brazil as a [[Mormon missionary|missionary]] for [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church).<ref name="Hugh Hewitt interview" /> Upon returning, he spent a summer working on an Alaskan fishing vessel.

 

 

== Career ==

Two high-profile Utah Democratic officials, former Representative [[Ben McAdams]] and Salt Lake County Mayor [[Jenny Wilson (politician)|Jenny Wilson]], endorsed McMullin by March 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=Romboy |first=Dennis |url=https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/3/7/22965925/utah-democrat-jenny-wilson-backing-independent-evan-mcmullin-senate-race-mike-lee-kael-weston |title=Why another high-profile Utah Democrat is backing an independent in U.S. Senate race|work=Deseret News|date=March 7, 2022 |accessdate=April 25, 2022}}</ref> In April 2022, both the Utah chapter of the [[American Solidarity Party]] and the [[Utah Democratic Party]] decided to endorse McMullin's independent candidacy for Senate, rather than field candidates of their own.<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Miguel |first=Randy |date=2022-04-19 |title=Utah Solidarity Party State Committee Endorses Evan McMullin for U.S. Senate|url=https://www.utahsolidarity.party/blog/evanmcmullin |access-date=2022-05-23 |publisher=Utah Solidarity Party |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cole |first=Devan |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/24/politics/utah-democrats-evan-mcmullin-mike-lee/index.html |title=Utah Democrats throw support behind independent Evan McMullin to take on Mike Lee |publisher=CNN |date= April 24, 2022|accessdate=April 25, 2022}}</ref> McMullin pledged, if elected, to caucus with neither the Democrats nor the Republicans.<ref name=Weisman>Jonathan Weisman, [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/17/us/politics/utah-senate-debate-lee-mcmullin.html 5 Takeaways From the Utah Senate Debate], ''New York Times'' (October 17, 2022).</ref><ref name=BlakeSleeperRace>{{cite web|date=October 17, 2022|author=Aaron Blake|title=The potential sleeper races of 2022, from Utah to Oregon|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/17/2022-sleeper-surprise-races/|newspaper=Washington Post|quote=McMullin reiterated this weekend that he wouldn't caucus with Republicans or Democrats. ...Every reputable, nonpartisan poll shows this is a single-digit race; some even have McMullin up by a slight margin. Republicans are certainly paying attention.}}</ref> Utah's other U.S. Senator, [[Mitt Romney]], stayed neutral in the race.<ref name=Knowles>{{cite web|author=Hannah Knowles|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2022/10/14/utah-senate-mcmullin-lee-romney/|title=Romney aides irked by Lee plea for support, highlighting GOP divide in Utah|newspaper=Washington Post|date=October 14, 2022|quote=the final weeks of Lee's reelection bid, a more competitive race than many anticipated...Now, Lee was on national television urging Romney to reconsider in the final weeks, as some polling showed McMullin within striking distance of him in a ruby-red state.}}</ref> Lee was favored to win the race, as most (but not all) polls showed Lee with a single-digit lead over McMullin; the race was viewed as unusually competitive for Utah, which is typically a deeply Republican state.<ref name=BlakeSleeperRace/><ref name=Knowles/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/senate/utah|title=2022 Election Forecast: Senate: Utah|work=FiveThirtyEight|date=June 30, 2022 |access-date=October 17, 2022}}</ref>

 

 

== Political positions ==

McMullin supports [[free trade]],<ref name="RubinInterview">{{cite news|author=Jennifer Rubin|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/08/18/interview-with-evan-mcmullin-the-center-right-candidate/ |title=Interview with Evan McMullin, the center-right candidate |date=August 18, 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref> pointing to the economic benefits of international trade.<ref name="WBUR" /> He supported [[NAFTA]] of 1994 and the original [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]].<ref name="WBUR" />

 

 

McMullin favors cuts to [[entitlement program]]s such as [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]], and has proposed [[means-testing]] the program and raising the retirement age.<ref name="RomboyRoche" />

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[[Category:1976 births]]

[[Category:21st-century Mormon missionaries]]

[[Category:American Mormon missionaries in Brazil]]

[[Category:Politicians from Provo, Utah]]

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[[Category:Utah Republicans]]

[[Category:Wharton School alumni]]