Sarah Huckabee Sanders projected to be first female governor of Arkansas

CBS News projects that Sarah Huckabee Sanders has won the Arkansas gubernatorial race, which would make her the first female governor of the state. 

Sanders, who served as White House press secretary from 2017 to 2019, announced her bid to replace Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson in January. Hutchinson could not run again due to term limits. 

During her campaign, Sanders said she was running to defend the "right to be free of socialism and tyranny," and to protect the Second Amendment, freedom of speech and religious liberty.