Profile
Sarah Palin
Governor of Alaska
Female
Born
Feb 11, 1964
Age
49
Hometown
Sandpoint, Idaho
Political Party
Republican Party
Religion
Non Denominationa...
Nationality
American
Alma Mater
University of Idaho
Other Names
Heath, Sarah Loui...
Sarah Louise Palin /ˈpeɪlɪn/ is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican… Read More
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Romance
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Brad HansonDated 1996 - 1997
Family
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Sarah Palin
Age 49
parents
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Charles R. HeathFather
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Sarah HeathMother
siblings
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Molly Heath McCannSister
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Chuck HeathBrother
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Heather BruceSister
children
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Track PalinSon, Age 24
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Trig PalinSon, Age 5
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Piper PalinDaughter
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Willow PalinDaughter
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Nra Convention Wraps Up In HoustonHuffington Post - May 05, 2013
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Palin: Obama ‘exploiting Tragedy,’ Using Sandy Hook Families As ‘backdrops’Seattle Pi - May 04, 2013
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Palin: Politicians Exploit EmotionsCNN- Cafferty File - May 03, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1964
Birth
Born on February 11, 1964.
TEENAGE
During her senior year, she was co-captain and point guard of the basketball team that won the 1982 Alaska state championship, earning the nickname "Sarah Barracuda" for her competitive streak.
TWENTIES
In 1984, Palin won the Miss Wasilla beauty pageant, then finished third in the Miss Alaska pageant.
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1986
22 Years Old
Palin returned to the University of Idaho in January 1986, and received her bachelor's degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism in May 1987.
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1988
24 Years Old
On August 29, 1988, she eloped at age 24 with her high school sweetheart, Todd Palin.
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She was elected to Wasilla City Council in 1992 and became mayor of Wasilla in 1996.
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THIRTIES
Concerned that revenue from a new Wasilla sales tax would not be spent wisely, Palin ran for mayor of Wasilla in 1996, defeating incumbent mayor John Stein 651 to 440 votes.
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1999
35 Years Old
She was elected president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors in 1999.
2002
38 Years Old
In 2002, Palin ran for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, coming in second to Loren Leman in a five-way Republican primary. Following her defeat, she campaigned throughout the state for the nominated Republican governor-lieutenant governor ticket of Frank Murkowski and Leman. Murkowski and Leman won, Murkowski resigned from his long-held U.S. Senate seat in December 2002 to assume the governorship.
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Governor Murkowski offered other jobs to Palin, and in February 2003, she accepted an appointment to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which oversees Alaska's oil and gas fields for safety and efficiency.
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FORTIES
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In November 2006, the month before Palin took office, Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski’s job approval rating was 19%.
Polls taken in 2007 showed her with 93% and 89% popularity among all voters, which led some media outlets to call her "the most popular governor in America."
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As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice presidency.
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Palin was the first guest on commentator Glenn Beck's Fox News television show on January 19, 2009, commenting on Barack Obama that he would be her president and that she would assist in any way to bring progress to the nation without abandoning her conservative views.
On February 6, 2010, Palin appeared as the keynote speaker at the inaugural Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tennessee.
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During March 2011, Palin and her husband toured India at the invitation of Indian newsmagazine India Today, subsequently visiting Israel.
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