Sarah Huckabee Sanders may be following in her father’s footsteps — with a run for governor of Arkansas, according to a report on Wednesday.
The outgoing White House press secretary and those in her inner circle have been making calls to GOP donors and operatives in her home state as she begins to plan her first post-DC career move, Politico reported.
Last Thursday, John Gilmore, political strategist for Arkansas’ current governor, Republican Asa Hutchinson, tweeted that two websites that could be used for a campaign were registered anonymously on the same day in May, SarahforGovernor.com and SarahforArkansas.com.
Sanders’ father, Mike Huckabee, served as Arkansas’ governor from 1997 to 2006.
Speculation surrounding Sanders’ possible gubernatorial run grew Tuesday night when President Trump brought her on stage during his rally announcing his re-election bid and said to the crowd: “I have a feeling she’s going to be running for a certain gubernatorial position.”
When Trump tweeted an announcement of her White House departure last week, he also touted his hopes for her political future.
“I hope she decides to run for Governor of Arkansas – she would be fantastic,” Trump wrote.
That same day, he said to reporters, “She’s going to be leaving the service of her country and going into the private sector, I guess you could say going back to Arkansas … If you can get her to run for the governor of Arkansas, I think she’ll do very well,” as Sanders stood beside him.
Sanders will have time to make a final decision on her political future, as the next gubernatorial election is not until 2022, when Hutchinson finishes his final term.