Utah: can an ex-CIA independent oust an incumbent Republican senator?

The race between Evan McMullin and Senator Mike Lee in the reliably red state is tightening as Democrats stand aside

Utah is usually reliably Republican turf but in this year's midterm elections a Senate race in the Mormon-dominated state could see a remarkable upset - and one that could damage the Republican party's ambitions to capture the Senate.

Independent challenger Evan McMullin, a former CIA agent who unsuccessfully ran for president against Donald Trump in 2016, is seeing his race tighten against Mike Lee, a two-time Republican incumbent who initially supported Trump's legal challenge to the election but later voted to certify it.