Sarah Palin


Political News Commentator

About

Also Known As
Sarah Louise Palin
Birth Place
Sandpoint, Idaho, USA
Born
February 11, 1964

Biography

Life Events

1984

Won the Miss Wasilla pageant and finished third in the Miss Alaska pageant

1992

Member of the Wasilla City Council

1996

Served as Mayor of Wasilla, AK

2002

Ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Alaska

2003

Appointed to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

2006

Became Alaska's first female governor, at the age of 42

2008

Announced on August 29 that Republican presidential candidate John McCain had chosen Palin as his running mate

2008

Made an appearance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," after she had been parodied several times by Tina Fey

2008

Selected as one of America¿s "Top 10 Most Fascinating People" of 2008 for a Barbara Walters ABC special

2009

Released her memoir Going Rogue: An American Life, in which she details her private and political career

2010

Hosted a show on the Discovery Channel called, "Sarah Palin's Alaska"; produced by Mark Bennett

2010

Hosted the Fox News segment "Real American Stories"

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