Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin's political career

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  • Oct. 29, 2008: Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks a Xunlight Corporation in Toledo, Ohio.
  • Oct. 30, 2008: Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin points as she speaks to cheering supporters in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
  • Oct. 29, 2008: Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is cheered on by by Joe Wurzelbacher, also known as 'Joe the Plumber', as she speaks at a rally at Bowling Green University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
  • Oct. 28, 2008: Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaks to her supporters at a rally at Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, Pa.
  • Oct. 28, 2008: Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, and Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., listen as McCain addresses supporters during a campaign rally in Hershey, Pa.
  • Oct. 27, 2008: Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets the crowd at a campaign rally in Leesburg, Va.
  • Oct. 22, 2008: Piper Palin leans into her mother Republican vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, as Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at a rally at Green Memorial Stadium in Green, Ohio.
  • Oct. 22, 2008: Republican vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, winks to the crowd during a rally at the Air 10 Jet Center, Hangar C, in Cincinnati.
  • Oct. 18, 2008: In this image from television Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin appears with Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michaels in the opening sketch as they watch Tina Fey, in character as Palin, give a mock news conference during the show in New York.
  • Oct. 18, 2008: Republican vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin campaigns in Lancaster, Pa.
  • Oct. 18, 2008: Republican vice-presidential candidate, Gov. Sarah Palin enters a rally with her infant son, Trig, in Lancaster, Pa.
  • Oct. 18, 2008: Republican vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, hugs a supporter during a campaign rally in Lancaster, Pa.
  • Oct. 17, 2008: Republican vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets supporters after speaking at a campaign stop in Noblesville.
  • Oct. 16, 2008: Republican vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaks at a campaign stop at the Bangor Airport in Bangor, Maine. Palin's campaign plane is seen in the background.
  • Oct. 15, 2008: In this photo released by the McCain 2008 campaign, Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband Todd Palin watch the final presidential debate from their hotel room in Manchester, N.H.
  • Oct. 11, 2008: Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a lips poster during a campaign stop in Johnstown, Pa.
  • Oct. 10, 2008: State Sen. Kim Elton, D-Juneau, chairman of a joint Legislative Council, right, talks with vice-chair Rep. Nancy Dahlstrom, R-Anchorage, at the Legislative Information Building in Anchorage, Alaska as Alaska lawmakers announce the release of the ethics report on Gov. Sarah Palin's abuse of power investigation. The chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper.
  • Oct. 11, 2008: Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, second from right, joins Cathy O'Connell, from Erdenheim, Pa., to drop the ceremonial puck between New York Rangers' Scott Gomez, left, and Philadelphia Flyers' Mike Richards, right, before the start of an NHL hockey game in Philadelphia.
  • Oct. 8, 2008: Supporters watch as Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, legs visible in foreground, participate in a rally in Bethlehem, Pa.
  • Oct. 7, 2008: Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaks at Minges Coliseum on the campus of East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.
  • Oct. 2, 2008: Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., left, and Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as they shake hands before the start of the vice presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
  • Sept. 3, 2008: Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin makes a point during her speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.
  • Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, then Sarah Heath, holds shrimp her father caught in Skagway, Alaska where her father, Chuck, was a school teacher for 5 years in this undated family photo.
  • Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, then Sarah Heath, shown in Alaska in this undated family photo.
  • Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, then Sarah Heath, shown in an undated family photo in Fireweed, Alaska.
  • Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, then Sarah Heath, right, shown with her sister Molly in an undated family photo.
  • Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, then Sarah Heath, holds the 1980-1981 Wasilla High School Girl's Cross Country Running championship trophy in Wasilla, Alaska, in this family photo.
  • Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, then Sarah Heath, shown in Alaska in an undated family photo.
  • Sarah Heath as a contestant in the Miss Wasilla beauty pageant in 1984.
  • Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, then Sarah Heath, skis in this undated family photo.
  • Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, then Sarah Heath, with two Ptarmigan she shot as the family dog Rufus checks them out in Wasilla, Alaska, in this undated family photo.
  • Gov. Sarah Palin and one of her daughters pose with a caribou the Republican shot in Alaska in this undated family photo.
  • Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is shown in her dorm room at the University of Idaho in this undated family photo.
  • Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin runs the Hatcher Pass foot race in Wasilla, Alaska, in this undated family photo.
  • Sarah Palin, center, with the Wasilla, Alaska, City Council in this 1998 family photo.
  • Sarah Palin at her Wasilla, Alaska, City Council desk in this family photo.
  • Nov. 6, 2006: Republican gubernatorial candidate Sarah Palin and her daughter Piper wave campaign signs in Anchorage, Alaska.
  • Aug. 22, 2006: Sarah Palin stands in the rain in Anchorage, Alaska, with supporters as she campaigns for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in the primary election.
  • April 2, 2006: Sarah Palin listens to Department of Revenue Commissioner Pat Galvin during an impromptu news conference special session on the Petroleum Production Tax, in Juneau, Alaska.
