Mike Huckabee Backs Mike Haridopolos for U.S. Senate in 2012

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee endorsed state Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, for the Republican nomination to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012.

"We need a new generation of proven fiscal and social conservative leaders in the U.S. Senate and that is why I am proud to endorse and support my good friend, Mike Haridopolos, for the U.S. Senate in Florida," said Huckabee. "Mike will fight for our conservative values in Washington, just as he has done in leading the tremendous work of the Florida Senate."

"I am honored to have such a tremendous conservative leader like [former] Governor Huckabee stand with me and other Floridians to tell Washington that enough is enough," said Haridopolos. "We've had enough of the broken promises, record borrowing, and deficits coming from the failed policies of Bill Nelson and Barack Obama.

Huckabee, who moved to Florida after seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, is considering running again for the GOP nod in 2012.