Mike Huckabee's communications chief, Alice Stewart, confirmed to POLITICO that she was “no longer” with the campaign Monday. | Getty Huckabee: Top aide's departure doesn't mean campaign in trouble

Mike Huckabee says losing his top spokeswoman isn’t a sign of things to come and that he’s still all in on the 2016 campaign.

Earlier Monday, Huckabee's communications chief, Alice Stewart, confirmed to POLITICO that she was “no longer” with the campaign and that another aide would be taking over her duties.


“We hate to lose Alice, but she’s decided that — she’s I think, exhausted from the campaign,” the former Arkansas governor said to CNN Monday night. “We’re moving forward. … If people try to read more into it than is there, they're going to be making a huge mistake.”

Stewart’s departure comes as Huckabee’s campaign struggles to break out; demoted from the main stage because of his poor standing in national polls, he will participate in the undercard GOP debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday night.

But Huckabee told CNN’s Jake Tapper said that isn’t such a bad thing.

“I think we're going to get more time,” he said. “The one good thing is that I'll actually get to answer some questions.”

One reason he’ll be in the undercard in Las Vegas, Huckabee said, is that he didn’t get enough time to talk during the other debates.