Mike Huckabee presidential campaign, 2008
| Mike Huckabee for President 2008 | |
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| Campaign | U.S. presidential election, 2008 |
| Candidate |
Mike Huckabee Governor of Arkansas 1996–2007 |
| Affiliation | Republican Party |
| Status | Announced Jan. 28, 2007 Suspended Mar. 4, 2008 |
| Headquarters | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Key people |
Chip Saltsman (Manager) Ed Rollins (Chairman & Senior Advisor) James Pinkerton (Senior Advisor) Alice Stewart (Press Secretary) Mike Rounds (National Steering Committee Chairman) |
| Slogan | Faith. Family. Freedom. |
| Website | |
| mikehuckabee.com | |
The Mike Huckabee presidential campaign of 2008 began on January 28, 2007, when former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for President of the United States for the 2008 election. Huckabee ultimately ended his bid for the Republican Nomination, after losing the Texas Republican primary on March 4, 2008.
Huckabee's campaign began with a first quarter fundraising total lower than many of the front-running Republican candidates, raising $544,880. Huckabee said that he found it difficult to move forward in a race "ruled by candidates with the biggest names." In early August Iowa polls, Huckabee placed second in the August 11 Iowa Straw Poll with 18.1 percent. He came in 2nd at the onsite polling of the Family Research Council Values Voters Summit on October 21, 2007, with 28% of the vote, and garnered a celebrity endorsement from actor Chuck Norris.
In December 2007, Huckabee began challenging other candidates for first in national polls among Republicans. As of January 2, was polling third within the margin of error of first with Rudy Giuliani and John McCain. On January 3, 2008, Huckabee won the Iowa Republican Caucuses with 34% of the electorate. On Super Tuesday, Huckabee won an additional 6 states, including most of the Deep South. On March 4, 2008, Mike Huckabee officially ended his campaign by conceding victory of the Republican Presidential Nomination to John McCain.
On January 27, 2007, the Associated Press reported that Huckabee, a quite viable Republican presidential candidate, planned to file papers to form a presidential exploratory committee. He announced his run for the White House on Meet the Press on January 28, 2007. On January 29, 2007, Huckabee told The Associated Press "I think this is an opportunity to show the American dream is still alive and there's hope and optimism that can be awakened in a lot of people's lives if they think that a person like me can run and actually become president."James Carville, Clinton's former political consultant, said the following about Huckabee: "He likes people, he knows how to relate to people. He can talk the talk. I'm impressed with this guy's political skills."
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