Willis E. "Wink" Hartman (born February 1, 1946) is an American businessman and political candidate from the state of Kansas.
He associated the claimed acts with his candidacy as Kobach's running mate at his two Jimmy's Eggs Lawrence restaurants in which he said he had invested about $1.5 million.
[5] A manager who worked at both restaurants said she never witnessed any hostile acts, but staff at both locations had not expected them to succeed financially.
[8] After loaning it $1.6 million,[9] he ended his gubernatorial campaign in February 2018, endorsing Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
[12][13] In January 2019, Hartmann announced that he was "seriously considering entering the race" in 2020 for the open United States Senate seat to replace Pat Roberts but ultimately did not do so.