Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders has won the election to become Arkansas’s next governor, according to the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders has made history and will become Arkansas’s first female governor, according to the Associated Press.
Her win was called by the Associated Press just minutes after polls closed.
She won the 2022 election to become the 47th Arkansas governor, beating out Democrat Chris Jones and Libertarian Ricky Dale Harrington.
Polls leading up to the election showed Sanders maintaining at least a 10-point lead over fellow frontrunner Chris Jones, who many considered her biggest opponent.
Following her victory, Sanders will be the first woman to ever become governor in the state of Arkansas.
Sanders, who secured the Republican nomination for the Arkansas governor race back in May of 2022, has long been the front-runner since originally announcing her campaign.
The governor-elect served as the former White House press secretary under former President Donald Trump and is also the daughter of the 44th Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee.
Sanders has used her affiliation with Trump as one of the foundations for her campaign and has pledged to combat policies enacted by the Biden administration.