John Mark Huckabee, pictured here in a promotion for his role in the 2018 film "Christmas: A Revenge Tale," is now working for the state of Arkansas.

One of Republican gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders‘ two brothers has been on the state payroll since at least 2021 and maybe longer.

John Mark Huckabee, 45, is currently making an annual salary of $48,749, according to information provided to us under an Arkansas Freedom of Information Act request. No, he’s not getting rich on that salary, but he’s making more than many Arkansas teachers.

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Huckabee went to work for the Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing as a procurement creator on May 3, 2021, according to his state employment history records released by the Department of Transformation and Shared Services.

Huckabee was previously employed at the state land commissioner’s office, said Steve Guntharp, chief of staff at Labor and Licensing. Details on that job, including salary, were not immediately available.

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The website Transparency.Arkansas.gov gives Huckabee’s career service date, meaning the day he officially became a state employee, as Dec. 19, 2020. Documentation provided under the FOI request says Huckabee was hired from a nonparticipating agency in 2021. So, the exact date he got on the state’s payroll is unclear.

John Mark Huckabee, on the left, is not the one who killed a dog. That would be David, the brother in the back.

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On June 21, 2021, Huckabee was transferred from his role as a procurement creator at Labor and Licensing to become software support specialist there. On July 18 of this year, Huckabee’s job title was changed to media specialist but without a pay increase. The state documentation says it was “the same position” he already held.

His starting salary in Labor and Licensing was $45,009.

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 Guntharp said in an email to the Arkansas Times that no one held the media specialist position before Huckabee. “The Governor’s Office played no part in the hiring of Mr. Huckabee,” Guntharp said.

According to an online site called Biography Tree, Huckabee has been an actor, producer and screenwriter.

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The site says, “Some of his popular movies, as well as television series, include ‘An Eye for an Eye’, ‘Charlie Muse’, ‘Triumvirate’, etc. John is actually famous for being the son of the 2008 presidential candidate [and former Arkansas Governor] Mike Huckabee and his wife Janet Huckabee.” I would suggest he’s more famous for his family ties than for any film work.

 

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