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Utah Sen. Mike Lee braces for toughest reelection fight yet

FILE - Evan McMullin talks about his campaign to challenge Sen. Mike Lee as an independent candidate for U.S. Senate in Salt Lake City, on Oct. 5, 2021. Republican Sen. Lee has avoided serious challenge in deeply conservative Utah in the dozen years since he came to power in a Tea Party wave, but that's changing this year as he faces two GOP challengers and McMullin a newly empowered independent. (Jeffrey D. Allred/The Deseret News via AP)

FILE - Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, addresses a crowd during a rally on April 25, 2014, in Sandy, Utah. Lee has avoided serious challenge in deeply conservative Utah in the dozen years since he came to power in a Tea Party wave, but that's changing this year as he faces two GOP challengers and a newly empowered independent. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

FILE - Conservative presidential candidate Evan McMullin speaks to his supporters during an election night watch party after Republican Donald Trump won Utah, in Salt Lake City on Nov. 8, 2016. McMullin, a newly empowered independent who's been backed by the Democrats, is running against Sen. Mike Lee who is up for reelection. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Evan McMullin poses for a photograph Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Salt Lake City. McMullin, a newly empowered independent who's been backed by the Democrats, is running against Sen. Mike Lee who is up for reelection. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

FILE - President Donald Trump stands with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Dec. 4, 2017, at the Utah State Capitol, after Trump traveled to Salt Lake City to announce plans to shrink two sprawling national monuments in Utah. Lee has avoided serious challenge in deeply conservative Utah in the dozen years since he came to power in a Tea Party wave, but that's changing this year as he faces two GOP challengers and a newly empowered independent. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Utah Sen. Mike Lee braces for toughest reelection fight yet