Palin, Sarah Heath

Palin, Sarah Heath

▪ American politician
née  Sarah Louise Heath 
born Feb. 11, 1964, Sandpoint, Idaho, U.S.
 
 American politician who served as governor of Alaska (2006– ) and who was selected by John McCain (McCain, John) to serve as his vice-presidential running mate in the 2008 presidential election. She was the first woman to appear on a Republican (Republican Party) presidential ticket. For coverage of the 2008 election, see United States Presidential Election of 2008.

      Palin was less than a year old when her family relocated to Skagway, Alaska. She completed a degree in communications at the University of Idaho (1987) before returning to Alaska to work as a sports reporter at an Anchorage television station. Palin entered politics in 1992 with a seat on the Wasilla city council, and four years later she launched a successful campaign to become that city's mayor. During her six years in office as mayor, she ushered through a series of infrastructure improvements funded by a sales tax increase, and the city's operating budget soared.

  In 2002 she campaigned for the Republican nomination for the office of lieutenant governor of Alaska. Although she was ultimately unsuccessful, Palin elevated her profile within the party, and she was appointed to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission by newly elected Republican Governor Frank Murkowski. Palin's time on the commission was short-lived, however. She resigned after encountering resistance to her investigation of Randy Ruedrich, the state Republican Party chair and a fellow commissioner; Ruedrich later admitted to ethics violations. In 2004 Palin further distanced herself from the party when she joined Democratic lawmakers in their call for an investigation of the Alaska attorney general, who had close ties to Murkowski. This and other issues hurt Murkowski politically, and Palin challenged him for the Republican nomination for governor in August 2006. She defeated him handily, winning 51 percent of the votes in a three-way race, before moving on to a comfortable victory in the general election three months later. Palin became the youngest governor in Alaska's history, as well as the first woman to hold that post. In August 2008 she emerged from a field of higher-profile candidates when John McCain chose her to be his running mate in that year's presidential election. Palin was a surprise pick that caught many off guard, and she quickly energized the party's conservative base, although critics questioned her readiness to assume the office of the vice presidency. On November 4 the McCain-Palin ticket was defeated by Obama and his running mate, Joe Biden (Biden, Joe).
 

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