Sarah Huckabee Sanders

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sanders in 2023
47th Governor of Arkansas
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 10, 2023
LieutenantLeslie Rutledge
Preceded byAsa Hutchinson
31st White House Press Secretary
In office
July 26, 2017 – July 1, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
DeputyRaj Shah
Hogan Gidley
Preceded bySean Spicer
Succeeded byStephanie Grisham
White House Deputy Press Secretary
In office
January 20, 2017 – July 26, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Press SecretarySean Spicer
Preceded byEric Schultz
Succeeded byRaj Shah
Personal details
Born
Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee

(1982-08-13) August 13, 1982 (age 42)
Hope, Arkansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Bryan Sanders
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(m. 2010)​
Children3
Parents
ResidenceGovernor's Mansion
EducationOuachita Baptist University (BA)
Websitegovernor.arkansas.gov
Sarah Huckabee Sanders's voice
Sarah Huckabee Sanders comments on the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting
Recorded October 29, 2018

Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders (née Huckabee; born August 13, 1982)[1] is an American politician serving since 2023 as the 47th governor of Arkansas. Sanders is the daughter of Mike Huckabee, who served from 1996 to 2007 as Arkansas's 44th governor.[2] A member of the Republican Party, she was the 31st White House press secretary, serving under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2019. Sanders was the third woman to be White House press secretary.[3] She also served as a senior advisor on Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Sanders became the Republican nominee in the 2022 Arkansas gubernatorial election and won, defeating Democratic nominee Chris Jones.

As press secretary, Sanders was the spokesperson for the Trump administration's policy decisions, and had a confrontational relationship with the White House press corps.[4][5][6][7] When interviewed by investigators as part of the Mueller probe, she admitted making false statements in her role.[8][9][10] Sanders hosted fewer press conferences than any of the 13 previous White House press secretaries.[11]

In June 2019, Trump tweeted that Sanders would be leaving her role as press secretary.[12][13] On January 25, 2021, she announced her candidacy for governor of Arkansas; Trump endorsed her. She secured the Republican nomination in May 2022; her general election opponents were the Democratic nominee, Chris Jones, and the Libertarian nominee, Ricky Dale Harrington. She is the first woman to hold the office, the first woman to be governor of a state of which her father was also governor,[14][15] and the youngest current governor.[16]

Sanders has been recognized in Fortune and Time magazine's "40 under 40". She is the author of The New York Times bestseller Speaking for Myself, is a former Fox News Channel contributor, and served on the Fulbright board.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference SHSbirthdate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Schonfeld, Zach (November 8, 2022). "Sarah Sanders wins Arkansas governor's mansion". The Hill. Nexstar Media Group. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Governor Sanders". Arkansas Governor - Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  4. ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. (June 14, 2019). "Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Steadfast Trump Fan, Never Wavered". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  5. ^ Nashrulla, Tasneem (June 13, 2019). "White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Is Leaving The White House". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  6. ^ Williams, Paige (June 17, 2019). "Is Sarah Huckabee Sanders the Future of the Republican Party?". The New Yorker. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  7. ^ Bierman, Noah (June 13, 2019). "Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump's White House press secretary, is stepping down". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  8. ^ Karni, Annie; Haberman, Maggie (April 19, 2019). "Sanders's 'Slip of the Tongue' Would Be a Problem in Some White Houses. Not Trump's". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  9. ^ Baker, Peter; Haberman, Maggie (April 18, 2019). "A Portrait of the White House and Its Culture of Dishonesty". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  10. ^ Smith, David (June 13, 2019). "Sarah Sanders exits after two fraught years as Trump hails 'a very fine woman'". The Guardian. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  11. ^ "White House press secretary Sarah Sanders to go". BBC News. June 13, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  12. ^ Phelps, Jordyn (June 13, 2019). "Press Secretary Sarah Sanders leaving White House". ABC News.
  13. ^ Baker, Peter; Rogers, Katie (June 13, 2019). "Sarah Huckabee Sanders Leaving White House at the End of the Month". The New York Times. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  14. ^ "Sarah Huckabee Sanders 1st woman elected Arkansas governor". AP News. November 8, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  15. ^ Chowdhury, Maureen (November 9, 2022). "CNN Projection: Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders will win Arkansas governorship | CNN Politics". CNN.
  16. ^ Millar, Lindsey (November 22, 2022). "Sanders announces co-chairs of her inauguration".