Mike huckabee background biography

He paused the show in January in order to explore a potential bid for the presidency. He has written several books, and was previously a political commentator on The Huckabee Report. In the Republican presidential primaries, Huckabee won the 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 presidential election but withdrew early in the primary following the Iowa caucus. Huckabee is the father of Sarah Huckabee Sanders , the governor of Arkansas since and a former White House press secretary. Trump stated that Huckabee would "bring peace to the Middle East.

His first job, when he was 14, was at a radio station, where he read the news and weather. He was student council president at Hope High School during the — school year. Huckabee married Janet McCain on May 25, He dropped out of the seminary after one year in order to take a job in Christian broadcasting.

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At age 21, Huckabee was a staffer for televangelist James Robison. His whole life has been shaped by moral absolutes. Huckabee started hour television stations in both Pine Bluff and Texarkana, where he produced documentaries and hosted a program called Positive Alternatives. My experience dealing every day with real people who were genuinely affected by policies created by government gave me a deep understanding of the fragility of the human spirit and vulnerability of so many families who struggled from week to week.

Huckabee won and served as president from to