Sarah Palin was born in Idaho in 1964, and her family moved to Alaska when she was a baby. She is the daughter of 2 teachers and excelled both in and out of the classroom. She was active in many clubs and went on to attend the University of Idaho and majored in journalism. In the late 80's she married her high school sweetheart, Todd Palin.
After returning back to Alaska, Palin served on the City Council for 4 years in Wasilla, Alaska. In 1996 she became the mayor of her hometown and held true to her promise to reduce spending and taxes. She reduced her own salary and property taxes by 60% and in 1999 won re-election as Mayor of Wasilla with a bigger margin than in '96. After being defeated in the Leuitenant Governor election in 2002, and being passed up to replace the winner as a Senator, Palin was appointed the Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. She served only a year before resigning because she felt her fellow Republicans were acting unethically. After her resignation she started an investigation and some of the politicians were forced to pay fines and resigned.
In 2006 Mrs. Palin decided to run again for Governor, and she declared her 3 main priorities were education, public safety, and transportation. She received hardly any support from her own party, but still managed to defeat the Democrat Governor, Tony Knowles. In December of 2006, Sarah Palin became the youngest Alaskan Governor and the first woman Governor of Alaska. Throughout her term as Governor, Sarah has worked diligently to rid her party of unethical leaders and working to reduce Alaska's reliance on "federal dollars" and working to making the state more "self-sufficient".
Gov. Palin is pro-life and opposes same sex marriage. However, she supports same-sex benefits under the law. Palin's office is under investigation as to whether or not she abused her power in firing an official, but as of yet no charges have been filed and her office is said to be very cooperative in releasing files and anything else requested.
Gov. Palin and her husband have 5 children, from 18 years old to 4 months old. Her oldest, a son, will be deployed to Iraq in September of 2008. Her youngest, and only other son, was determined to have Down Syndrome early in the pregnancy, and pro-life groups applaud her for choosing to have her son. The Palin's have been very involved in their childrens' lives, including being PTA members and team coaches. Sarah is also a NRA member. She is a woman who has posed to Vogue magazine, but also ice fishes. She can dress up and go to a formal dinner, but still hold her own with the men.
On August 30, 2008, Republican Presidental nominee, John McCain announced he was choosing Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. She is the1st woman to ever be nominated for a presidental ticket in the Republican party, and the 2nd in history(the first was chosen by the Democrat party in the late 80's).
--the info here is taken from wikipedia, but I did not copy it word for word--
"Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is worthy to be praised. -Proverbs 31:30"
