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|name=Richard Quin Edmonson Hillyer<br>

|name=Richard Quin Edmonson Hillyer<br>

(Republican journalist)

(Moderate Republican journalist)

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==Career==

==Career==

After working for ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' Hillyer became a research director and press secretary to former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bob Livingston]],<ref name=natr/> who ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]] of Louisiana in 1987 and twelve years later stepped down from Louisiana's 1st congressional district, based in [[suburb]]an New Orleans, after he was exposed for an [[Adultery|adulterous]] affair. Livingston had been in line to become House Speaker to succeed [[Newt Gingrich]]. In the early 1990s, Hillyer publicly opposed the Republican state Representative [[David Duke]], a former member of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] who ran for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 1990 and for the Louisiana governorship in 1991.  

After working for ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' Hillyer became a research director and press secretary to [[Republican Party|Republican]] former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bob Livingston]],<ref name=natr/> who ran unsuccessfully for [[governor]] of Louisiana in 1987 and twelve years later stepped down from Louisiana's 1st congressional district, based in [[suburb]]an New Orleans, after he was exposed for an [[Adultery|adulterous]] affair. Livingston had been in line to become House Speaker to succeed [[Newt Gingrich]]. In the early 1990s, Hillyer publicly opposed the Republican state Representative [[David Duke]], a former member of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] who ran for the [[U.S. Senate]] in 1990 and for the Louisiana governorship in 1991.  

Hillyer has written for a wide assortment of publications, including the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'',  the ''[[Washington Post]]'', the ''[[New Republic]]'', ''[[Guardian (UK)|The Guardian]]'' in [[England]], the ''[[Washington Times]]'', and ''Investor's Business Daily''. In 1997, he joined the editorial staff of the ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette'' in the capital city of [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], with a focus on local and national issues during the term of Republican Governor [[Mike Huckabee]]. A year later in 1998, Hillyer joined the editorial desk at ''The Mobile Register'', at which he gained acclaim for his coverage of statewide politics and its effect on the city.<ref name=natr/>

Hillyer has written for a wide assortment of publications, including the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'',  the ''[[Washington Post]]'', the ''[[New Republic]]'', ''[[Guardian (UK)|The Guardian]]'' in [[England]], the ''[[Washington Times]]'', and ''Investor's Business Daily''. In 1997, he joined the editorial staff of the ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette'' in the capital city of [[Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]], with a focus on local and national issues during the term of Republican Governor [[Mike Huckabee]]. A year later in 1998, Hillyer joined the editorial desk at ''The Mobile Register'', at which he gained acclaim for his coverage of statewide politics and its effect on the city.<ref name=natr/>