Conservative commentator Ann Coulter and aviation legend Chuck Yeager both endorsed Hunter as their choice for President , but Hunter received little support from the Republican establishment . Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas , who was also seeking the Republican nomination for President , stated that Hunter might play a role in a potential Huckabee administration , noting that he is " extraordinarily well qualified to be Secretary of Defense . " As the caucus and primary season got underway , Hunter began being excluded from Republican debate forums . On January 7 , 2008 , he held a press conference where reporters thought he would announce his withdrawal . Instead , he surprised pundits by first lambasting ABC News and Fox News not allowing him to participate in previous days ' televised debates and then declaring that he would not withdraw from the presidential race : " I am not going to let some arrogant knucklehead executive in a glass office 10 stories above a mall in New York City decide the outcome of this election . " In the Iowa caucuses Hunter finished in seventh place with 524 votes , or one percent of the total . In the New Hampshire primary he finished in seventh and last place again with 1,220 votes , or less than one percent of the total votes cast . In the Wyoming caucuses he had his best showing , coming in third and scoring 1 delegate to the Republican National Convention . However , in the Michigan primary , Hunter once again placed last , coming in eighth behind " Uncommited " ( which received 15,000 more votes than Hunter ) . On the last day of his campaign , Hunter won just two percent of the vote in the Nevada caucuses , and in the South Carolina primary he received only 0.2 percent of the vote , putting him in last place in both states . He withdrew from the race that night , on January 19 , 2008 . Hunter subsequently endorsed Huckabee for the Republican nomination
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