Mike Huckabee | |
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44th Governor of Arkansas | |
In office July 15, 1996 – January 9, 2007 | |
Lieutenant | Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (1996–2006) Vacant (2006–2007) |
Preceded by | Jim Guy Tucker |
Succeeded by | Mike Beebe |
Chair of the National Governors Association | |
In office July 18, 2005 – August 7, 2006 | |
Preceded by | Mark Warner |
Succeeded by | Janet Napolitano |
16th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas | |
In office November 20, 1993 – July 15, 1996 | |
Governor | Jim Guy Tucker |
Preceded by | Jim Guy Tucker (1992) |
Succeeded by | Winthrop Paul Rockefeller |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael Dale Huckabee August 24, 1955 Hope, Arkansas, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | |
Children | 3, including Sarah |
Education | Ouachita Baptist University (BA) Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (attended) |
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Website | Official website |
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Michael Dale Huckabee (/ˈhʌkəbi/, born August 24, 1955) is an American political commentator, Baptist minister, and former politician who served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007.[1] He was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination in both 2008 and 2016.
He is the host of the talk show Huckabee, which ran on the Fox News Channel from 2008 to 2015, and has run on TBN since October 2017. He paused the show in January 2015 in order to explore a potential bid for the presidency. From April 2012 through December 2013, he hosted a daily radio program, The Mike Huckabee Show, on weekday afternoons for Cumulus Media Networks.[2] Huckabee is an ordained Southern Baptist Pastor noted for his evangelical views,[3] a musician, and a public speaker. He has written several books, and was previously a political commentator on The Huckabee Report.[4]
In the 2008 Republican presidential primaries, Huckabee won the 2008 Iowa Republican caucuses and finished second in delegate count and third in both popular vote and number of states won, behind John McCain and Mitt Romney. Huckabee ran again for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election but withdrew early in the primary following a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucus.
Huckabee is the father of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the governor of Arkansas since 2023 and a former White House press secretary.[5]