I strongly supported Kinky in the last gubernatorial race, before he dropped out. I don't have a lot of material to draw from to help out your ahc, except anecdotal.
Kinky was unique in his appeal to both older classical liberals and neo-liberals, both of the Democratic variety. He attracted a lot of media attention ensuring that everyone knew he was running. There was a lot of "well, maybe I'll vote for Kinky." A lot of the opinion that if you're voting for none of the above, you may as well vote Kinky, as well as genuine support for being an outside the beltway politician.
In short, I think with the right circumstances and perhaps a little more seriousness in finding the right campaign wranglers, Governor Kinky is very plausible in an AH setting.