His first job, when he was 14, was at a radio station, where he read the news and weather. He has cited his working-class upbringing as the reason for his political views his father worked as a fireman and mechanic, and his mother worked as a clerk at a gas company. Huckabee is of English, German, and Scots-Irish ancestry, with roots in America dating to the Colonial Era.

Huckabee was born on August 24, 1955, in Hope, Arkansas, the son of Dorsey Wiles Huckabee (1923–1996) and his wife Mae (Elder) Huckabee (1925–1999), conservative Southern Democrats. Huckabee is the father of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is a former White House Press Secretary and the current governor of Arkansas. 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. 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. He was also a political commentator on The Huckabee Report. Huckabee is the author of several best-selling books, co-founder of the Kids Guide to Fighting Socialism, an ordained Southern Baptist minister noted for his evangelical views, a musician, and a public speaker. From April 2012 through December 2013, he hosted a daily radio program, The Mike Huckabee Show, on weekday afternoons for Cumulus Media Networks. He paused the show in January 2015 in order to explore a potential bid for the presidency. 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 was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination in both 20. Michael Dale Huckabee ( / ˈ h ʌ k ə b i/, born August 24, 1955) is an American Baptist minister, political commentator, and former politician who served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007.

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