By 2007, she was back on the trail as the national political director for her father's upstart presidential bid, which claimed a surprising win in the Iowa caucus before fizzling out. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. Bush reelection campaign in 2004, Sanders spent the next few years with the U.S. Campaign CareerĪfter serving as a field coordinator for the George W. She then followed in her father's footsteps by enrolling at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, becoming a member of the Student Senate while pursuing a major in political science and a minor in mass communications, before graduating with her Bachelor of Arts in 2004.

Educationīuilding on her political upbringing, Sanders joined the mock trial and debate clubs at Arkansas' Little Rock Central High School, also serving as secretary of the state's Federation of Teenage Republicans during this time. By the time her father was elected to his first full term as Arkansas governor in 1998, the 16-year-old Sanders was a seasoned campaign veteran. Mike Huckabee lost that bid, but he won a special election for lieutenant governor in 1993 and successfully defended his seat the following year, with Sanders taking part all the while by canvassing, mailing fliers and installing signs. senator in 1992, also marked 9-year-old Sanders' introduction to politics. Her father became a well-known figure locally as a Baptist pastor, and his first statewide run for office, as a U.S. Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders was born on August 13, 1982, in Hope, Arkansas, the youngest of three children of Janet and Mike Huckabee.

After joining Donald Trump's successful presidential campaign in 2016, Sanders served as White House press secretary from July 2017 through June 2019. She served as national political director for her father's 2008 presidential bid, eventually moving on to prominent roles for Senate hopeful John Boozman in 2010 and presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty in 2012. Sarah Huckabee Sanders earned an early introduction to politics by campaigning for dad Mike Huckabee, who became Arkansas governor in 1996.

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