Utah is home to the strangest Senate race in America, where Republican Sen. Mike Lee is facing his first real reelection challenge from an ex-Republican endorsed by Democrats who, if elected, would caucus with neither party
, a pugnacious two-term conservative who once detested Donald Trump so much that his 2016 presidential pick was ... McMullin., whose neutrality in the race McMullin “greatly appreciates.”, a novel strategy that requires support from Democrats, independents and anti-Trump Republicans in a deep-red state.
Even if the Senate ends up 50-49 next year with his one vote swinging control of the chamber from one party to another, McMullin underscored that he would not caucus with either party. Since the 1950s, independents elected to the Senate have caucused with either Republicans or Democrats, according to the Senate Historical Office.
“When you advise spurious legal challenges to a free and fair election that were designed to convince tens of millions of Americans that the election was stolen … that is not what a constitutional conservative does,” McMullin said. Since Lee prevailed in 2010 over then-Sen. Bob Bennett in the state GOP’s complicated nomination process, he’s become one of the most libertarian senators, forming cross-party alliances on topics like military intervention overseas and criminal justice reform. He said in an interview for this story that he’d probably support writing same-sex marriage into law if religious liberty exemptions are added to the bill, a similar view to McMullin.
It’s not clear if Democrats in D.C. will follow the Utah Democratic Party into McMullin’s camp, though. A Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee aide said the organization is “keeping an eye on the race.” described Democrats as “angry” McMullin has won over the state party after his past life as a Republican.
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