Sarah Sanders would aspire to the governance of Arkansas

Sarah Sanders, Exported from Donald Trump and that she was one of her closest collaborators, she will run for governor of Arkansas, a senior campaign official has told AP.

Sanders, who left the White House in 2019 to return to his home state, was scheduled to announce his candidacy on Monday, according to the campaign member, who spoke Sunday night on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to comment -publicly before the official announcement.

The former White House press secretary launched her campaign less than a week after Trump’s term ended, and while the former president awaits a political trial. But Sanders is in a state of strong conservative tradition, where Republicans tend to look favorably on the former president..

Sanders, the daughter of former Gov. Mike Huckabee, was expected to run for public office after leaving the White House, and Trump publicly encouraged her to do so. He has laid the groundwork for his candidacy by speaking to Republican groups in the state.

Sanders joins costly Republican primaries in which two incumbents, state Gov. Tim Griffin and Secretary of Justice Leslie Rutledge, are already competing.. The three aspire to succeed the current governor, Asa Hutchinson, a Republican who cannot run next year due to limited tenure. No Democrat has announced his candidacy for the stop.

Sanders launched his campaign weeks after an assault by Trump supporters on the Federal Capitol, which left five dead. More than 130 people have been accused of the insurgency, which sought to stop the certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory over Trump.

Sanders was the first working mother and barely the third woman to serve as White House press secretary. But he also faced doubts about his credibility in his time as Trump’s top spokesman.

During his nearly two years as spokesperson, the president ended daily televised press conferences led by the press secretary, after Sanders clashed several times with journalists who aggressively asked him about the policies of government and research on possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia. However, Sanders earned the trust of reporters working behind the scenes to establish a relationship with the media.

Trump’s bumpy exit from the presidency is unlikely to affect Sanders in Arkansas much. Lyou Republicans won statewide and have all their federal seats, as well as a large majority in the state legislature.

Between the two, Griffin and Rutledge have raised more than $ 2.8 million in the race, and the primaries could have even more competitors. State Sen. Jim Hendren, who is also Hutchinson’s nephew, is considering running.

Sanders, who published a book last year and joined Fox News as a contributor after leaving the White House, enters the race with a much better-known name than the other candidates. But he remains unknown on many of the state’s issues and has said he does not want to create distractions from Hutchinson’s plans.