Evan McMullin
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Oct 19, 2026
Holly RichardsonHOST
And so one of the things that Lieutenant Governor Henderson was asked was, what can you do, what can anybody do to help increase the confidence in the U.S. electoral system? And she said, really, she said what concerns her is people who are refusing to accept the results even if they're not close, she said, calling the elections rigged, saying it wasn't fair.
Holly RichardsonHOST
And then she said candidates who lose can do so much good by graciously conceding.
Holly RichardsonHOST
That will instill confidence in the public, she said.
Holly RichardsonHOST
And help restore that.
8 MINS LATER
Holly RichardsonHOST
But I think still third parties still struggle.
Holly RichardsonHOST
We still have a two party system in the United States.
Holly RichardsonHOST
There are occasionally third party candidates who win elections, not often in Utah, although I would say we have one Utah forward party senator right now.
Holly RichardsonHOST
But it didn't come because she won an election in a typical way.
Holly RichardsonHOST
So we may see more of that.
Holly RichardsonHOST
I think, too, if you remember, we had a third party candidate that, well, he was an independent presidential candidate, Evan McMullin.
Holly RichardsonHOST
Remember that? Right.
Holly RichardsonHOST
He ran in Utah for president in 2016 and he ran for the U.S. Senate in 2022.
Holly RichardsonHOST
In fact, he says it's undeniable that a swath of Utah Republicans are upset with President Donald Trump.
Greg SkordasHOST
Yeah.
Greg SkordasHOST
You know, the Evan McMullin experiment is interesting.
Greg SkordasHOST
We seem to do something like that either on a local or national level every once in a while.
Michael SteeleHOST
So relatively fresh numbers there about where the voters are.
Michael SteeleHOST
Your campaign reminds me of an effort that we sprung back in 2022 with Evan McMullin in the state of Utah.
Michael SteeleHOST
when he was really one of the first candidates to really push this idea of running for the United States Senate as an independent.
Michael SteeleHOST
Right now today, 45% of American adults consider themselves independent.
Nicholas J. FuentesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Uh, and, and by the way, Vance doesn't vote for Trump.
Nicholas J. FuentesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He votes for Evan McMullin, a CIA agent who was run as a spoiler by Bill Kristol.
Nicholas J. FuentesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bill Kristol's a Jewish neo-con friend of David-
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Right
Joel WebbonHOST
Mm.
Nicholas J. FuentesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And this is, uh, damage control.
Nicholas J. FuentesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They're trying to figure out how, after we were never Trump, and called him a Nazi, and voted for Evan McMullin-
Joel WebbonHOST
Right.
Sophia BushGUEST
Valerie Carr, uh, the author.
Sophia BushGUEST
To interview Jamil Smith from Rolling Stone, to, uh, to have, you know, Evan McMullin.
Sophia BushGUEST
Like, the former foreign policy director of the GOP is probably not a person that a lot of people think I would have on my podcast.
Sophia BushGUEST
We had a great time.
Neal LarsonHOST
How many...
Neal LarsonHOST
I, I still have bruises on my forehead from banging my head against the wall when Evan McMullin ran.
Julie MasonHOST
[laughs]
Neal LarsonHOST
Trying to preach.
Stu BurguiereHOST
And that is what the Democrats are doing.
Stu BurguiereHOST
They try this back in Utah with Evan McMullin, who, You know, kind of started off as a lukewarm Republican and then over the Trump era sort of turned into a Democrat and was basically, you know, adopted mostly Democratic views.
Stu BurguiereHOST
And they ran him as an independent against Mike Lee.
Stu BurguiereHOST
That did not work.