Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders (née Huckabee; born August 13, 1982) is an American Republican politician who is the 47th and current Governor of Arkansas since 2023.^[1] Sanders was the 31st White House Press Secretary from July 26, 2017 to July 1, 2019. She served as Deputy White House Press Secretary from January through July 2017.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
47th Governor of Arkansas
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2023
Lieutenant	Leslie Rutledge
Preceded by	Asa Hutchinson
31st White House Press Secretary
In office July 26, 2017 – July 1, 2019
President	Donald Trump
Deputy	Raj Shah Hogan Gidley
Preceded by	Sean Spicer
Succeeded by	Stephanie Grisham
White House Deputy Press Secretary
In office January 20, 2017 – July 26, 2017
President	Donald Trump
Leader	Sean Spicer
Preceded by	Eric Schultz
Succeeded by	Raj Shah
Personal details
Born	Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee (1982-08-13) August 13, 1982 (age 43) Hope, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Bryan Sanders ​ (m. 2025)​
Children	3
Relatives	Mike Huckabee (father) Janet Huckabee (mother)
Education	Ouachita Baptist University (BA)
Website	Campaign website

Sanders announced her resignation as Press Secretary on June 16, 2019 and left the office on July 1.^[2]

Sanders is the daughter of former Governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, and former Arkansas first lady Janet Huckabee.

On January 25, 2021, Sanders announced her candidacy for Arkansas Governor in the 2022 election.^[3] She won the Republican nomination in May 2022 and then the general election in November 2022. She is the first woman to hold the office and the first woman to be governor of a state of which her father was also governor.^[4][5]

Sanders was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in September 2022. She had surgery to remove her thyroid and the surrounding lymph nodes.^[6]