Mark Hillman

Another day, another list of name GOP endorsements for Wil Armstrong.

The 6th Congressional District Republican candidate was endorsed Thursday by:

• Former Secretary of State Gigi Dennis
• RNC committeeman Mark Hillman
• 2006 GOP gubernatorial candidate Marc Holtzman
• State Senate Minority Leader Andy McElhany
• Former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton
• Former state Director of Higher Education Rick O'Donnell
• Former state Director of Natural Resources Greg Walcher

In today's Inside Edge, Wally explores the connection bewteen the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and state Rep Dave Schultheis' humiliating defeat in the RNC race on Saturday at the GOP state assembly.    "I don't know if Schultheis actively courted the Ron Paul vote," said another El Paso County delegate, "but it's clear that the Ron Paul support hurt him."      

Former acting state treasurer Mark Hillman won today's state convention vote for Republican National Committeeman with 55 percent of the vote.

GOP activist Leondray Gholston finished second with 26 percent of the vote, party officials said; state Sen. Dave Schultheis finished a surprising third with 19 percent of the vote.

Today the Inside Edge is proud to give out our first ever Gordon J. Humphrey award to former State Senator and former acting Treasurer Mark Hillman.

The award is named after former U.S. Sen. Gordon Humphrey from New Hampshire because Humphrey was once named the dumbest Senator in the U.S. Senate by Washingtonian magazine; and to dispel any doubt as to whether he was the dumbest Senator or not, Humphrey promptly called a news conference in order to deny that he was, in fact, the dumbest U.S. Senator.

Ouch.

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“Yeah, Hillman took his 30 pieces of silver,” said one GOP official. “But the difference between he and Judas is that at least Judas had the good sense to hang himself. Hillman acts like he deserves a promotion.”

Confirming what has been an open secret, former state Senate Minority Leader and acting Treasurer Mark Hillman announced Thursday that he's running for RNC committeeman.

"I thoroughly enjoy working with Republican activists across the state," Hillman told PolitickerCO Thursday, "And I think this is a good opportunity to continue to build on those relationships while promoting the conservative message that I believe what distances us from Democrats."

State Sen. Dave Schultheis (R-Colorado Springs), who's also running for the seat, said he and Hillman met a couple weeks ago and agreed to run a friendly -- but spirited -- campaign.

"We made a personal  pact we're not going to do anything to make the other look bad here," Schultheis said. "We're just going to run on our own merits and let the voters decide.