On August 8, 2016, he announced he would run as an independent
candidate in the 2016 election for President of the
United States, backed by the organization Better for America. McMullin's
campaign is also supported by some members of the "Never Trump" movement.
David Evan McMullin[1] (born April 2, 1976) is an American
politician, former Chief Policy Director for the House Republican
Conference in the U.S. House of
Representatives, and former CIA operations officer. He has also been a
Volunteer Refugee Resettlement Officer for the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees in Jordan,
as well as an investment banker.
After graduating from Brigham Young University
in 2001 he worked in Amman, Jordan, as
a Volunteer Refugee Resettlement Officer for the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[7] He worked for the Central
Intelligence Agency from 2001 until 2011, working overseas on
counterterrorism and intelligence operations in the Middle East, North Africa
and South Asia[7] as an undercover operations officer with the National
Clandestine Service.[8]
In 2011, McMullin began working for the Investment Banking
Division at Goldman Sachs.[9]
In 2013, McMullin became a senior adviser on national security
issues for the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs for the 113th Congress.[10] McMullin became the Chief Policy Director of the House
Republican Conference in 2015 under Chairwoman Cathy McMorris
Rodgers (R-Wash.).[11] McMullin resigned as Chief Policy Director shortly before
declaring his run for the presidency.[10]
Starting in 2013, McMullin was an International Advisory Board
Member for the Kennedy Center for International Studies at Brigham Young
University.[12] McMullin is also a member of the Council on
Foreign Relations.[13]
Presidential candidates on the ballot
in Utah
Rocky De La
Fuente/Michael Steinberg (Unaffiliated) Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka (Green
- listed as Unaffiliated) Alyson Kennedy/Osborne Hart (Unaffiliated) Gary Johnson/Bill Weld (Libertarian) Rocky Giordani/Farley Anderson (Independent
American) Donald Trump/Mike Pence (Republican) Darrell Lane
Castle/Scott Bradley (Constitution) Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine (Democratic) Monica Moorehead/Lamont Lilly (Unaffiliated) Evan McMullin/Nathan Johnson (Unaffiliated)[2]
