Utah Republican Mike Lee wins reelection to US Senate
By SAM METZ
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Republican Mike Lee has been reelected to a third term in the U.S. Senate. Lee defeated independent challenger Evan McMullin in Utah’s most closely watched Senate race in decades, keeping the state in Republican hands as the party vies for control of Congress. The race took shape as one of the nation’s many referendums on the direction Donald Trump has taken the GOP. McMullin attempted to attach Lee to the former president and harness anti-Trump sentiment in reliably red Utah. Lee campaigned on his conservative voting record and warned that voting for an independent would risk giving Democrats control of the U.S. Senate.
