Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Born:August 13, 1982 (age 41)
Career: Field coordinator for Mike Huckabee's 2002 gubernatorial reelection campaign
Executive Director of Huck PAC
National Campaign Manager for the ONE Campaign
Vice President of Tsamoutales Strategies
National Political Director for Mike Huckabee's 2008 presidential campaign
Senior Adviser in Tim Pawlenty’s 2012 presidential campaign
Tom Cotton's 2014 U.S. Senate campaign
Managed John Boozman's 2010 U.S. Senate campaign
Senior Advisor on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign
White House press secretary for President Trump from 2017-2019
State:Arkansas
Party:Republican
Education:Ouachita Baptist University

Sarah Huckabee Sanders assumed office as the governor of Arkansas on January 10, 2023. She is Arkansas's first female governor and, as the daughter of Mike Huckabee, governor of Arkansas from 1996-2007, the first woman to be governor of a state her father was governor of.

Sanders was born on Aug. 13, 1982, in Hope, Arkansas. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Ouachita Baptist University in 2004.

Sanders is a founding partner of Second Street Strategies, a consulting firm for Republican campaigns. She has also worked as executive director of Huck PAC, as the national campaign manager for the ONE Campaign, and as vice president of Tsamoutales Strategies. She served as a field coordinator for her father’s 2002 gubernatorial reelection campaign and for George W. Bush's 2004 reelection campaign, was national political director for her father's 2008 presidential campaign, was a senior adviser in Tim Pawlenty’s 2012 presidential campaign and Tom Cotton's 2014 U.S. Senate campaign, managed John Boozman's 2010 U.S. Senate campaign and served as a senior advisor on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. She served as White House press secretary for President Trump from 2017-2019, only the third woman to hold that position.

Sources:

Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Ballotpedia. (n.d.). Retrieved February 13, 2023, from https://ballotpedia.org/Sarah_Huckabee_Sanders

Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Arkansas governor. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Arkansas Governor. (n.d.). Retrieved February 13, 2023, from https://www.sarahforgovernor.com/

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