Bill Halter (2007–2011) Mark Darr (2011–2014) Vacant(2014–2015)
Preceded by
Mike Huckabee
Succeeded by
Asa Hutchinson
54th Attorney General of Arkansas
In office January 3, 2003 – January 9, 2007
Governor
Mike Huckabee
Preceded by
Mark Pryor
Succeeded by
Dustin McDaniel
Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 21st district
In office 1983–2003
Succeeded by
Barbara Horn
Personal details
Born
Mickey Dale Beebe
(1946-12-28) December 28, 1946 (age 77) Amagon, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Ginger Croom
(m. 1979)
Children
3
Education
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro (BA) University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (JD)
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1968–1974
Unit
United States Army Reserve
Mickey Dale Beebe (/ˈbiːbi/; born December 28, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th governor of Arkansas from 2007 to 2015.[1] He remains the last member of the Democratic Party to serve as Governor of Arkansas.
Born in Amagon, Arkansas, Beebe is a graduate of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Beebe entered private practice as an attorney before being elected to the Arkansas Senate in 1982. Beebe served five terms in the Arkansas Senate from 1983 to 2003 and served as President of the Senate during his last term. Beebe was elected Attorney General of Arkansas in 2002, where he served one term from 2003 to 2007.
A member of the Democratic Party, Beebe ran for the governorship in 2006, winning in an uncontested Democratic primary and defeating former U.S. Representative Asa Hutchinson in the general election with 56% of the vote. Beebe was elected to a second term in 2010, defeating former State Senator Jim Keet with 64% of the vote in contrast to fellow Democrat Blanche Lincoln who lost her second U.S. Senate re-election bid in a 58–37 landslide. Beebe, who was restricted from running in the 2014 election due to term limits, left office on January 13, 2015. As of 2024, Beebe is the very last Democrat to both serve as Governor of Arkansas and win a statewide election there to date.
Beebe currently serves on the Governors’ Council of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., and has endorsed Medicaid work requirements since leaving office.[2]
^Barth, Jay. "Mickey Dale (Mike) Beebe (1946–)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
^"Beebe defends Hutchinson's work requirement as 'pragmatic' politics". Talk Business & Politics. December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
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