Michael Dale Huckabee

Mike Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is a former governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas, having served from 1996 to 2007. He was the third Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction.

Huckabee was born in Hope, Arkansas, to Mae Elder and Dorsey W. Huckabee. He was elected Governor of Arkansas Boys State in 1972 and is a Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Alumnus. He was president of Hope High School in 1973. He graduated magna cum laude from Ouachita Baptist University.

Prior to his political career, Huckabee was pastor of several Southern Baptist churches in Arkansas.

On July 15, 1996, Huckabee was sworn in as Governor of Arkansas; Tucker had resigned. In November 1998, Huckabee was elected to a full four-year term.In November 2002, Huckabee was reelected to his second four-year term. Throughout his tenure as Governor, welfare rolls declined by nearly half and during his last year in office the state's economy grew 4.4%, beating the national average of 4.2%.

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The ArKids First program was created in 1997 to expand health care coverage of Arkansas' uninsured low income children. It is funded by Medicaid and SCHIP programs as well as state spending. The federal programs are set up to match on generous levels state spending.

Southern Governors' Association (SGA) was founded in 1934, and is the oldest and historically the largest of the USA's regional governors' associations. Since its first meeting 70 years ago to discuss the repeal of discriminatory rates for transporting goods by rail, the Southern Governors' Association has represented the common interests of Southern states' chief executives and provided a vehicle for promoting them. The ongoing mission of SGA is to support the work of the governors by providing a bipartisan, regional forum to help shape and implement national policy and to solve state and regional problems. Currently, the association is comprised of 10 Democrats and 7 Republicans.

SGA pursues this mission by coordinating regionally collaborative initiatives, tracking and analyzing federal legislation and regulations of interest to the Southern states, advocating before Congress and the executive branch the Southern governors' policy agenda as expressed through approved policy resolutions and by convening meetings for governors and their staffs.

Mike Huckabee was made the chair of the Southern Governors' Association in 1999 and served in that capacity through 2000.

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