She is frequently the target of "tolerant liberals" for her physical appearance (Chelsea Handler frequently does this) and her treatment of the hostile [[lamestream media]]. She was even criticized for a picture of a home-made pie by liberals who insisted that it was a stock photo.
In 2020 she announced her candidacy for Governor of Arkansas (, ahead of the current Governor is term-limited expiration of incumbent governor [[Asa Hutchinson]]'s second and will have to leave office in 2023)final term. As Arkansas is now a solidly Republican state, her main challenge was to win the primaries. Having maintained a decisive lead during the first stages of campaigning, she won the state's primary election on May 24, 2022.<ref>https://nypost.com/2022/05/24/ex-trump-press-sec-sarah-sanders-wins-gop-primary-for-arkansas-gov/</ref> Should she win, she would become the first female Governor of the state, she and her father would be the first parent/child duo to have served, and she would be only the second family member of a prior Governor to also serve (following the brothers James and Elias Conway).
==Early Life==