Evan McMullin
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
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 .
Web links
- Evan McMullin for President , Evan McMullin's campaign website
- Matthias Kolb: Evan McMullin - The upright conservative who wants to prevent President Trump , Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 8, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Shushanna Walshe: Former CIA Officer Evan McMullin to Launch Independent Presidential Bid , ABC News, August 8 2016th
- ↑ a b Attack on Trump: Second Republican wants to run for the White House , Focus Online, August 8, 2016.
- ↑ a b Adam Edelman: Who is Evan McMullin? Here are a few facts about the obscure independent presidential candidate , NYDailyNews, August 8, 2016.
- ↑ Conservative Republican With Bay Area Ties Running As Trump Alternative For Presidency , CBS SFBayArea, August 8, 2016.
- ↑ Randy Leonard: McMullin Presidential Run an Uphill Battle, per State Filing Deadlines , Roll Call, August 8, 2016.
- ↑ Shushanna Walshe: Presidential Candidate Evan McMullin Picks Mindy Finn as Running Mate , ABC News, October 6, 2016.
- ↑ Hibert Wetzel: Trump? Clinton? No, Evan McMullin! sueddeutsche.de, October 25, 2016
- ↑ Utah: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson vs. Stone vs. McMullin , RealClearPolitics, accessed October 27, 2016.
- ^ Utah Results. In: The New York Times. Retrieved November 9, 2016 .
- ^ Trump's Threat to the Constitution. In: The New York Times. Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
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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 |