Sarah Huckabee Sanders Elected 47th Governor of Arkansas – Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the state’s first female governor and the 47th governor of Arkansas. During Tuesday’s midterm elections, the Republican and former White House press secretary, age 40, defeated the Democrat Chris Jones and the Libertarian Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. in the race for governor. The Associated Press called the race for Sanders on Tuesday evening.
Sanders will take the reins from fellow Republican Asa Hutchinson, and her victory comes after her father Mike Huckabee served as the state’s 44th governor from 1996 to 2007. They’re the rare father-daughter duo to be elected governor in the United States: John J. Gilligan served as the 62nd governor of Ohio from 1971 to 1975, followed by his daughter Kathleen Sebelius as the 44th governor of Kansas from 2003 to 2009.
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After serving as Donald Trump’s press secretary from 2017 to 2019 and announcing her gubernatorial campaign in January 2018, Sanders broke the state fundraising record in the first quarter of her campaign, raising $4.8 million. Sanders used traditional “law and order” rhetoric to declare her candidacy, referencing the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters in 2017. However, she did not address Trump’s part in encouraging the riots, which resulted in his second impeachment shortly beforehand.
Sanders stated in her announcement video, “We’ve seen violence in our streets, at a congressional baseball practice and at our Capitol.” “This is not who we are as Americans. To remain free, we must have law and order.” She also took aim at “cancel culture,” which she said would “only further divide and destroy us.” “Everything we love about America is at stake, and with the radical left now in control of Washington, your governor is your last line of defense,” Sanders said.
“In fact, your governor must be on the front line. So today, I announced my candidacy for governor of Arkansas, and ask for your prayers and support.” In June 2020, Trump, 76, tweeted that Sanders “is a very special person with extraordinary talents, who has done an incredible job! I hope she decides to run for Governor of Arkansas — she would be fantastic.” Between Sanders’ gig as press secretary and her newly-elected position, she worked for Fox News as an on-air contributor in 2019.
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