Mike Huckabee is an American politician, Baptist minister, and political commentator. He served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007, becoming one of the longest-serving governors in the state's history. He ran for the Republican presidential nomination in both 2008 and 2016, winning the Iowa caucuses in 2008. Following his political career, Huckabee hosted the talk show "Huckabee" on Fox News Channel from 2008 to 2015 and has authored several books, often focusing on his conservative political and social views.