Evan McMullin 2016 presidential campaign
| Evan McMullin for President | |
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| Campaign | 2016 presidential election |
| Candidate |
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| Affiliation | Independent Better for America |
| Status | Announced: August 8, 2016 Lost election: November 8, 2016 |
| Headquarters | 770 E South Temple Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 |
| Key people | Joel Searby (campaign manager)[2] |
| Receipts | US$1,644,102.20 |
| Website | |
| http://evanmcmullin.com/ | |
The 2016 presidential campaign of Evan McMullin was launched on August 10, 2016. McMullin ran as an independent presidential candidate, but also received the presidential nominations of Better for America, Independence Party of Minnesota, Independent Party of Florida, and South Carolina Independence Party.
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Campaign[edit]
On August 10, 2016, Evan McMullin, the former chief policy director for the House Republican Conference and a former CIA operations officer, announced that he would run for the presidency of the United States an independent.[3][4] Kahlil Byrd, who served as the CEO of Americans Elect, formed a SuperPAC to support McMullin's candidacy.[5]
McMullin received support from multiple anti-Trump Republicans including former Washington Senator Slade Gorton, former Secretary of State of Washington Sam Reed, and former Utah Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell.[6][7]
On October 6, McMullin selected Mindy Finn, who had supported Marco Rubio during the Republican presidential primaries, to serve as his vice-presidential running mate.[8] Although McMullin had selected Mindy Finn to serve as his vice-presidential running mate she did not appear on the ballot in any states. Instead Nathan Daniel Johnson, who was originally intended to serve as a placeholder candidate, appeared on the ballot alongside McMullin.[9]
http://ballot-access.org/2016/10/30/donald-trump-and-mike-pence-attack-evan-mcmullin/
Ballot access[edit]
Although the filing deadline to get onto the ballot had passed in multiple states by the time McMullin announced his campaign he stated that he hoped he could appear on the ballot in all fifty states.[10][11] He submitted around 2,000 signatures in Utah and 1,083 were validated, more than the 1,000 required.[12] McMullin failed to appear on the ballot in Tennessee as he only collected 129 of the 275 signatures required.[13] He failed to appear on the ballot after submitting 5,500 signatures, but less than the 3,302 signatures required was validated.[14]
McMullin threatened to sue Texas over its May petition deadline, but did not. Texas election officials initially sent a letter to McMullin telling him that he was not certified as a write-in candidate, but the Secretary of State of Texas later reversed his decision and allowed McMullin as a write-in candidate.[15][16][17]
Better for America successfully petitioned for the purpose of the presidential election in Arkansas and received official party status in New Mexico.[18][19] On August 22, Better for America announced that it would end its ballot access petitioning and later selected to give its presidential nomination to McMullin and vice-presidential nomination to Nathan Johnson on August 24.[20][21]
The Independence Party of Minnesota selected to give its presidential nomination to McMullin and petitioned to appear on the ballot as "Independence".[22][23] McMullin was given the presidential nomination of the ballot qualified Independent Party of Florida, but the Secretary of State of Florida refused to place him onto the ballot on the grounds that the party wasn't recognized by the Federal Election Commission or affiliated with a national party.[24] He also received the presidential nomination of the Independence Party of South Carolina.[25] McMullin filed in Louisana under the party label "Courage Character Service".[26]
Results[edit]
In the general presidential election McMullin placed sixth with 732,273 votes (0.53%).[27] Of those 732,273 votes 510,002 votes came from states he appeared on the ballot in while he received 221,267 write-in votes.[28] He broke write-in vote records in Arizona, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.[29]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Mindy Finn, Running Mate of Evan McMullin, Interviewed". Ballot Access News. July 5, 2017. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Centrist Project Meets in Chicago, Hopes to Win Support for Independent Candidates for U.S. Senate in 2018". Ballot Access News. April 1, 2017. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Politico Story About William Kristol's Attempt to Get Conservative Independent David French Into the 2016 Race in Late May". Ballot Access News. July 19, 2017. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Former CIA Officer Evan McMullin Launches Independent Presidential Bid". ABC News. August 8, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Americans Elect Leader from 2012 Forms SuperPAC to Help Evan McMullin Campaign". Ballot Access News. August 8, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Two Prominent Washington State Republicans Support Evan McMullin". Ballot Access News. November 2, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Presidential candidate Evan McMullin running to win, start new conservative movement". Deseret News. October 14, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Evan McMullin Chooses Vice-Presidential Running Mate". Ballot Access News. October 6, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Whoops: Independent candidate appears to have accidentally picked a running mate". Politico. September 7, 2016. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Evan McMullin Says He Has a Chance of Being on Ballot in 50 States". Ballot Access News. August 9, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Independent candidate McMullin: We hope to compete in all 50 states". Politico. August 9, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Evan McMullin Has Enough Valid Signatures in Utah". Ballot Access News. August 15, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Independent McMullin fails to make Tennessee ballot". Politico. August 22, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Evan McMullin Wyoming Petition Lacks Enough Valid Signatures". Ballot Access News. September 8, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Evan McMullin Will Sue Texas over May Petition Deadline". Ballot Access News. August 10, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Fighting to get on the presidential ballot in Texas". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. August 28, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Texas Secretary of State Reverses Decision that Evan McMullin Didn't Qualify for Write-in Status". Ballot Access News. September 16, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Better for America Petition in Arkansas is Valid". Ballot Access News. August 10, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Better for America Qualifies for Party Status in New Mexico". Ballot Access News. September 8, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Better for America Ends its Ballot Access Petitioning". Ballot Access News. August 22, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Better for America Formally Nominates Evan McMullin for President". Ballot Access News. August 24, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Minnesota Independence Party Becomes State Affiliate of the Alliance Party". Ballot Access News. May 6, 2019. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Evan McMullin Petition in Minnesota Uses Ballot Label "Independence"". Ballot Access News. August 14, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Florida Independent Party Nominated Evan McMullin for President, but Florida Won't Put Him on Ballot". Ballot Access News. September 14, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "South Carolina Independence Party Nominates Evan McMullin for President". Ballot Access News. September 7, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Two More Presidential Candidates, Evan McMullin and Chris Keniston, File in Louisiana". Ballot Access News. August 19, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "2016 presidential election results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Evan McMullin Received a Greater Share of His Votes via Write-ins than Any Other Significant Presidential Candidate in U.S. History". Ballot Access News. January 3, 2017. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Bernie Sanders, Evan McMullin, and Jill Stein All Set New Records for Write-in Totals in Various States". Ballot Access News. December 22, 2016. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.
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