Mike Huckabee 2008 presidential campaign

Mike Huckabee for President 2008
Campaign2008 U.S. presidential election
CandidateMike Huckabee
Governor of Arkansas 1996–2007
AffiliationRepublican Party
StatusAnnounced Jan. 28, 2007
Suspended Mar. 4, 2008
HeadquartersLittle Rock, Arkansas
Key peopleChip Saltsman (Manager)
Ed Rollins (Chairman & Senior Advisor)
James Pinkerton (Senior Advisor)
Kirsten Fedewa (Communications Director)
Alice Stewart (Press Secretary)
Mike Rounds (National Steering Committee Chairman)
SloganFaith. Family. Freedom.
Website
mikehuckabee.com
(archived February 28, 2008)
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The Mike Huckabee 2008 presidential campaign 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 nomination after losing the Texas Republican primary on March 4, 2008.[1]

Huckabee's campaign began with a first-quarter fundraising total lower than many of the front-running Republican candidates, raising $544,880.[2] Huckabee said that he found it difficult to move forward in a race "ruled by candidates with the biggest names".[3] Nonetheless, Huckabee placed second in the August 11 Iowa Straw Poll with 18.1 percent.[4] He came in second 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.[5][6]

In December 2007, Huckabee began challenging other candidates for first place in national polls among Republicans. On January 3, 2008, Huckabee won the Iowa Republican Caucuses with 34% of the electorate.[7] On Super Tuesday, Huckabee won an additional six states, including most of the Deep South.[8] After losing the Texas primary in March, however, Huckabee officially ended his campaign and conceded the race to U.S. senator John McCain.[9]

  1. ^ "Huckabee drops out of presidential race". Reuters. March 5, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "Huckabee fundraising totals Archived December 3, 2012, at archive.today." The Washington Post, June 30, 2007
  3. ^ Baxter, Sarah. (May 13, 2007) The Sunday Times. Slim pickings for a Republican star; Factbox Section: Overseas news; Page 26.
  4. ^ "Huckabee: I'm In The Top Tier After Iowa." CBS News, August 12, 2007
  5. ^ "Mike Huckabee". Mike Huckabee. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  6. ^ "FRC Action". www.frcaction.org. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  7. ^ "Election Center 2008: Primary Results - Elections & Politics news from CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  8. ^ "Primary and Caucus Results - Election Guide 2008 - Percent of Vote - The New York Times". politics.NYTimes.com. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  9. ^ "Elections". Fox News. November 30, 2011.