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Mike Huckabee presidential campaign key staff and advisors experience, 2016

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This article details the experience of Mike Huckabee's top-level staff for his 2016 presidential primary campaign
For a more comprehensive overview of Huckabee's staff and advisors, see:
Mike Huckabee presidential campaign key staff and advisors, 2016


For Mike Huckabee's 2016 presidential campaign, Ballotpedia identified the key, decision-making staff members, and the chart below details these staffers' histories up to the time they worked for Huckabee. Included is the staffer's role and his or her previous experience advising in electoral campaigns. Linked campaigns indicate those to which other key staffers across the 2016 presidential campaigns have contributed. Hovering over a link for a specific campaign will show you which staffers from other campaigns also worked on that same campaign.

The staffers included are those who were on the campaign when it was suspended in February 2016.

Name Previous Experience
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Bob Wickers
Media strategist
  • 1994: Jim Jeffords U.S. Senate
  • 2000: Jim Jeffords U.S. Senate
  • 2002: Norm Coleman U.S. Senate
  • 2008: Mike Huckabee presidential
  • 2012: Mitt Romney presidential
Ted Yoho U.S. House
  • 2014: Dan Patrick lieutenant gubernatorial
Robert J. Bentley gubernatorial
French Hill U.S. House
  • 2016: Mike Huckabee presidential
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Bryan Sanders
Media consultant
  • 2008: Mike Huckabee presidential
  • 2012: Ted Yoho U.S. House
  • 2014: Dan Patrick lieutenant gubernatorial
Robert J. Bentley gubernatorial
French Hill U.S. House
  • 2016: Mike Huckabee presidential
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Chad Gallagher
Senior leadership director
  • 2008: Mike Huckabee presidential
  • 2016: Mike Huckabee presidential
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Chip Saltsman
Senior advisor
  • 2008: Mike Huckabee presidential
  • 2010: Charles Fleischmann U.S. House
  • 2012: Charles Fleischmann U.S. House
  • 2016: Mike Huckabee presidential
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Hogan Gidley
Senior communications advisor
  • 1994: David Beasley gubernatorial
  • 2008: Mike Huckabee presidential
Elizabeth Dole U.S. Senate
  • 2012: Mitt Romney presidential
Rick Santorum presidential
  • 2016: Mike Huckabee presidential
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Campaign manager
  • 2008: Mike Huckabee presidential
  • 2010: Jon Boozman U.S. Senate
  • 2012: Tim Pawlenty presidential
  • 2014: Tom Cotton U.S. Senate
  • 2016: Mike Huckabee presidential



The following chart is organized by year, detailing when these high-level staffers worked in the same election cycle, either with one another or on separate campaigns.

Six of Huckabee's 2016 key staffers also worked for Huckabee during his 2008 presidential campaign.

Year Campaign Staffer
1976–1993
1994 Jim Jeffords U.S. Senate Bob Wickers
David Beasley gubernatorial Hogan Gidley
1995–1999
2000 Jim Jeffords U.S. Senate Bob Wickers
2001
2002 Norm Coleman U.S. Senate Bob Wickers
2003–2007
2008 Mike Huckabee presidential Bob Wickers
Bryan Sanders
Chad Gallagher
Chip Saltsman
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Hogan Gidley
Elizabeth Dole U.S. Senate Hogan Gidley
2009
2010 Charles Fleischmann U.S. House Chip Saltsman
John Boozman U.S. Senate Sarah Huckabee Sanders
2011
2012 Mitt Romney presidential Bob Wickers
Hogan Gidley
Rick Santorum presidential Hogan Gidley
Ted Yoho U.S. House Bob Wickers
Bryan Sanders
Charles Fleischmann U.S. House Chip Saltsman
Tim Pawlenty presidential Sarah Huckabee Sanders
2013
2014 Tom Cotton U.S. Senate Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Dan Patrick lieutenant gubernatorial Bob Wickers
Bryan Sanders
Robert J. Bentley gubernatorial Bob Wickers
Bryan Sanders
French Hill U.S. House Bob Wickers
Bryan Sanders