 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1998, akazivisa kukwikwidza kwake nokuda kwekusarudzwa kweRepublican nokuda kweSeneta weU.S. Sokurondedzerwa kwazvakaitwa naChris Graff, mukuru mukuru webhodhi reVermont kwenguva refu weAssociated Press, kukwikwidza kwaMcMullen kwakagamuchira denho pakarepo apo Graff akabvunzurudza Seneta akarega basa Robert Stafford pamusoro pedutu rechando raJanuary 1998uye zvimwe zviitiko zvazvino. Mukurukurirano yacho, Stafford akaramba achitaura zita raMcMullen zvisizvo, achimudana kuti Mulholland. Graff akanyora kuti akaedza kururamisa Stafford nomutsa, asi pakupedzisira akaziva kuti chinangwa chaStafford chaiva chokuratidza maonero ake kuti McMullen akanga asingazivikanwi zvikuru uye akanga ari mutsva zvikuru kuVermont kuti ave mukwikwidzi anokwanisa. Nyaya yakabuda munyaya yacho yaiva yokuti mukuru weRepublican weVermont aiva nemaonero okuti McMullen akanga asina kugara muhurumende kwenguva yakareba zvakakwana kuti amumiririre muSeneti, uye kudzingwa kwaStafford kwaMcMullen se Mulholland kana kuti chero zita rake rakava mutambo unogara pakati pevatapi venhau uye vezvematongerwe enyika. 