Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump (R) participates in a roundtable discussion with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee at the Drexelbrook Catering & Event Center in Drexel Hill, Pa., on Oct. 29, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Trump has tapped former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be his ambassador to Israel.
Huckabee, who was governor of Arkansas between 1996 and 2007, was a presidential candidate in 2008 and 2016. His daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is the current governor of Arkansas, after being elected in 2022.
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
