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Source: Associated Press
Back home in Arkansas, former Trump spokeswoman Sarah Sanders lays groundwork for a possible run for governor in 2022.
By Associated Press, Wire Service Content?Nov. 24, 2019, at 8:06 p.m.
FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, file photo, Fox News contributor Sarah Sanders makes her first appearance on the "Fox & Friends" television program in New York. Former White House press secretary Sanders is laying the groundwork for a possible run for governor of Arkansas in 2022. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BY ANDREW DEMILLO, Associated Press
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) With paid speeches, a book coming out and appearances on cable news, Sarah Sanders is following the traditional route for former press secretaries after leaving the White House as President Donald Trumps chief spokeswoman. But shes also getting reacquainted with her home state of Arkansas and laying the groundwork for a potential governors race in three years.
Sanders has begun headlining Republican Party dinners around Arkansas, allowing her to reconnect with the state she called home before joining the Trump White House and offer GOP insiders a preview of what shed look like as a candidate for the job her dad, Mike Huckabee, held for more than a decade. Speaking to a ballroom packed with more than 500 people in Hot Springs last week, the former press secretary known for her televised sparring with reporters joked about being greeted by applause when she comes to the podium.
Its very different than what Im used to, she said.
Sanders and her husband, a political consultant, moved to Little Rock in late July with their three children. Since leaving the White House, shes joined Fox News as a contributor and announced that she has a book coming out next year about her time as press secretary. Shes also delivered paid speeches and is working as a consultant for several corporations. She waived her speaking fees for local GOP speeches.
Trump has encouraged her to run for governor in 2022, when Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson is barred by term limits from seeking reelection.
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