Evan McMullin
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McMullin in October 2016
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| Born |
David Evan McMullin April 2, 1976 Provo, Utah, U.S. |
| Political party |
Republican (before 2016) Independent (2016–present) |
| Alma mater |
Brigham Young University University of Pennsylvania |
| Religion | Mormonism |
| Website | https://www.evanmcmullin.com/ |
David Evan McMullin (born April 2, 1976) is a former CIA operations officer who ran as an independent during the 2016 United States presidential election. McMullin served as a chief policy director for the House Republican Conference in the U.S. House of Representatives and a senior adviser on national security issues for the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. He also worked briefly as an investment banker after graduating from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
In August 2016, McMullin launched a presidential campaign in the 2016 election for President of the United States, as an independent candidate backed by the organization Better for America. McMullin received 0.53% of the national popular vote, with his best performance coming in his native Utah, where he received slightly over 21% of the vote.
McMullin was born 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, where his father worked as a computer scientist and his mother sold bulk foods to neighbors from the family's garage. After graduating in 1994 from Auburn Senior High School McMullin spent two years in Brazil as an LDS missionary. Upon returning, he spent a summer working on an Alaskan fishing vessel.
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