• Mike Huckabee attended Hope High School, in Hope, Arkansas

• In 1973, Huckabee attended Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and
graduated magna cum laude, completing his four-year bachelor's degree in Religion in just
two-and-a-half years.
 
• Following his graduation, he enrolled at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in
Fort Worth, Texas for one academic year after which he had to drop out of seminary in order to take
up a job in Christian broadcasting.
 
• He worked for several years for televangelist James Robinson and later served as a minister
at Baptist churches in Pine Bluff and Texarkana, Arkansas, and as President of two Christian TV
operations.
 
• Huckabee has two honorary doctoral degrees: the Doctor of Humane Letters received from John
Brown University in 1991 and the Doctor of Laws from Ouachita Baptist University in 1992.
 
• This Pastor-turned-Politician is also an Honorary Member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
 
• While in college, Huckabee worked during the week as a rock 'n roll DJ at the local Radio
station in Hope and then spent the weekends preaching at a Baptist Church.
 
• As a young man, Huckabee dreamed of a career in media or public service. It was by accident
that he became a pastor for 12 years.  Huckabee remembers, "In 1980, a church in Arkansas asked me
to come and speak for them, and I did. Then they asked me to come back and speak again, and I did.
And after about four months, they said, why don't you just stay? And that's how I became a pastor"

• In the fall of 1982, Sarah Palin attended Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu but by the
end of the freshman year she transferred out to North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene in the spring of
1983
 
• According to a biography titled 'Sarah' by Kaylene Johnson, "Palin and three friends went
to the University of Hawaii at Hilo after graduation from high school in Alaska in 1982. But they
left after a few weeks because of the constant rain there."
 
• In the fall of 1984, she turned to University of Idaho in Moscow, leaving it for
Matanuska-Susitna Community College in Palmer, Alaska during the fall of 1985. She later returned to
the University of Idaho in 1986 where she received her Bachelor's degree in communications with an
emphasis in journalism in 1987.
 
• Palin once said that her curiosity and love of writing made journalism a natural choice. "I
was always asking everyone the questions, and I still am today."
 
• The Alumni Association of North Idaho College recently conferred upon her the Distinguished
Alumni Achievement Award in June 2008.
 
• In an effort to finance her way through college, Palin entered beauty competitions in her
early twenties, aiming for the Miss America title. She was titled Miss Wasilla in 1984 and finished
third in the Miss Alaska pageant, winning the "Miss Congeniality" award and a college scholarship.
 
• In tune with her ambition to be a sport commentator and television presenter, soon after
graduation Palin worked as a sportscaster for KTUU-TV in Anchorage and as sports reporter for the
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman.

• In 1965, Romney graduated with honors from the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan.
 
• He then joined Brigham Young University where he graduated in 1971 as valedictorian,
earning his Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude in English.
 
• His next stop was Stanford University where he studied for two quarters and later served
for thirty months in France as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
 
• In 1975, Romney graduated from a prestigious joint Juris Doctor / Master of Business
Administration program coordinated between Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School.
 
• Romney graduated cum laude from the Harvard Law School and was named a Baker Scholar for
graduating in the top five percent of his business school class.
 
• After completing his joint degree in law and business at Harvard University, Romney
remained in Massachusetts and began his career as a businessman in Boston Consulting Group.
 
• Like his father, Romney is credited with saving the management consulting company, Bain &
Company from a financial collapse. He took over as chief executive officer in 1990 and restructured
the firm's employee stock-ownership plan, real-estate deals and bank loans, while increasing fiscal
transparency.
 
• In 1998, Romney left Bain Capital to serve as the President and CEO of the 2002 Salt Lake
City Olympic Games Organizing Committee.
 
• Romney later moved to Utah and worked his magic on the 2002 Winter Olympics, positioning
himself to run for the position of Governor of Massachusetts as a results-oriented pragmatist.

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