In 2014 Represent.Us, an anti-corruption nonprofit group dedicated to combating the influence of money and special interests in politics, hired Frank Ridley to portray satirical candidate Honest Gil Fulbright and run him against Mitch McConnell and Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky during the 2014 midterm elections. It was the most expensive Senate race in American History. After the launch of the Gil Fulbright campaign, his video went viral. The entire nation was talking about Honest Gil and our broken political system. From CNN to the Today Show to Fox and Friends, Honest Gil was everywhere. .