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Evan McMullin

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Third party · 1976–

Evan McMullin

David Evan McMullin is an American politician and former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer. McMullin ran as an independent in the 2016 United States presidential election and in the 2022 United States Senate election in Utah.

On the Ballot

One presidential run
2016Lost0.5% of the vote · 0 EV · v. Donald Trump

Strongest counties, 2016

Countythird-party sharevotes
Cache, UT35.6%46,157
Madison, ID35.4%15,688
Utah, UT35.1%201,551
Davis, UT34.3%138,411
Tooele, UT27.9%21,829

Weakest counties, 2016

Countythird-party sharevotes
Taliaferro, GA0.3%897
Noxubee, MS0.5%5,574
Menominee, WI0.5%1,279
Claiborne, MS0.6%4,272
Greene, AL0.6%4,880

County returns lump all third-party tickets together — these are the counties where the combined third-party vote ran strongest, a proxy for the 2016 insurgency.