.SarahHuckabee taps Arkansas finance czar for vacant state treasurer post
on Thursday named Arkansas' top finance official, Larry Walther, to serve as state treasurer.
Sanders appointed Walther, the secretary of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, to fill the vacancy created by Treasurer Mark Lowery's death last week. Lowery, a Republican, died after suffering two strokes over the past several months.Walther will serve in the post until 2025, when a newly elected state treasurer will take office.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of Arkansas, speaks while unveiling the Arkansas LEARNS education bill at the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. "We need a steady hand and a savvy head for business to oversee our state’s investments, and Larry has both," Sanders said.
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