Mike Beebe

Mike Beebe
Beebe in 2009
45th Governor of Arkansas
In office
January 9, 2007 – January 13, 2015
LieutenantBill Halter (2007–2011)
Mark Darr (2011–2014)
Vacant (2014–2015)
Preceded byMike Huckabee
Succeeded byAsa Hutchinson
54th Attorney General of Arkansas
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 9, 2007
GovernorMike Huckabee
Preceded byMark Pryor
Succeeded byDustin McDaniel
Member of the Arkansas Senate
from the 21st district
In office
1983–2003
Succeeded byBarbara Horn
Personal details
Born
Mickey Dale Beebe

(1946-12-28) December 28, 1946 (age 77)
Amagon, Arkansas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1979)
Children3
EducationArkansas State University, Jonesboro (BA)
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (JD)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1968–1974
Unit United States Army Reserve

Mickey Dale Beebe (/ˈbbi/; born December 28, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015.[1] He is to date the last Democrat to hold that office.

Born in Amagon, Arkansas, Beebe is a graduate of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Beebe entered private practice as an attorney before being elected to the Arkansas Senate in 1982. Beebe served five terms in the Arkansas Senate from 1983 to 2003 and served as President of the Senate during his last term. Beebe was elected Attorney General of Arkansas in 2002, where he served one term from 2003 to 2007.

A member of the Democratic Party, Beebe ran for the governorship in 2006, winning in an uncontested Democratic primary and defeating former U.S. Representative Asa Hutchinson in the general election with 56% of the vote. Beebe was elected to a second term in 2010, defeating former State Senator Jim Keet with 64% of the vote in contrast to fellow Democrat Blanche Lincoln who lost her second U.S. Senate re-election bid in a 58%–37% landslide. Beebe, who was restricted from running in the 2014 election due to term limits, left office on January 13, 2015.

Beebe currently serves on the Governors’ Council of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., and has endorsed Medicaid work requirements since leaving office.[2]

  1. ^ Barth, Jay. "Mickey Dale (Mike) Beebe (1946–)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  2. ^ "Beebe defends Hutchinson's work requirement as 'pragmatic' politics". Talk Business & Politics. December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.