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Sarah Huckabee Sanders (1982–)
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a political operative and commentator, is the daughter of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and served as press secretary for President Donald Trump. In January 2021, she announced her candidacy for governor of Arkansas. With the stated support of Trump, Sanders immediately assumed the role of front-runner in the race. She was elected governor in November 2022, becoming the first woman to be elected to Arkansas’s chief executive office.
Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee was born on August 13, 1982, in Hope (Hempstead County) to Mike Huckabee and Janet McCain Huckabee; she has two older brothers. Huckabee graduated from Central High School in Little Rock in 2000 before attending Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) in Arkadelphia (Clark County). At OBU, Huckabee was elected student body president and was active in campus Republican organizations. She graduated in 2004 with a BA, having majored in political science with a minor in mass communications. While a student, Huckabee teamed up with the American Civil Liberties Union in a 20
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Janet Huckabee
American politician and former First Lady of Arkansas
Janet Huckabee (néeMcCain; born July 16, 1955) is an American politician, the wife of former 2008 and 2016 Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansasgovernor, Mike Huckabee. She served as the First Lady of Arkansas, from July 1996 until January 2007 and oversaw a total remodel of the Arkansas Governor's Mansion, including the addition of the Grand Hall ballroom.[1] Huckabee was also a Republican nominee for Arkansas Secretary of State in 2002. She is also the mother of current and first female governor of Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Early life and education
Huckabee was born in Lake Charles in Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana, the fourth of five siblings. As an infant, she moved with her family to Hope, Arkansas. She is the daughter of the former Pat (Potter) Stephens, who served four two-year terms from 1965 to 1972 as the county clerk for Hempstead County, Arkansas [2] and Angus Bouie McCain[citation needed]. She graduated from Hope H
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Governor of Arkansas since 2023
"Sarah Sanders" redirects here. Not to be confused with Sarah Saunders.
Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders (néeHuckabee; born August 13, 1982)[1] is an American politician serving as the 47th governor of Arkansas since 2023. 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] When interviewed by investigators as part of the Mueller probe, she admitted maki
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