11 Facts About Janet Huckabee

Janet Huckabee is an American politician, the wife of former 2008 and 2016 Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee.

Janet Huckabee served as the First Lady of Arkansas, from July 1996 until January 2007 and oversaw a total remodel of the Arkansas Governor's Mansion, including the addition of the Grand Hall ballroom.

Janet Huckabee is the mother of current and first female governor of Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

Janet Huckabee was born in Lake Charles in Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana, the fourth of five siblings.

Janet Huckabee is the daughter of the former Pat Stephens, who served four two-year terms from 1965 to 1972 as the county clerk for Hempstead County, Arkansas and Angus Bouie McCain.

Janet Huckabee graduated from Hope High School in 1973 and married her high-school sweetheart, Mike Huckabee, the following year.

Janet Huckabee holds a bachelor's degree in organizational management from John Brown University.

Janet Huckabee's husband fared better in his re-election bid, having defeated his Democratic opponent, state treasurer Jimmie Lou Fisher.

Janet Huckabee carried only one county, Benton County in the northwest corner of the state.

Janet Huckabee eventually recovered and gave birth to three children: two sons, John Mark Huckabee and David Huckabee, and a daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the 31st White House Press Secretary and current Governor of Arkansas.

Janet Huckabee was employed for a time by the Texarkana public schools as a substitute teacher, for St Michael Hospital, and as a pharmacist's assistant.