By SUZANNE DOWNING
Aug. 29, 2026 – Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, one of President Donald Trump’s most recognizable former White House officials, has endorsed Bernadette Wilson for governor of Alaska.
Sanders served as Trump’s White House press secretary from 2017 to 2019 and was considered one of his most trusted and effective public advocates during his first term. She was elected governor of Arkansas in 2022.
“I’m proud to endorse Bernadette Wilson for Governor of Alaska,” Sanders said. “Born and raised in Alaska, Bernadette has never wavered from her values or lost sight of what matters most. As a mother and small business owner, she brings the grit, common sense, and backbone Alaska needs in its next governor.”
Sanders is the second major national figure closely aligned with Trump to endorse Wilson. Florida Congressman Byron Donalds endorsed Wilson earlier in the campaign, describing her as a “true conservative” committed to America First principles.
Donalds is now the Republican nominee for governor of Florida after winning the Aug. 18 primary. He entered that race with Trump’s endorsement and has emerged as one of the president’s leading allies in Congress.
The political connection is unmistakable: Sanders served as Trump’s voice from the White House podium, while Donalds is in Trump’s inner circle.
The support also gives Wilson two prominent national validators as Alaska Republicans consider whether to unite behind the top Republican finisher from the Aug. 18 primary.
Wilson and her running mate, former state Sen. Mike Shower, an Air Force veteran, are campaigning as the leading Republican ticket against the Democrats advancing to Alaska’s ranked-choice general election.
“Alaskans deserve a leader who will put families first and stand firm against the radical left,” Sanders said. “Bernadette will fight for working families and take on the challenges Alaska faces without backing down. I look forward to working alongside Bernadette as we fight for our shared conservative values.”
Wilson said the endorsement demonstrates her campaign’s ability to attract support beyond Alaska.
“Governor Sanders has been an incredible leader in the Republican Party and a strong advocate for Arkansas,” Wilson said. “I am honored to receive her endorsement as we fight to strengthen Alaska. This endorsement demonstrates again our campaign’s ability to tell Alaska’s story across the country and earn the national support needed to win one of the biggest races in America.”
10 thoughts on “Breaking: Trump White House alum Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders endorses Bernadette Wilson for governor”
Good! Two straight, conservative, Christian women showing us the way. I hope women in Alaska take notice. The communists are angling to take over with homosexuals, lesbians, woke, DEI, family haters and America haters. FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!!!
Famous not-straight women Melissa Etheridge and Jodie Foster both birthed multiple babies from their tum-tums without telling us how exactly.
They would like to say by immaculate conception. Truth be told, the devil’s workshop.
Oh, no. Bernadette just lost my vote. The one thing the country ( and state ) does not need right now is another crazy Christian Zionist trying to influence local politics. One has only to look at her Israel First father, Ambassador Mike Huckabee, to see just how radical and dangerous this Dispensationalist cult is to world peace.
Then fool’s approval stings. – TS Eliot
Did Sanders talk to any Alaskans outside Bernadette’s campaign team?
Has Sarah Huckabee Sanders even visited Alaska? I indorse Dave Bronson for Governor, I was born and raised in Alaska.
I find it interesting that Suzanne is pushing hard for people to be angry at Bronson for not dropping out of the Alaska Governor race and is pushing Bernadette Wilson hard. Bernadette was one of the originators of the second try to repeal Alaska’s Ranked Choice Voting, so she should be knowledgeable on how RCV works…right? Don’t you think she’d correct her buddy Suzanne on how RCV works, instead of allowing Suzanne to be constantly putting out misinformation about how RCV works?
For your information:
RCV doesn’t split the vote – it carries it to the next upper choice that you ranked. I’ll use the governor race as an example:
First choice: Bronson
Second choice: Wilson
Third choice: whatever Republican got moved up after Begich had suspended (dropped out?) of the race.
Other candidate is the democrat.
As the initial votes are counted, the candidate with the least amount of votes at the end of round one is removed (my third choice) and those votes from that candidate are applied to Wilson’s count.
Next round of counts begin. If Wilson does not get as many votes as Bronson, then Wilson is removed from the race and all of her votes go to Bronson and increases his votes from his original count.
Bronson’s votes would be compared with the democrat’s counts to see who won the race. Hopefully, Bronson the Republican won, in part thanks to the vote being carried from the third candidate, through the second candidate and added to Bronson’s count.
Bernadette knows the skeletons in her closet won’t keep the door shut unless she’s the only candidate before us. She fooled a lot of people outside of Anchorage who didn’t know her name until she launched her Facebook page for Governor. But she can’t keep up the masquerade when she’s up against real people with integrity. You may notice, she’s not been endorsed by “we pick Nick” Begich or other prominent Alaskans in politics. Who cares what Byron and Sanders say about her?
Janiice:
How many times can one vote count?
Terrific explanation of why ranked choice voting MUST GO.