In 2008, the Texas Deer Association awarded Hilderbran the "Frank Madla Award for Representative of the Year", named for the late State Senator Frank L. Madla of San Antonio.
Hilderbran was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in 2014.
[2][3] Businessman Andrew Stevenson Murr of Junction, Texas, led the March 4 primary to succeed Hilderbran with 9,951 votes (41 percent).
Robert Earl "Rob" Henneke (also born c. 1977), a Kerrville lawyer, received 7,030 (29 percent).
In third place was Karen D. Harris (born c. 1969) of Kerrville with 5,840 votes (24 percent).