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Mark Hillman rules out run for office in 2010

by | 2:37 pm, February 15, 2009 | 3 Comments

You can cross one of the prime candidates for office in 2010 off your list. Mark Hillman, often viewed as a leading candidate for Senate or Governor in 2010, has ruled out a run for any elective office in 2010. Mike Saccone of the Grand Junction Sentinel reports:

Former Republican Burlington state Sen. Mark Hillman will not run for elected office in 2010, told Political Notebook today.

“Just wanted to give you a heads up that I’ve begun telling my closest friends and best supporters that I will NOT be running for office in 2010,” Hillman said in an e-mail.

I'm sorry to see him take himself out of the running. He would have been an excellent candidate for any office he opted to run for. There are going to be a lot of people disappointed that they won't get to cast a vote for Mark Hillman against Michael Bennet.

This also turns the U.S. Senate upside down on the Republican side. Ryan Frazier and Bob Beauprez are now the only serious potential candidates looking at the race for the time being. The weeks ahead will tell if Frazier can solidify party support behind himself or if a lot of would-be Hillman supporters will flock to Beauprez out of a lingering sense of loyalty.

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Comments

  1.   travis
      February 15th, 2009 @ 3:46 pm

    Flocking to Beauprez out of a sense of loyalty? I don’t see the public doing that, and if the GOP elites do it it won’t be out of loyalty so much as cliquishness.

    Frazier is going to be shunted aside by Wadhams and the old-guard cronies in favor of Beauprez or some other washed-up GOP failure. It’s the Bob Dole nomination all over again – “it’s his turn (to fail) (again)”. Frazier hasn’t done his time, paid his dues, kissed all the right rings and licked all the right boots to become a major candidate. He’s an outsider. He won’t get any party support or resources. Never mind how much he fires up younger GOP voters, never mind that his philosophy is libertarian enough for independents to support, no, they’ll pick some hack with the right connections and shove him down our throats in an orchestrated “primary” (if they don’t force the other contenders out before the primary comes around). Just like the state party did with Coors in 2004, and just like the national party did with McCain last year. It’s all about patronage and pull, and not at all about statesmanship.

  2.   Bubba
      February 15th, 2009 @ 8:48 pm

    Travis, I hope your analysis is wrong….but that’s just my hope. Realistically, it’s probably a few hairs away from the bullseye.

    Winning should be the bottom line, but the “Dole” template does loom large. You’d think Repubs would now be eager to take a lesson from the Dems, where by ignoring the “paid his dues” style of thinking, the party (barely) pushed aside Clinton in favor of the man now in the oval office.

    **heartburn**

  3.   Tightheadprop
      February 16th, 2009 @ 2:16 pm

    Don’t be too quick to write off the likes of Frazier. He spoke at the El Paso County GOP organizational meeting earlier this month, a room full of elites, old guard and party hacks, and really stired up some excitement. If he can walk the talk, he will get the support of the largest GOP county party in the state.

    cheers

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