--- title: Mike Huckabee Presidential Announcement Cites This Best Governors List description: In introducing Huckabee at the campaign launch, Asa Hutchinson mentioned this TIME list of the best governors in America canonical: https://time.com/3847072/huckabee-2005-best-governors/ author: Lily Rothman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-05T16:11:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:18.753Z article:section: History og:title: Here Is the 'Best Governors' List the Huckabee Campaign Launch Cited og:description: In introducing Huckabee at the campaign launch, Asa Hutchinson mentioned this list og:url: https://time.com/3847072/huckabee-2005-best-governors/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteda6aecc0ef9fd42/6987ee6ca988cae48e6b085e/huckabee.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republicans Hopefuls Speak At Iowa Faith And Freedom Coalition og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Is the 'Best Governors' List the Huckabee Campaign Launch Cited twitter:description: In introducing Huckabee at the campaign launch, Asa Hutchinson mentioned this list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteda6aecc0ef9fd42/6987ee6ca988cae48e6b085e/huckabee.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Is the 'Best Governors' List the Huckabee Campaign Launch Cited > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. May 5, 2015 4:11 PM UTC  Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee speaks to guests gathered at the Point of Grace Church for the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition 2015 Spring Kickoff on April 25, 2015 in Waukee, IA. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee speaks to guests gathered at the Point of Grace Church for the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition 2015 Spring Kickoff on April 25, 2015 in Waukee, IA. Scott Olson—Getty Images  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. May 5, 2015 4:11 PM UTC At the launch of Mike Huckabee’s campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson listed this as one of Huckabee’s credentials: when Huckabee himself was the top politician in Arkansas, TIME named him one of the country’s best governors. In one particular way, that 2005 list is an apt piece to cite. “Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is tickled by the rampant speculation that he will seek the presidency,” the story began. “Officially, he’s ‘keeping all options open,’ which is another way of saying he’s trying to figure out how much money he could raise.” But, the article hinted, if he could raise the money he might go far: --- > “” --- Huckabee did end up running in the presidential election that followed that story, in 2008, but did not win his party’s nomination. This time around, he’s [hoping for a different result](http://time.com/3845897/mike-huckabee-campaign-launch/). **_Read the whole story, in the TIME archives:_** [America’s 5 Best Governors](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1129543,00.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3847072/huckabee-2005-best-governors/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3847072/huckabee-2005-best-governors/"},"headline":"Here Is the 'Best Governors' List the Huckabee Campaign Launch Cited","datePublished":"2015-05-05T16:11:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:18.753Z","description":"In introducing Huckabee at the campaign launch, Asa Hutchinson mentioned this TIME list of the best governors in America","url":"https://time.com/3847072/huckabee-2005-best-governors/","keywords":["mike huckabee","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteda6aecc0ef9fd42/6987ee6ca988cae48e6b085e/huckabee.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteda6aecc0ef9fd42/6987ee6ca988cae48e6b085e/huckabee.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republicans Hopefuls Speak At Iowa Faith And Freedom Coalition","caption":"Republicans Hopefuls Speak At Iowa Faith And Freedom Coalition","creditText":"Scott Olson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/mike-huckabee/","name":"mike huckabee"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3847072/huckabee-2005-best-governors/","name":"Here Is the 'Best Governors' List the Huckabee Campaign Launch Cited"}}]}] ```