 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna May 1996, Tucker akawanwa ane mhaka pakurangwa kumwe kwokuronga inodokusvika mamirioni 3 muzvikwereti zvenhema sorutivi rwekakavadzano yeWhitewater. Bumbiro reArkansas, kufanana nemitemo inenge yose yenyika muUnited States, haribvumiri matsotsi akatongerwa mhosva yokuva muhofisi. Tucker nokudaro akapikira kurega basa pana July 15. Huckabee akabva azivisa kuti aizosiya nhangemutange yeSeneti uye panzvimbo pezvo aizoita basa raTucker. Zvisinei, Tucker, achisimbirira kuti aiva nechikonzero chakasimba chokukumbira ruregerero, akadzosa kurega kwake sezvo Huckabee akanga achigadzirira kupika muna July 15. Mumaawa mashomanana, Tucker akadzorera basa rake pashure pokunge Huckabee nevakuru vakuru vehurumende vatyisidzira kutanga kutongwa kwokudenha kwaTucker. Huckabee ipapo akapika nenzira yakarurama somubati wehurumende. 