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Victoria Bekiempis

Sarah Huckabee Sanders makes a splash in Arkansas – can she climb higher?

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Arkansas’s governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, in Little Rock on 10 January 2023. Photograph: Will Newton/AP

Shortly after taking office in January, Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders launched a powerful salvo in the so-called war on woke being waged by Republicans.

Sanders, 41, signed an executive order targeting critical race theory, an academic field that probes how racism affects US society and laws. The move aligned with countrywide Republican opposition to the discipline.

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