2022 UT Senate race: on Principles & Values


Allen Glines: Parents of eight children, four of them quadruplets

For a long time, Kayla Glines didn't think she would be able to have biological children.

She and her husband, Allen, tried for 10 years without success. Yet now, thanks to a combination of fertility drugs, genetics and what Kayla described as "the grace of God," she is a mother to eight children--six of them under age 2. The couple are documenting their family's new adventures through Instagram and Facebook accounts.

Source: Salt Lake Tribune on 2022 Utah Senate race Jun 19, 2021

Evan McMullin: Political extremes don't represent the majority

Evan believes America has reached a crossroads between chaotic decline and continued progress towards a more perfect union. Political extremes don't represent the majority of Utahns, or Americans, yet they've polarized the nation and now prevent it from overcoming major challenges. From droughts to forest fires, water shortages, the rising cost of health care, and a never-ending pandemic, America requires leaders who unite instead of divide, finding solutions based on truth and common ground.

We recognize truth and reason as essential to a free and just society, and expect our leaders, citizens, and press to seek and promote them. We oppose the employment of fear mongering, conspiracy theories, and falsehoods and instead support evidence-based policymaking and honest discourse.

Source: 2022 Utah Senate campaign website EvanMcMullin.com Jun 10, 2022

Evan McMullin: Uphold Constitution as inviolable and collective contract

We uphold the Constitution as the inviolable and collective contract protecting liberty and justice for all, and honor the essential separation and balance it establishes among coequal branches of the federal government and the states.

We reaffirm the Constitution's guarantee of free speech and freedom of the press as essential to accountable government and the American way of life. We sustain the rights of individuals and private entities to exercise this freedom, even to express unpopular views, and condemn efforts to erode press freedom and public support for its vital role.

Source: 2022 Utah Senate campaign website EvanMcMullin.com Jun 10, 2022

Evan McMullin: AdWatch: Some Republicans are racist, but not all

McMullin slammed an attack ad against him and his campaign as a "lie," refuting the claims made in the ad from Club for Growth, a PAC that supports Mike Lee.,p>The ad features McMullin saying "the Republican base is racist," something he claims was taken out of context from an interview following a neo-Nazi march in Virginia in 2017.

Speaking after the march on a CNN panel, McMullin said, "Not all Republicans, of course, are racist. I was raised by Republicans who welcome Americans of all backgrounds and are not at all alike. But there is an element of the Republican base that is racist, and our leaders are afraid to stand up to them, because if they do, if they do so, they'll be criticized, and they'll potentially lose votes, and so they don't do it."

McMullin, who is running against Lee as an independent, called out the ad, saying it edited his own words as a deception to protect his opponent. The McMullin campaign has asked television stations to stop running the ad.

Source: Fox-13-Now AdWatch on 2022 Utah Senate race Sep 29, 2022

Evan McMullin: I'll maintain my independence, not caucus with either side

I will maintain my independence. I will not caucus with either side. I think that this will give Utah an added value of influence in the Senate that it just doesn't have. I think that we've seen that the senators in the chamber who are willing to act with greater independence, serving their constituents, standing up to party bosses, standing up to extremist factions and special interest groups, they have the most influence in the chamber.
Source: Meet the Press on 2022 Utah Senate race Oct 16, 2022

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Candidates and political leaders on Principles & Values:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R)
Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R)
Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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