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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tech leaders and Democratic Party-aligned groups are among those funneling millions into Utah to support independent Evan McMullin’s bid to unseat Republican Sen. Mike Lee. The race has been inundated with outside spending, with super PACs unaffiliated with either the Lee or McMullin campaign spending heavily on glossy mailers and attack ads on the local affiliates of the four major television networks in the lead-up to the midterm elections.

McMullins goal is to put Utah first instead of playing the political game. Its an approach based largely on his admiration for and desire to emulate Sen. Mitt Romney, whom Burgess Everett of Politico called \