Like Hillary Clinton, another politician from Arkansas is throwing his hat in the presidential derby. However, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is joining the crowded field in the Republican Party who aim to replace outgoing President Barack Obama in the White House.

Another similarity with Clinton was that Huckabee also had an unsuccessful first attempt at the presidency in 2008. Huckabee told Fox that he will officially announce his presidential bid on May 5, reports LA Times.

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The former governor said he is the only candidate in the GOP who can consistently run against the Clinton money and political machinery.

He boasted, "Most all of my races, both Bill and Hillary Clinton came back to Arkansas to campaign for my opponents. So I know the process quite well - and the good news for me is that I've defeated that political machinery."

With the support of socially conservative voters, Huckabee won the caucus in 2008 in Iowa and seven other areas but eventually bowed out to Arizona Sen. John McCain as Republican presidential candidate. He even defeated McCain and ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney who were better funded.

However, McCain was handily beaten by then Democratic candidate Obama who won the youth vote.

Huckabee said he has already formed a super PAC that would support his candidacy, reports Washington Post. A few weeks ago, he opened a presidential exploratory committee.

 In January, he quit his show on Fox News after six years to pursue another presidential attempt.

On reforms of campaign finance, the former Arkansas governor favored unlimited direct donations to campaigns. But upon deposit, all donations must be publicly disclosed right away.

Since he views Clinton as his strongest opponent and not fellow GOP members, he described her record as state secretary and perceived weak character such as honesty as the weak points of her candidacy.

Opening his first salvo against Clinton, he described the attendees of her first campaign in Iowa as similar to a rent-a-crowd group. Elaborating, he said, "They rounded up the usual suspects."

In contrast, Huckabee said he has been to Iowa many times and "I've never had any problems whatsoever finding Iowans in Iowa."

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