11th Governor of Alaska;Chairperson, Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission;Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska;City Council Member, Wasilla, Alaska
Residence :
Wasilla, Alaska
Age :
44
Spouse :
Todd Palin
Children :
Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, Trig
Religion :
Pentecostal
Sarah Palin Trivia -
She is the Governor of Alaska, 2006-present.
On August 29, 2008 she was announced as John McCain's running mate for the 2008 presidential election.
She is the second woman, after Geraldine A. Ferraro in 1984, to run on a major party presidential ticket.
She announced by John McCain as his vice-presidential running mate, the first female vice-presidential candidate in the history of the Repulican party. The announcement fell on McCain's 72nd birthday and Palin's 20th wedding anniversary. (29 August 2008).
Elected mayor of Wasilla, Alaska in 1996, and the state's first female governor in 2006.
She is descended from 10 Mayflower passengers.
She is of English, German, Irish and Dutch descent.
Her youngest child has Down's Syndrome.
Daughter of Charles Richard "Chuck" Heath (b. Los Angeles County, California, 24 Mar 1938) and wife Sarah "Sally" Sheeran (b. Richland, Washington, 26 Oct 1940).
She was crank-called days before Election Week by Canadian radio station CKOI, in Montreal, QC. During the 4-5 minute conversation, she was led to believe she was speaking with French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
She is the mother of Bristol Palin.
Sarah Palin resigned as Alaska governor on July 26, 2009 with more than a year left in her first term.
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Sarah Palin Detailed Biography -
Born on February 11, 1964, Sarah Palin is the governor of Alaska and the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the United States' presidential election of 2008.
Sarah Palin has served two terms on the Wasilla, Alaska city council from years 1992 to 1996, then also won two terms as mayor of Wasilla from years 1996 to 2002. After an unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor of Alaska in the year 2002, she chaired and served as Ethics Supervisor of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004.
Being elected as governor of Alaska in November 2006, Sarah Palin became the first woman and the youngest person to hold the office. She defeated incumbent governor Frank Murkowski in the Republican primary and former Democratic governor Tony Knowles in the general election.
On August 29, 2008, Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain has made the announcement that he has chosen Palin as his running mate. She was nominated at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is interesting to note that Sarah Palin is the first Alaskan to run on a major party's presidential ticket. She is also the second woman to appear on a major-party ticket, as well as the first Republican woman to do so.
