Huck PAC is the political action committee

Political action committee

In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect political candidates or to advance the outcome of a political issue or legislation. Legally, what constitutes a "PAC" for purposes of regulation is a...

 of former Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee

Michael "Mike" Dale Huckabee is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate in the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries, finishing second in delegate count and third in both popular vote and number of states won . He won...

. It was founded in April 2008 by Huckabee, during the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries

Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008

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. Its mission statement was, "Huck PAC is committed to helping Republicans regain control of the House and Senate

United States Congress

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, regain a majority of governorships and elect John McCain as the 44th president of the United States

President of the United States

The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

." It endorses candidates for various offices, then organizes into local groups in every U.S. county

County (United States)

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 and assists the candidate.

On February 16, 2009, HuckPAC announced that Hogan Gidley

Hogan Gidley

Hogan Gidley is the director of Huck PAC.His past activities include director of media operations for Governor Mike Huckabee, Executive Director of the South Carolina Republican Party, Press Secretary to the David Beasley for Senate campaign, the Karen Floyd for Superintendent of Education...

would become the new director of HuckPAC.