12 Facts About Quin Hillyer

Richard Quin Edmonson Hillyer was born on March 16,1964 and is an American conservative newspaper columnist and writer.

Quin Hillyer unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st congressional district in the 2013 special election in that district, finishing fourth in the Republican primary.

Quin Hillyer served as an unpaid director in the state campaign for Pete Dupont's 1988 GOP presidential bid.

In 1989, Quin Hillyer became managing editor of Gambit, a weekly newsmagazine in the New Orleans area.

In 1998, Quin Hillyer joined the editorial desk at the Mobile Register where he covered statewide politics and their effect on the city.

Quin Hillyer received the Carmage Walls Commentary Award from the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and the Green Eyeshade Award for commentary from the Society of Professional Journalists.

Quin Hillyer returned to Washington in 2006, serving as a managing director at Qorvis Communications, and executive editor of The American Spectator before assuming the post of Associate Editorial Page Editor at The Washington Examiner in 2008.

Quin Hillyer remains a senior editor and columnist at the Spectator.

Quin Hillyer's articles have appeared in many publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, National Review, the New Republic, The Guardian, and Investor's Business Daily.

Quin Hillyer received outside support from Rick Santorum, who recorded a radio ad purchased by Citizens United Political Victory Fund.

Quin Hillyer garnered the endorsement of Citizens for the Republic, the former Ronald W Reagan political action committee based in Alexandria, Virginia.

Quin Hillyer is married and lives in Mobile, Alabama, where he serves as a Senior Fellow at the Center for Individual Freedom and a writer-in-residence at the University of Mobile.