Biography & Career Of Mike Huckabee

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Biography & Career Of Mike Huckabee

Michael Huckabee is a politician from the United States of America. He is a Christian minister, author, and commentator. He served as Arkansas’s governor. This occurred between the years 1996 and 2007. He did run for the Republican nomination for President of the United States of America.

Mike Huckabee: Biography & Early Life

Mike Huckabee was born in the year 1955 on August 24th. His birthplace was in Hope, Arkansas. He was a child of Dorsey Wiles Huckabee and Mae Huckabee. His birth names were Michael Dale Huckabee. His childhood strongly influenced his political views. His father was a fireman and mechanic by profession, while his mother used to serve as a clerk in a gas company.

Mike Huckabee landed his first job when he was only 14 years old. He did work at a radio station as a presenter. He usually presents and reads both the news and the weather. In his high school days at Hope High School, he won the election as a student council vice president in 1971 – 1972. Mike Huckabee has one sister. Her name is Mrs Pat Harris. She works as a middle school teacher. He became a gospel minister in the year 1972 after he joined Garett Memorial Baptist Church in Hope.

Mike Huckabee: Personal life

He is married to Janet McCain. They got married in the year 1974 on May 25th. Mike attended Ouachita Baptist University. He completed his bachelor’s degree and graduated in the year 1978 on May 8th. After finishing college studies, he joined Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He studied in this seminary for one year. He decided to drop out as he got offered a job offer. He took a job at a Christian broadcasting station.

Mike Huckabee: Age, Height, and Weight

Being born on 24 August 1955, Mike Huckabee is 67 years old as of 2022. His height is 1.8 m tall, and his weight is 85 kg.

Mike Huckabee: Career

Huckabee started his career at the age of 21 as a pastoral staffer. He used to work for a televangelist named ‘James Robinson.’ Before joining politics, he held the position of pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church. The church is located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. This was in the year 1980 to the year 1986. From the year 1986 to the year 1992 he did serve in Beech Street Baptist Church from 1986 to 1992. He is the guy that propelled the creation of a 24-hour television station in Pine Bluff and Texarkana.

He did serve as the president of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention from the year 1989 to 1991. In the year 1993 to the year 1996, she served as the Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. He was successfully elected and served as the governor of Arkansas. This was between the years 1996 to 2007. He unsuccessfully vied for a Republican ticket to compete for the US president he did not succeed.

Mike Huckabee: Awards and Achievements

Huckabee has received various prizes. In 2001, he was named ‘Friend of a Taxpayer’ by the Americans for Tax Reform. This was mainly due to cuts in the spending of the state he was governing. In the year 2005, he was listed among the top 5 governors by the Governing Magazine.