Mike Huckabee Net Worth 2022

How much is Mike Huckabee’s Net Worth?

Net Worth:	$18 Million
Salary:	$500 Thousand
Date of Birth:	Aug 24, 1955 (66 years old)
Gender:	Male
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.8 m)
Profession:	Writer, Public speaker, Author, Politician, Commentator, Minister, Musician, Presenter
Nationality:	United States of America

 

Mike Huckabee has an estimated net worth of $18 million. He is an American politician, clergyman, author, and television personality. From 1996 through 2007, Mike Huckabee was the 44th governor of Arkansas. Later, in 2008 and 2016, he ran for the Republican presidential nomination. From 2008 until 2015, Huckabee hosted the Fox News Channel talk show “Huckabee” and was a political pundit on the radio broadcast “The Huckabee Report.”

Mike’s daughter Sarah Huckabee Sanders was Donald Trump’s Press Secretary for two years.

 

 

Early Life and Career Beginnings

Mike Huckabee was born to working-class parents Mae, a gas company clerk, and Dorsey, a mechanic and firefighter, in Hope, Arkansas, in 1955. He has one sister, Pat, and is of German, English, and Scots-Irish origin. At the age of 14, Huckabee obtained his first job reading the news and weather for a local radio station. During the 1972-1973 school year, he was president of the student council at Hope High School. Huckabee began his preaching at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church in 1972. He went on to Ouachita Baptist University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in religion in 1978. After that, Huckabee attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, but left out after a year to pursue a career in Christian radio.

Huckabee began working for infamous televangelist James Robison when he was 21 years old. He was a pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Pine Bluff from 1980 to 1986, and at Beech Street First Baptist Church in Texarkana from 1986 to 1992.

 

 

Start of Political Career

In 1992, Huckabee ran for lieutenant governor of Arkansas but was defeated by incumbent Democratic senator Dale Bumpers. He did, however, win the main election the next year, becoming just the second Republican lieutenant governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction. Huckabee was re-elected to a full term in 1994.

 

 

Arkansas Governor

In 1996, Huckabee was sworn in as Arkansas governor when incumbent governor Jim Guy Tucker resigned due to fraud and conspiracy charges. In 1998, he was elected to a full four-year term, and in 2002, he defeated State Treasurer Jimmie Lou Fisher for a second term. Huckabee garnered a lot of acclaim for his rapid reaction to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He was even rated one of the best five governors in the nation by Time Magazine. However, he was chastised for a number of concerns, including a large number of pardons and commutations he granted during his tenure, as well as the expanding size of state prisons and the number of persons executed while he was in office. Huckabee has the third-longest term of any Arkansas governor when his term ended in 2007.

 

 

Presidential Campaigns

In 2007, Huckabee declared his presidential campaign on “Meet the Press.” With roughly 18 per cent of the vote in the Iowa Straw Poll, he came in second. He received support from a number of religious activists in November of 2007. There were a lot of backlashes, including condemnation for a previous remark he made about converting the United States into a Christian theocracy. In January of that year, Huckabee received 34% of the vote in the Iowa Republican caucuses. He won in Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia on Super Tuesday, but Senator John McCain remained the favourite. When it became evident that he would lose Texas in March 2008, Huckabee dropped out of the campaign.

Huckabee declared his desire to run for President of the United States in the 2016 election in May of 2015. However, following a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses in 2016, he decided to put his candidacy on hold.

 

 

Political Positions

Huckabee is a devout Christian who opposes progressive policies including abortion financing, universal health care, gun control, and LGBTQ and immigration rights. He rejects evolution as a science and blames the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy on a lack of Christian instruction. Following President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020, Huckabee continued to spread the falsehood that the election was rigged.

 

 

Media Career

Huckabee got an agreement with ABC Radio Networks in 2008 to offer daily commentary on “The Huckabee Report,” which he did until 2015. In 2008, Huckabee launched his own weekend program on Fox News Channel, dubbed Huckabee. He began a daily talk show on Cumulus Media Networks, previously ABC Radio Networks, in 2012, that included long-form interviews and debates; the programme terminated in 2013.

 

Aside from broadcasting, Huckabee is a member of Capitol Offense, a classic-rock cover band. The band has performed at several parties and political gatherings.

 

 

Personal Life

Huckabee married Janet McCain in 1974, and the couple has three children, including Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the former White House Press Secretary.

Huckabee was overweight when he was first elected governor of Arkansas. In 2003, he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and informed that if he wanted to survive for more than ten years, he needed to reduce weight.

As a result, he began eating better and exercising more regularly, and he eventually lost almost 110 pounds. Huckabee ran a series of marathons to aid him along his quest, including the 2005 Marine Corps Marathon, the Little Rock Marathon in 2005 and 2006, and the 2006 New York City Marathon.

Throughout his career, Huckabee has worked with a variety of organizations. He was elected head of the Southern Governors’ Association in 1999. He’s also served as head of the Southern Regional Education Board, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, and the States’ Education Commission.

 

 

Real Estate

n 2009 Mike and his wife Janet paid $8.39 million for a home in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. They listed the home for sale in December 2020, ultimately finding a buyer for $9.3 million. Here’s a video tour of their former home:

Upon selling the Florida home, Mike and Janet reportedly paid $1.75 million for a home in Arkansas, where they intend to retire.

 

 

 

Mike Huckabee’s Net Worth in 2022

As of June 2022, Mike Huckabee has an estimated Net Worth of $18 Million, Mike Huckabee is an outspoken American politician, commentator, Baptist minister, public speaker as well as a skilled bassist.

 

 

Conclusion

Huckabee married Janet McCain in 1974, and the couple has three children, including Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the former White House Press Secretary.

Mike Huckabee was born to working-class parents Mae, a gas company clerk, and Dorsey, a mechanic and firefighter, in Hope, Arkansas, in 1955. He has one sister, Pat, and is of German, English, and Scots-Irish origin.