Sarah Palin In Carson City

11th Governor of Alaska

Incumbent
Assumed office December 4, 2006
Lieutenant Sean Parnell
Preceded by Frank Murkowski

Chairperson, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
In office 2003 – 2004
Preceded by Camille Oechsli Taylor
Succeeded by John K. Norman

Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska
In office 1996 – 2002
Preceded by John Stein
Succeeded by Dianne M. Keller

Member of the Wasilla City Council
In office 1992 – 1996

Born February 11, 1964 (1964-02-11) (age 44), Sandpoint, Idaho, U.S.
Political party Republican (1982 - Present)
Spouse Todd Palin (since 1988)
Children Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, Trig
Residence Wasilla, Alaska
Profession Sportscaster, Homemaker, Politician
Religion Non-denominational Christian
Website Alaska Governor Sarah Palin

Sarah Louise Heath Palin (born February 11, 1964) is the governor of Alaska and the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election.

She was a member of the Wasilla, Alaska, city council from 1992 to 1996 and mayor from 1996 to 2002. After an unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor of Alaska in 2002, she chaired the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004. She was elected governor of Alaska in November 2006 by defeating the incumbent governor in the Republican primary and a former two-term Democratic governor in the general election. She is the youngest person to have been elected to the position, and is Alaska's first female governor.

On August 29, 2008, Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain announced he had chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate. She was nominated at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Palin is the first woman to run on the Republican Party's presidential ticket, and the first Alaskan of either major party.

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