Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has raised $9.1million in her bid to become Arkansas' next governor, according to her campaign.
Her total so far is $7.7 million more than her nearest fundraising rival in the race for Arkansas governor, Attorney General and fellow Republican Leslie Rutledge.
Much of Huckabee's funds are coming from out of state, thanks to fans she won over while serving as Donald Trump's press secretary between July 2017 and July 2019.
She raised $721,000 from Florida donors, $705,000 from Texans, $324,000 from Californians and $292,000 from Tennessee.
The three highest grossing candidates running in the 2022 race to succeed current Governor Asa Hutchinson: Huckabee Sanders, Rutledge and Chris Jones account for 99.8 percent of all fundraising.
Though Sanders is technically one of seven candidates running for the hot seat, she has drawn nearly 82 percent of all campaign contributions from both the Republican and Democratic party so far, according to the Arkansas secretary of state's office.
Her father Mike Huckabee served as Governor of Arkansas between 1996 and 2007.
Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders' (pictured) campaign says she has raised over $9 million in her bid to be Arkansas' next governor
Leslie Rutledge (pictured), Arkansas' Attorney General, is a more local face that is also involved in the gubernatorial race, and has raised close to $1.5 million
Chris Jones (right) is the leading Democratic candidate for Arkansas' 2022 election. He has raised close to $600,000
Rutledge comes in second at about 13 percent, with $1.46 million.
Jones, a nuclear engineer and ordained minister, is third with 5.2 percent as his donations stand at $587,247.
The four other candidates for governor report have collected than $10,000 each.
However, never has there been a larger amount of out-of-state money involved in the Arkansas gubernatorial race until now.
More than half of donations raised by 39 year-old Huckabee Sanders, a married mom of three children, have come from elsewhere than Arkansas.
About $3 of every $5 she's raised come from out-of-state residents and in many cases, don't necessarily have an affiliation with Arkansas.
Jeff Alling, a general contractor, donated $200 earlier this year to the Huckabee Sanders campaign. He is listed as living in North Pole, Alaska. He said that Huckabee Sanders got his vote due to her 'clear-headed thinking' as press secretary for former President Donald Trump.
He added that he's a fan of her father, former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and that his vote would count down the line, 'five, 10, 20 years in the future' because he reckons Sanders has 'a chance at a higher position in our government.'
Huckabee Sanders' donors also include executives from big money corporations, such as Kenny Troutt of Dallas, a telecommunications company founder and owner of 2018 Triple Crown-winning racehorse Justify.
The billionaire and regular donor to the Republican party gave a $11,200 check for Huckabee Sanders' campaign to cash in.
Besides Troutt, well-known, out-of-state contributors include Thomas Monaghan of Ann Arbor, Michigan, founder of Domino's Pizza. He donated $5,600 to
