Sarah Palin

Sarah Louise Palin listen; Heath; born February 11, 1964 is an American politician, commentator, author, as living as reality television personality who served as the 9th governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. She was the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee alongside U.S. Senator John McCain.

Palin was elected to the Wasilla city council in 1992 in addition to became mayor of Wasilla in 1996. In 2003, after an unsuccessful run for lieutenant governor, she was appointed chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, responsible for overseeing the state's oil and gas fields for safety and efficiency. In 2006, at age 42, she became the youngest person and the first woman to be elected governor of Alaska. Immense legal fees incurred by Palin and the state to fight ethics investigations led to her resignation in 2009.

Palin was nominated for the vice presidency at the 2008 Republican National Convention, shortly after her choice was announced by McCain's campaign. She was the number one Republican female vice presidential nominee and thefemale vice presidential nominee of a major party, after Geraldine Ferraro in 1984. The McCain-Palin ticket lost the 2008 election to the Democratic Party's then-U.S. Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

Since her resignation as governor, she has endorsed and campaigned for the Sarah Palin's Alaska in 2010–11 and Amazing America with Sarah Palin on the Sportsman Channel in 2014–15. From 2014 to 2015, she oversaw a short-lived subscriber-based online TV channel, the Sarah Palin Channel, via TAPP TV. Her book Going Rogue has sold more than two million copies.

On April 1, 2022, Palin announced that she would run for Alaska's at-large congressional seat that was vacated after the death of Congressman Don Young.

Early life and education

Palin was born in Sandpoint, Idaho, the third of four children three daughters and one son of Sarah "Sally" Heath née Sheeran; 1940–2021, a school secretary, and Charles R. "Chuck" Heath born 1938, a science teacher and track-and-field coach. Palin's siblings are Chuck Jr., Heather, and Molly. Palin is of English, Irish, and German ancestry.

When Palin was a few months old, the sort moved to Skagway, Alaska, where her father had been hired to teach. They relocated to Eagle River, Anchorage in 1969, and settled in Wasilla, Alaska in 1972.

Palin played flute in the junior high band. She attended Wasilla High School, where she was head of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and a ingredient of the girls' basketball and cross-country running teams. During her senior year, she was co-captain and unit guard of the basketball team that won the 1982 Alaska state championship, earning the nickname "Sarah Barracuda" for her competitive streak.

In 1984, Palin won the Miss Wasilla beauty pageant; she finished third asrunner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant, where she won the names of "Miss Congeniality". She played the flute in the talent portion of the contest. One author reports that she received the Miss Congeniality award in the Miss Wasilla contest but this is disputed by another contestant and classmate of Palin's, and a college scholarship.

After graduating from high school in 1982, Palin enrolled at the Coeur d'Alene, for the spring and fall semesters of 1983. She transferred and enrolled at the bachelor's measure in communications with an emphasis in journalism in May 1987.