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Reuters

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is leaving his weekly Fox News show so he can explore a 2016 presidential bid.
Huckabee, who vied for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, announced his decision to leave the show on Facebook, then bid his viewers farewell on his final show on Saturday night.
"I'm not going to make a decision about running until late in the spring of 2015, but the continued (political) chatter has put Fox News in a position that just isn't fair to them," Huckabee said on his show.
Fox News has previously ended contracts it had with national figures considering presidential campaigns, including former US Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and the former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich in 2011.
"The honourable thing to do at this point is to end my tenure here at Fox, so I can openly talk with potential donors and supporters and gauge support," Huckabee said on Facebook.
"So as we say in television, stay tuned!" he added.
Huckabee's show, Huckabee, had been on air for over six years. The former pastor, who remains popular among conservative evangelical Christian voters, has been in the middle of the Republican pack in preliminary national opinion polls.
During the 2008 Republican nominating contest, he briefly enjoyed frontrunner status.
He chose not to run for the White House in 2012.
Huckabee, governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007, is set to release a book titled, God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy later in January. He spent part of late 2014 shoring up his foreign policy credentials with a European trip.
Should he pursue a White House bid, Huckabee would join former Florida Governor Jeb Bush as a major Republican name considering a run. No other likely contender has announced his or her plans. The likely Republican field also features governors - New Jersey's Chris Christie, Texas' Rick Perry, and Wisconsin's Scott Walker - and sitting senators Ted Cruz of Texas, Florida's Marco Rubio, and Kentucky's Rand Paul.


Huckabee leaving Fox News show to contemplate 2016 presidential bid

Mike Huckabee is leaving his weekly Fox News show so he can explore a 2016 presidential bid. Photo: AP

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Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is leaving his weekly Fox News show so he can explore a 2016 presidential bid.


Huckabee leaving Fox News show to contemplate 2016 presidential bid

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Former Arkansas governor eyes entering the Republican field after a failed 2008 bid