Morgan Lyon Cotti

Researcher

Researcher at the nonpartisan Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah.

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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are grabbing all the headlines today, but another presidential candidate was getting quite a bit of ink yesterday: Evan McMullin.

Who is presidential candidate Evan McMullin?

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are grabbing all the headlines today, but another presidential candidate was getting quite a bit of ink yesterday: Evan McMullin.

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