Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin, a Mormon who’s offering himself as a conservative alternative to Donald Trump, had such large, overflow crowds at his two eastern Idaho rallies last weekend that both had to be moved to larger venues.

McMullin, who is on the ballot in 11 states including Idaho, drew 500 people in Idaho Falls last weekend, and more than a thousand a day later in Rexburg. But Idaho Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, who himself is LDS and lives in Rexburg, doesn’t see McMullin taking off in Idaho the way he has in Utah – where recent polls show him pulling to within striking distance of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

“It’s a possibility in Utah,” said Hill, a Republican. “I don’t think it’s a likelihood in Idaho”/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

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