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Sarah Palin – The Alaska Governor and VP Candidate's Life in a List  
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Here is a concise list that highlights Sarah Palin’s life and career.

	Born February 11, 1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho
	Middle Name: Louise Heath
	Moved to Alaska as an infant
	As a child hunted Moose with her father and family ran 5k and 10k races
	A point guard and captain of her H.S. basketball team
	High school nickname “Sarah Baracuda” because of her intense play
	Holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from the University of Idaho
	Won the Miss Wasilla beauty contest, then finished second in the Miss Alaska pageant in 1984
	Married Todd Palin, her boyfriend since high school, on August 29, 1988
	Sarah and Todd have 5 children together
	Worked briefly as a sports reporter for local Anchorage television stations and commercial fisherwoman with her husband
	Served two terms on the Wasilla, Alaska, City Council from 1992 to 1996 on a “cut taxes” platform
	Elected and re-elected mayor of Wasilla for two three-year terms in 1996 and 1999, was also elected president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors
	Ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in 2002
	Gained attention for publicizing ethical violations by state Republican Party leaders
	Governor of Alaska, elected in 2006 after running on a “clean government” platform
	First woman governor of Alaska and youngest Alaskan governor ever
	Strongly promoted oil resource development in Alaska, but also helped pass a tax increase on oil company profits
	Announced plans to create a new sub-cabinet group of advisors, to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions within Alaska
	Successfully shelved pork-barrel projects like the Alaskan “Bridge to Nowhere”
	Dismissed Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan, which had some “abuse of power” controversy surrounding it
	Strongly pro-life and opposes same-sex marriage, but she has stated that she has gay friends and is receptive to gay and lesbian concerns about discrimination
	Now the Republican vice presidential nominee
	First female vice presidential candidate of the Republican Party

Lister: john
Source: Wikipedia

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