Tight Battle for Utah Senate Seat Draws Super PAC Spending Spree
- Independent McMullin drawing support from Democratic donors
- Incumbent Lee polls at 41% with many voters still undecided
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An upstart anti-Trump Republican who tried to play the spoiler in the 2016 presidential election is showing surprising strength in the Utah Senate race, prompting Super PACPAC Club for Growth to spend $2.4 million on ads in the final weeks of the election to help Republican Senator Mike Lee hold on to his seat.
A victory by Evan McMullin would put two moderate, anti-Trump Republicans in the Senate to represent one of the most conservative states in the US. Recent polls show Lee, who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has the support of just 41% of the state’s voters ahead of the Nov. 8 election.