Sarah Palin is an American politician, author, and television personality, who was Senator John McCain’s running mate in the 2008 presidential election.
Sarah Palin biography
Born February 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho. Sarah’s father, Charles, was a science teacher while her mother, Sally, was a school secretary.
As a young woman, Sarah boasted impressive looks, and after high school in 1984, she won the Miss Wasilla beauty pageant and was a runner-up in the Miss Alaska Pageant, winning the title of “Miss Congeniality”.
After graduating from college, Sarah gave it a try before eventually entering politics. In 1992, Palin, a Republican candidate, won a seat on the Wasilla City Council.
His policies advocated lower taxes by opposing tax hikes. Four years later, she was elected mayor of Wasilla. She defeated John Stein, who was incumbent and had served in three consecutive roles. During her time as mayor, she cut property taxes, raised the city’s sales tax by half a percent, and invested in public safety.
In 2002, Sarah Palin challenged incumbent Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski for the Republican nomination, but lost by less than 2,000 votes. In 2006, on the second attempt, Palin won the Republican gubernatorial primary, beating incumbent President Murkowski.
Sarah Palin won the November 2006 legislative election, beating former Democratic Governor Tony Knowles. With her victory, she etched her name in the history books as the first female governor. She was also the youngest governor in Alaskan history.
In the 2008 presidential race, Senator John McCain selected Governor Sarah Palin as vice president and was nominated September 4 at the Republican National Convention. With her nomination, Palin made history as the second woman to run for vice president on America’s major party slate and the first Republican vice-presidential candidate.
Education
Sarah Palin attended high school at Wasilla High School. She was on the school running and basketball team and co-captain of the team that won the Alaska Championship in 1982.
After high school, Sarah’s nomadic college career spanned four different universities in six years. First, in 1982, she was admitted to the University of Hawaii, Hilo, where, for undisclosed reasons, she only spent a few weeks. Sarah moved to Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu where she spent a semester in the fall of 1982 studying business administration.
She moved to North Idaho College, a community college in Coeur d’Alene, for the spring and fall semesters of 1983 where she was a general studies student. Although he did not earn a degree here, in 2008 the institution awarded Palin Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.
In August 1984, she was on the move again and enrolled at the University of Idaho. Palin returned to the University of Idaho in January 1986 and this time attended three more semesters; spring 1986, fall 1986 and spring 1987. She graduated in journalism and communication in May 1987.
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husband, son, daughter
Sarah is married to Todd Palin. The duo met at Wasilla High School. Their romantic relationship blossomed early on and they eloped in August 1988. Todd is a production supervisor for the oilfields. He worked for eighteen years for the oil company BP in the North Slope oil fields in Alaska.
Todd is also a commercial fisherman. Mr. Palin is also a four-time champion of the Tesoro Iron Dog Snowmobile Race, the longest snowmobile race in the world.
The couple are blessed with five children Charles James, Bristol Sheeran Marie, Willow Bianca Faye; Piper Indy Grace and Trig Paxson Van with Down syndrome. They also have five grandchildren.
In December 2017, the couple’s first son, Trackattacked and beat his father Todd in a domestic violence case. Track, a US Army veteran broke into the family home after having a disagreement with his father over a truck. He entered through a window, disarmed his father, physically abused his father, leaving him with head injuries and bruises. Sarah called the police to calm the situation, after which Track was taken away and charged with felony, first degree burglary and fourth degree assault.
The couple’s daughter Bristol was the subject of National headlines when it was announced that she was pregnant out of wedlock. This was partly due to Sarah Palin’s conservative views on birth control and abortion.
Net value
Sarah Palin has had a career that spans various spheres. She is an author, television personality, politician and policy analyst. She is the author of Going Rogue: An American Life, I Hope Like Heck, Sweet Freedom: Devotion, Good News, and Great Joy. Due to his various sources of income, his net worth is put at $12 million