  • Aug. 3, 2007: Sarah Palin answers questions during a news conference on the upcoming special session on the Petroleum Production Tax, as Commissioner of the Department of Revenue Pat Galvin listens, in Juneau, Alaska.
  • Oct. 23, 2006: Republican gubernatorial candidate Sarah Palin smiles during a candidate forum in Anchorage, Alaska.
  • Aug. 29, 2008: Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her husband Todd wave as she was introduced as vice presidential running mate for Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain. Center is their daughter Piper.
  • Dec. 8, 2006: Sarah Palin and her daughters Bristol, Piper and Willow inspect the Governor's Mansion in Juneau, Alaska, after her inauguration.
  • Dec. 4, 2006: Sarah Palin, her husband, Todd, and daughters Bristol, 16, and Piper, 5, stand as the colors are retired at the end of an inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Sept. 15, 2006: Sarah Palin meets with the media in Juneau, Alaska.
  • Nov. 7, 2006: Governor-elect Sarah Palin holds her daughter, Piper, as she watches the gubernatorial polling results in Anchorage, Alaska.
  • Dec. 4, 2006: Sarah Palin holds daughter Piper, 5, during the benediction at her inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Dec. 4, 2006: Gov. Sarah Palin signs her oath of office document as Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, left, and Superior Court Judge Niesje Steinkruger look on after a swearing-in ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • March 18, 2008: Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin greets U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski with a hug at the governor's mansion, in Juneau.
  • Dec. 4, 2006: Todd Palin holds the Bible for his wife, Sarah, as she is sworn in as Alaska's governor during an inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • July 29, 2008: Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to reporters regarding the indictment of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens in her Capitol office in Juneau, Alaska.
  • July 22, 2007: Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is assisted by Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm and her son, Jack Granholm, 9, while measuring siding for a Habitat for Humanity home during the National Governors Association meeting in Acme, Mich.
  • Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, seen in an undated photo.
  • Sept. 26, 2007: Gov. Sarah Palin holds a salmon caught while setnetting with her family in the Bristol Bay region.
  • Jan. 20, 2007: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin dances with her husband, Todd, at the inaugural ball in Juneau, Alaska.
  • Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin shown with her family in their official portrait.
  • A 'gun-shooting, hockey playing' women, Sarah Palin was only elected governor in 2006, but is considered a popular, staunchly conservative force of political change in Alaskan politics.
  • Dec. 8, 2006: Gov. Sarah Palin smiles to a group of Juneau residents standing on the Capitol steps to welcome her as she arrives in Juneau, Alaska, for the first time since her inauguration.
  • July 29, 2008: Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to reporters regarding the indictment of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens in her Capitol office in Juneau, Alaska.
  • Aug. 13, 2008: Gov. Sarah Palin is seen during a press conference in Anchorage, Alaska. Palin has been named the candidate for Sen. John McCain's vice presidential choice.
  • Aug. 14, 2008: First-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks in her office in Anchorage, Alaska.
  • July 29, 2008: Gov. Sarah Palin speaks to reporters regarding the indictment of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens in her Capitol office in Juneau, Alaska.
  • Sarah Palin, nee Sarah Heath, hockey mom, Governor of Alaska, and now Republican vice president candidate.
  • Aug. 31, 2008: Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., listens as running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and supporters applaud during a campaign unity rally in O'Fallon, Mo.
  • Aug. 31, 2008: Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin looks for her vehicle after arriving on a chartered plane with Cindy McCain at the Minneapolis International Airport in Bloomington, Minn.
  • Aug. 31, 2008: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves at the crowd as she is introduced to her party as their vice presidential candidate in Dayton, Ohio. With her are two of her five children and her husband, Todd.
  • Aug. 29, 2008: The Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, hugs Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin after she addressed her party for the first time as their vice presidential candidate. The 44 year old was announced as McCain's running mate on his 72nd birthday and her wedding anniversary to husband Todd.
  • May 28, 2008: Sarah Palin talks with her husband, Todd, as they listen to state Revenue Commissioner Pat Galvin speak in Anchorage, Alaska. Palin, 42, is the first female and youngest governor of Alaska and now the first female vice presidential candidate in Republican Party history.
  • Aug. 29, 2008: Republican presidential candidate and his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, appear together onstage during his 'Road to the Convention Rally' at the Erwin J. Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio.
  • Aug. 29, 2008: Fellow Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin appear together onstage during the 'Road to the Convention Rally' at the Erwin J. Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio. McCain introduced Palin as his running mate at the event.
  • Aug. 29, 2008: Sarah Palin speaks after John McCain introduced her as his vice presidential running mate at the Ervin J. Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio.
  • Aug. 29, 2008: Sarah Palin and John McCain embrace during the announcement of the Alaska governor's nomination as a vice presidential candidate.
  • Aug. 31, 2008: Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, acknowledge the cheers of supporters during a campaign rally in O'Fallon, Mo.