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'''Richard Quin Edmonson Hillyer''' (born March 16, 1964)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/quin-hillyer/quinhillyer|title=Richard Hillyer|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref> is a [[conservative]] [[Journalist|journalist]] and [[politician]] based in Mobile, [[Alabama]]. He is the senior editor of  ''[[American Spectator|The American Spectator]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spectator.org/bio/quin-hillyer/|title=Quin Hillyer|publisher=''[[American Spectator|The American Spectator]]''|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref> and has written for [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]]'s ''[[National Review]]'' ,and was named the managing editor in 1989 of the weekly news magazine ''Gambit'' in his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. He is also the associate editorial-page editor of ''[[The Washington Examiner]]''.<ref name=natr>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/author/quin-hillyer/|title=Quin Hillyer|publisher=''[[National Review]]''|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref>  

'''Richard Quin Edmonson Hillyer''' (born March 16, 1964)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/quin-hillyer/quinhillyer|title=Richard Hillyer|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref> is a [[conservative]] [[Journalist|journalist]] and [[politician]] based in Mobile, [[Alabama]]. He is the senior editor of  ''[[American Spectator|The American Spectator]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spectator.org/bio/quin-hillyer/|title=Quin Hillyer|publisher=''[[American Spectator|The American Spectator]]''|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref> and has written for [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]]'s ''[[National Review]]'' ,and was named the managing editor in 1989 of the weekly news magazine ''Gambit'' in his native [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. He is also the associate editorial-page editor of the ''[[Washington Examiner]]''.<ref name=natr>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/author/quin-hillyer/|title=Quin Hillyer|publisher=''[[National Review]]''|accessdate=February 21, 2018}}</ref>  

==Background==

==Background==

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/> whoran 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 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 former [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bob Livingston]],<ref name=natr/> whoran 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 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 then-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/>

In 2013, Hillyer ran in a special election in Alabama's 1st congressional district with a high-profile endorsement by former U. S. Senator [[Rick Santorum]] of [[Pennsylvania]] and finished fourth with nearly 14 percent of the vote in the Republican primary to fill the seat vacated by Jo Bonner (male),<ref name=natr/> who became vice chancellor for the [[University of Alabama]] at Tuscaloosa. Victory went to Republican [[Bradley Byrne]]. Hillyer continues to write columns and is a writer in residence at the University of Mobile.<ref name=natr/>

In 2013, Hillyer ran in a special election in Alabama's 1st congressional district with a high-profile endorsement by former U.S. Senator [[Rick Santorum]] of [[Pennsylvania]] and finished fourth with nearly 14 percent of the vote in the Republican primary to fill the seat vacated by Jo Bonner (male),<ref name=natr/> who became vice chancellor for the [[University of Alabama]] at Tuscaloosa. Victory went to Republican [[Bradley Byrne]]. Hillyer continues to write columns and is a writer in residence at the University of Mobile.<ref name=natr/>

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