Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Republican · AR · Governor of Arkansas
Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been governor of Arkansas since January 2023. The daughter of former Governor Mike Huckabee, she served as White House press secretary from 2017 to 2019.
Where Sarah Huckabee Sanders stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records), Public Education Quality (1 record),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Campaign Finance Information — Governor
Campaign Finance Information · Governor · November 3, 2026
Data last updated September 2, 2026
- Raised
- $7,870,508
- Spent
- $5,717,192
- Cash on hand
- $4,751,019
Totals are the Arkansas Secretary of State's registration figures; occupation and contribution-size breakdowns are computed from itemized receipts, so non-itemized contributions are not broken down.
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- Retired$1,179,587
- Healthcare / Medical$598,599
- Financial / Investment$566,758
- Construction Engineering$465,389
- Homemaker$401,896
Direct contributions by size
- $1,000-$4,999$6,108,986
- $500-$999$363,689
- $250-$499$161,789
- $100-$249$188,261
- $1-$99$132,944
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State · 2026 cycle · ethics-disclosures.sos.arkansas.gov
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Signed Executive Order 26-04 directing Arkansas agencies and boards to review and streamline permitting and regulatory-approval processes.
February 16, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: governor.arkansas.gov · researched August 10, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Signed Executive Order 25-07 declaring a state of emergency for severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding and directing $250,000 from the Governor's Disaster Response and Recovery Fund.
April 2, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: governor.arkansas.gov · researched August 10, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Signed Executive Order 25-07 declaring a state of emergency for severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding and directing $250,000 from the Governor's Disaster Response and Recovery Fund.
April 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: governor.arkansas.gov · researched August 10, 2026
Announced on October 31, 2024 that the state had bought an 815-acre site in rural Franklin County for $2.95 million as the location of a planned 3,000-bed state prison. The purchase drew sustained opposition from nearby residents and from some state legislators.
October 31, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: arkansasadvocate.com · researched July 3, 2026
Signed SB4 into law, clarifying Arkansas law concerning the locking of school doors and declaring an emergency.
September 14, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: governor.arkansas.gov · researched August 10, 2026
Signed the Protect Arkansas Act (Act 659 of 2023) into law on April 11, 2023. The act rewrote state sentencing and parole law so that people convicted of a listed group of the most serious violent and sexual offences, including capital murder, rape and human trafficking, must serve the full sentence with no credit toward early release, and it capped that credit at 15% of the sentence for a second group of serious felonies.
April 11, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us · researched July 3, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Signed the LEARNS Act into law on March 8, 2023. The law raised the state minimum teacher salary from $36,000 to $50,000, gave every teacher a $2,000 raise the following year, and created the Arkansas Children's Educational Freedom Account Program, which gives families state money worth up to 90% of the per-student public school funding rate to spend on private school tuition, tutoring or homeschooling.
March 8, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: arkansasadvocate.com · researched July 3, 2026
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support
Signed Act 532 of 2023 into law on April 10, 2023, cutting Arkansas income taxes. The act set the top rate for individuals, trusts and estates at 4.7% and lowered the top corporate rate from 5.3% to 5.1%.
April 10, 2023Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: arkleg.state.ar.us · researched July 3, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Signed three pieces of legislation providing $575 million in water-infrastructure development tools, including grants and expanded water-authority funding options.
April 23, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: governor.arkansas.gov · researched August 10, 2026
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Announced $149.3 million in first-round Rural Health Transformation Program grants on August 27, 2026: $55.7 million for a telehealth and health-monitoring initiative and $93.6 million for a care-coordination priority, part of $209 million the state expects to award by autumn 2026.
August 27, 2026
Source: governor.arkansas.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Signed Executive Order 26-13 on August 21, 2026, declaring a state of emergency over severe wildfires that began on August 20 and directing $250,000 from the Governor's Disaster Response and Recovery Fund to the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management.
August 21, 2026
Source: governor.arkansas.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Was inaugurated as the 47th Governor of Arkansas, becoming the first woman to serve as governor of the state.
January 10, 2023
Source: governor.arkansas.gov · researched August 10, 2026
Race Sarah Huckabee Sanders is in:
- Governor · November 3, 2026 · Arkansas · incumbent
Profile last researched August 7, 2026.