What is Evan McMullin?
{{infobox politician | name = Evan McMullin | image = Evan McMullin 2016-10-21 headshot.jpg | alt = McMullin, wearing a microphone, in front of the red and white stripes of a U.S. flag | caption = McMullin in October 2016 | birth_name = David Evan McMullin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|4|2}} | birth_place = [[Provo, Utah]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] {{small|(Before 2016)}}<br />[[Independent politician|Independent]] {{small|(2016–present)}} | alma_mater = [[Brigham Young University]]<br />[[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|University of Pennsylvania]] | website = {{url|evanmcmullin.com|Campaign website}} }} '''David Evan McMullin'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/David_Evan_McMullin/205052.html|title=David Evan McMullin (Evan) – Congressional Staffer Salary Data|website=legistorm.com|access-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref> (born on April 2, 1976) is a former [[CIA]] operations officer and independent presidential candidate. He ran for office as an [[Independent (politician)|independent]] in the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 United States presidential election]]. He calls himself a [[Conservatism|conservative]] alternative to the main presidential candidates. McMullin did not win any [[U.S. state|states]] in the election, but he performed well in [[Utah]], where he got 20% of the popular vote.<ref>David Montero, [http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-na-trump-utah-20161109-story.html In conservative Utah, Trump underperforms, but so does McMullin], ''Los Angeles Times'' (November 9, 2016).</ref> == Early life and career == McMullin was born on 2 April 1976 in [[Provo, Utah]], to David McMullin and Lanie Bullard. At a young age, his family moved to a rural area outside of [[Seattle]], Washington,<ref name=HH>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNarSHJEOec|title=Presidential Hopeful Evan McMullin – Full Interview on The Hugh Hewitt Show – 8/9/16|last=Hugh Hewitt Show|date=A