(CNN) Sarah Sanders, President Donald Trump's former press secretary, is expected to announce Monday that she is running for governor of Arkansas, a source familiar with the plan told CNN. Sanders has been seen as a likely candidate ever since she left the White House in the summer of 2019 . Asa Hutchinson, the current governor of Arkansas, is term limited. While the state has elected Democrats in recent history -- from former governor and President Bill Clinton to former Sen. Mark Pryor more recently -- Arkansas has politically veered right over the last decade. Sanders began considering running for governor before she left the White House in 2019.

Source: CNN January 25, 2021 01:36 UTC