URBANDALE,
IOWA – Sarah Huckabee Sanders is joining Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s
presidential campaign as senior political adviser. She begins her new
role in the campaign’s Iowa headquarters today, taking the lead for the
campaign on the Iowa Straw Poll effort with a focus on expanding the
campaign’s grassroots operations across the first-in-the-nation caucus
state.
“Sarah is a results-oriented person with a
great track record in Iowa and around the country,” Gov. Pawlenty said.
“We are very excited Sarah is joining our team just as we are hitting
our stride in Iowa.”
“I’m delighted to join the
Governor and First Lady in Iowa, which holds a special place in my
heart,” Sanders said. “It’s clear to me that Gov. Pawlenty has what it
takes to unite the party, unite the country and beat President Obama.”
In
2007-08, Sarah Huckabee Sanders helped lead her father, former Arkansas
Gov. Mike Huckabee, to victory in the Iowa caucuses as his national
political director. In 2010, she was campaign manager for John
Boozman’s successful U.S. Senate campaign in Arkansas. Sarah was
recently named one of TIME Magazine’s “40 under 40” and is widely
recognized to be one of the best political operatives of her
generation. Sarah is a full-time consultant with Tsamoutales
Strategies, a transnational consulting firm.