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Sarah Louise Palin pronounced /ˈpeɪlɨn listen née Heath; born February 11, 1964 is an American politician, author, speaker, and political news commentator who was the youngest person and the first woman elected Governor of Alaska, as well as the 6th Alaska governor to resign since 1906. Chosen by Republican Party presidential candidate John McCain in August 2008 to be his running mate in that year's presidential election,she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party, as well as the first female vice-presidential nominee of the Republican Party. Speculation that she would run for U.S. president in 2012 began when it appeared the 2008 McCain–Palin ticket was going to be defeated
Before she was elected governor, she was a member of the Wasilla, Alaska City Council from 1992 to 1996, and the city's mayor from 1996 to 2002. After an unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor of Alaska in 2002, she chaired the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 until she resigned in 2004.
She served as governor from December 2006 until she resigned in July 2009. She cited a series of dismissed ethics complaints which she called frivolous and a desire not to become a lame duck governor as reasons for her resignation.
After leaving public office, Palin penned an autobiography, Going Rogue: An American Life, which quickly became a best-seller of more than two million copies January 2010, she began providing political commentary to the Fox News Channel under a multi-year contract became associated with the Tea Party movement and endorsed and campaigned for a number of successful candidates in the 2010 mid-term elections. She hosted her own documentary - reality show, Sarah Palin's Alaska, which aired between November 2010 and January 2011 on TLC, and authored a second book, America by Heart, which was released in November 2010
Contents
* 1 Early life and career
* 2 Early political career
o 2.1 City council
o 2.2 Mayor of Wasilla
+ 2.2.1 First term
+ 2.2.2 Second term
o 2.3 State-level politics
* 3 Governor of Alaska
o 3.1 Budget, spending, and federal funds
+ 3.1.1 Gubernatorial expenditures
+ 3.1.2 Federal funding
+ 3.1.3 Bridge to Nowhere
o 3.2 Gas pipeline
o 3.3 Predator control
o 3.4 Public Safety Commissioner dismissal
+ 3.4.1 Legislative investigation
+ 3.4.2 Branchflower Report
+ 3.4.3 Alaska Personnel Board investigation and report
o 3.5 Job approval ratings, with comparisons
o 3.6 Resignation
* 4 2008 vice-presidential campaign
* 5 After the 2008 election
o 5.1 Going Rogue and America by Heart
o 5.2 Tea Party Movement
o 5.3 "Pink Elephant" Movement and 2010 endorsements
o 5.4 Possible 2012 presidential campaign
* 6 Personal life
* 7 Political positions
* 8 Public image
* 9 Bibliography
* 10 Notes
* 11 References
* 12 External links
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