Sarah Huckabee Sanders

47th Governor of Arkansas

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the 47th Governor of Arkansas. She took office on January 10, 2023, as the first woman to hold the office. She grew up in Pine Bluff and Texarkana and graduated from Little Rock Central High School and Ouachita Baptist University. She worked at the U.S. Department of Education and as national political director for her father, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. From 2017 to 2019 she served as White House Press Secretary, only the third woman in that role. As governor, she signed Arkansas LEARNS, a 2023 overhaul of the state's education system. She wrote the bestselling book "Speaking for Myself." She and her husband, Bryan, have three children.