a co-owner of a 26-seat restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, from Washington, D.C., asked Sanders to leave the restaurant because she worked for the Trump administration, giving rise to the Red Hen restaurant controversy. Sanders was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer in September 2022. She had surgery to remove her thyroid and the surrounding lymph nodes. Electoral history References External links |- |- |- |- |- |- 1982 births 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians American political consultants George W. Bush administration personnel Republican Party governors of Arkansas Little Rock Central High School alumni Living people Mike Huckabee Ouachita Baptist University alumni Politicians from Little Rock, Arkansas Trump administration personnel White House Press Secretaries Women in Arkansas politics Women state governors of the United States