Candidate · November 3, 2026
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
On the ballot for Governor · Arkansas
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | Governor · Arkansas1, |
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| Party on the ballot | Republican1, |
| Status | Incumbent |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders was inaugurated as Arkansas's 47th governor on January 10, 2023.6 She served as White House press secretary for President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2019, after joining his 2016 campaign as a senior adviser.6 She earlier managed U.S. Senator John Boozman's 2010 campaign, was a senior adviser to U.S. Senator Tom Cotton's 2014 campaign, and was national political director for her father, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, in 2007 and 2008.6 She also worked in the U.S. Department of Education under President George W. Bush.6 She grew up in Pine Bluff and Texarkana and graduated from Little Rock Central High School and Ouachita Baptist University.6
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitesarahforgovernor.com7,
8 - Official websitegovernor.arkansas.gov6
- Facebookfacebook.com/SarahHuckabeeSanders8
- X (Twitter)twitter.com/sarahhuckabee8
- Instagraminstagram.com/sarahhuckabeesanders8
- YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCUDUSYr28mICe7sNu-Tyqgw8
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Education
Her official biography and campaign website say that as governor she enacted Arkansas LEARNS, an overhaul of the state's education system that they say included higher teacher pay and universal school choice.6,
- Make them available to every family
- Offer them only to some students, such as those from low-income families or with disabilities
- No public money for private school or homeschooling costs
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left.
Candidates for governor file campaign-finance reports with the state, not the FEC, so this guide doesn't include their fundraising.