QAnon gained momentum between 2017 and 2020, and it is not very surprising that the
2020 election saw numerous Congressional candidates endorsing the conspiracy
theory or even running on a QAnon platform. Some of them are covered
here.
In Alaska, for instance, Sidney Hill, an independent candidate running as a “
pro-Trump”
write-in for the U.S. Senate, had educated himself on matters politics by
investigating “
massive intel drop[s]” from “
Q clearance” on 4chan.
Otherwise his political agenda seemed a bit unclear, but
he tried again for Lisa Murkowski’s seat in 2022,
gaining
some 270 votes in total,
and he has apparently (as of May 2026) filed the paperwork for the 2026 ballot,
too. Previous political experience includes holding up signs and demanding the
impeachment of President Obama (e.g. “
LaRouche says Impeach Obama Now”), leading e.g. to
his arrest for “assault, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief” in 2010.
That wasn’t his only brush with the law.
Hill was, by the way, not the only QAnon candidate
from Alaska in 2020. At least Thomas “John” Nelson, who ran in Alaska’s
At-Large Congressional District, had also been promoting the QAnon slogan
WWG1WGA and Dave Hayes’ rantings in a number of tweets.
Diagnosis: Ok, so he’s primarily a colorful village
clown, and some might think his cognitive situation is not the kind the kind of
lunacy we like cover here. The emergence of QAnon has made it harder to draw
that distinction, however, and as a general rule: if you appear on a ballot,
you’re fair game.
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