Evan McMullin

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David Evan McMullin (* 2. April 1976 in Provo , Utah ) is an American politician and former CIA - Agent . He was chief strategist of the House Republican Conference , the caucus of the Republican Party in the United States House of Representatives , until August 8, 2016 , and then ran for the presidential election .

Life

McMullin was born on April 2, 1976 in Provo, Utah , United States . At the local Mormon Brigham Young University he studied international law and diplomacy and received a bachelor's degree . He later earned a master's degree in business administration from the prestigious Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania . In Brazil he served as a Mormon missionary .

McMullin worked as an undercover agent for the CIA for around ten years , including in Syria , Jordan and Iraq . From 2011 to 2013 he was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs ; then he became chief strategist of the House Republican Conference.

2016 presidential election

Red: McMullin was on the ballot paper; orange: McMullin was a candidate for registration ; gray: McMullin was not eligible

On August 8, 2016, McMullin announced that he would run for the office of President of the United States in the November 8 election. Due to the late candidacy, he missed the registration dates in various states .

McMullin justified his candidacy with the Americans' lack of confidence in the official candidates of the two major parties, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump . He offers himself as an alternative for millions of dissatisfied conservative voters.

At the beginning of October, McMullin chose the 35-year-old businesswoman and media strategist Mindy Finn as running mate for the presidential election, i.e. as a supporter in the election campaign and candidate for the office of vice president .

McMullin's main goal was to prevent Trump from being president of the United States. He focused his election campaign on his home state of Utah , a Mormon and traditionally conservative state and therefore leaning towards the Republicans. In the second half of October, he was roughly on a par with the Republican candidate in polls. With a victory, he could have stolen six electors from Trump and, if the outcome was tight, he could even have been president by voting in the House of Representatives . Ultimately, however, he received only 20.4 percent of the vote in Utah; Trump came to 46.8 percent and won a majority of electors nationwide. McMullin was able to win a total of 731,788 votes (0.54 percent) and thus the fifth most of all candidates. However , he did not receive any votes in the Electoral College . He later described Trump as a threat to the US constitution and called for bipartisan opposition in the New York Times .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Shushanna Walshe: Former CIA Officer Evan McMullin to Launch Independent Presidential Bid , ABC News, August 8 2016th
  2. ↑ a b Attack on Trump: Second Republican wants to run for the White House , Focus Online, August 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b Adam Edelman: Who is Evan McMullin? Here are a few facts about the obscure independent presidential candidate , NYDailyNews, August 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ Conservative Republican With Bay Area Ties Running As Trump Alternative For Presidency , CBS SFBayArea, August 8, 2016.
  5. ↑ Randy Leonard: McMullin Presidential Run an Uphill Battle, per State Filing Deadlines , Roll Call, August 8, 2016.
  6. ↑ Shushanna Walshe: Presidential Candidate Evan McMullin Picks Mindy Finn as Running Mate , ABC News, October 6, 2016.
  7. ↑ Hibert Wetzel: Trump? Clinton? No, Evan McMullin! sueddeutsche.de, October 25, 2016
  8. ↑ Utah: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stone vs. McMullin , RealClearPolitics, accessed October 27, 2016.
  9. ^ Utah Results. In: The New York Times. Retrieved November 9, 2016 .
  10. ^ Trump's Threat to the Constitution. In: The New York Times. Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME McMullin, Evan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McMullin, David Evan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Provo , USA