Former Governor Michael D. "Mike" Huckabee
(Republican - Arkansas)
BIOGRAPHICAL
FACTS:
POLITICAL:
GOP nominee for US Senate, 1992. Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas,
1993-96 (elected 1993 Special Election; re-elected 1994). Governor
of Arkansas, 1996-2007 (elected 1998, re-elected 2002). Chair,
National Governors Association, 2005-06.
PROFESSIONAL:
Baptist Minister. President, Beech Street Communications (parent
company of the UHF TV station owned by the Beech Street Baptist
Church), 1986-92. President, Arkansas Baptist State Convention,
1989-91. Author.
EDUCATION:
B.S. magna cum laude (Religion), Ouachita Baptist University,
1975. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, attended 1975-76.
PERSONAL:
Born August 24, 1955, in Hope, Arkansas. Married to Janet McCain
Huckabee. Southern Baptist.