Arkansas Gov. Sanders offers GOP a playbook after party’s midterm rout

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Shell-shocked Republicans are looking to Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for the blueprint on how to resurrect the party after the midterm blowout.

WASHINGTON — Shell-shocked Republicans are looking to Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for the blueprint on how to resurrect the party after the midterm blowout.

Sanders scored a double-digit win over her Democratic challenger Fred Love even as other GOP strongholds toppled — and did so even while maintaining her longstanding ties to President Trump.

“I had one of the largest margins of victory of any Republican in the country — won by 15 points — so a very clear, decisive win,” she told The Post in an interview this week.

Her explanation for the victory: a focus on kitchen-table issues that matter to her constituents, in a state that ranks 47th in the country in per capita income.

“We’ve cut taxes four times, knocked 25% off the state income tax, returned a billion and a half dollars back to the people of our state. And so I think it wasn’t just oh you’re in a red state but we delivered on things that make a difference in the day-to-day lives of the people in our state,” she said.

“We’ve really focused on not just talking about what we’ve done but showing it,” she said while visiting New York to promote her new book, “Unapologetic: Clarity and Conviction in a World Gone Crazy.”

The former White House press secretary, who has advised Trump on messaging, has used high-profile moments — including her 2023 response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address — to draw a contrast between what she calls “normal” ideas and Democratic policies she brands “crazy.”

It’s a message Trump has embraced — and one Republicans could revive as they prepare to take on a Democratic-controlled Congress.

“As Democrats step in, I think you’re about to see a lot of crazy. Just listen to what they’re saying … I could be wrong, but I think they’re going to give us a reason to say, ‘Yeah, they’re crazy.'”

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