Arkansan Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as a senior adviser to Donald Trump, has been named the president-elect’s deputy White House press secretary.
Sanders, the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, was among White House staff named Thursday, a day before Trump takes office. She was also named deputy assistant to the president.
Throughout Trump's presidential campaign, Sanders became a prominent supporter of the New York businessman and television personality, often defending him on cable news networks via satellite from Little Rock, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette previously reported.
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Her work with his campaign came after serving on the campaign trail for her father, who dropped out of the 2016 presidential race in February.