(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Debate Commission is modifying some of its rules after a rough and rowdy debate last year between two U.S. Senate candidates. The commission began an internal review late last year after the debate between Senator Mike Lee and independent challenger Evan McMullin. The […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The race for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah has a hefty price tag. Open Secrets reports the race between Mike Lee and Evan McMullin totals over 35-million dollars and counting. This makes it one of the most expensive senate races in the state’s history. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Voters are sending a Utah senator and four Republican congressmen back to Washington, D.C. Senator Mike Lee was re-elected to a third term in unofficial returns from last night. Lee had been challenged by independent Evan McMullin. Utahns also voted to re-elect all four Republican […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An independent candidate with backing from Democrats is attempting to end the Republican stranglehold on U.S. Senate seats in Utah, hoping to harness the antipathy many voters in the state feel toward former President Donald Trump becoming the GOP’s standard-bearer. Evan McMullin has spent months […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The judge overseeing a lawsuit filed by independent U.S. Senate candidate Evan McMullin says he won’t be forced to give a deposition before Election Day. McMullin is suing a political action committee over attack ads that he claims are defamatory. The PAC had wanted to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tech leaders and Democratic Party-aligned groups are among those funneling millions into Utah to support independent Evan McMullin’s bid to unseat Republican Sen. Mike Lee. Their super PACs are running ads against Lee as part of their broader strategy to prevent Republicans from retaking control […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A former governor of Utah says he might not always agree with Senator Mike Lee but he’s supporting his re-election bid. John Huntsman, Junior calls Lee a man of “unshakable integrity” in a television ad sponsored by the Club for Growth. The former Republican governor […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Just weeks before the Nov. 8 election, Utah’s senior senator, Republican Mike Lee, is now acknowledging a real political threat from Evan McMullin. McMullin is an anti-Donald Trump independent and former Republican who is challenging Lee in the state’s most competitive Senate race in decades. […]
(Orem, UT) — Senator Mike Lee says independent candidate Evan McMullin owes him an apology. The Republican senator clashed repeatedly with McMullin last night during their debate at Utah Valley University in Orem. McMullin said Lee betrayed the Constitution by supporting President Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the […]
(Orem, UT) — Republican Senator Mike Lee is set to debate independent candidate Evan McMullin tonight in Orem. The debate at Utah Valley University will be the only head-to-head meeting between the two candidates before next month’s election. Polls show the two-term senator is leading McMullin, though a substantial number […]
