Evan McMullin

David Evan McMullin (born April 2, 1976) is a former Central Intelligence Agency (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. Receiving support from some members of the "Never Trump" movement, polling taken late in the campaign showed him ahead of major party nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in his home state of Utah. In the end, McMullin received 21% in Utah, taking third place behind both Trump and Clinton, receiving 0.53% of the national popular vote. Following his defeat, McMullin has emerged as a vocal critic of the Trump Administration. In 2017, McMullin confirmed speculation that he is considering another run for elected office. 2Early life and education 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 garag