Palin played flute in the junior high band. They relocated to Eagle River, Anchorage in 1969, and settled in Wasilla, Alaska in 1972. When Palin was a few months old, the family moved to Skagway, Alaska, where her father had been hired to teach. Palin is of English, Irish, and German ancestry. Palin's siblings are Chuck Jr., Heather, and Molly. "Chuck" Heath (born 1938), a science teacher and track-and-field coach. Palin was born in Sandpoint, Idaho, the third of four children (three daughters and one son) of Sarah "Sally" Heath (née Sheeran 1940–2021), a school secretary, and Charles R. 6.9 2022 House of Representatives candidacy.6.7 2016 Presidential election endorsement.6.6 2014 Alaska gubernatorial election endorsement.6.5 2012 election cycle and candidacy speculation.4.4.3 Alaska Personnel Board investigation and report.4.4 Public Safety Commissioner dismissal.4.1 Budget, spending, and federal funds.On April 1, 2022, Palin announced that she would run for Alaska's at-large congressional seat that was vacated after the death of Congressman Don Young. Her book Going Rogue has sold more than two million copies.
From 2014 to 2015, she oversaw a short-lived subscriber-based online TV channel, the Sarah Palin Channel, via TAPP TV. She hosted TLC's Sarah Palin's Alaska in 2010–11 and Amazing America with Sarah Palin on the Sportsman Channel in 2014–15. From 2010 to 2015, she provided political commentary for Fox News. Since her resignation as governor, she has endorsed and campaigned for the Tea Party movement as well as several candidates in multiple election cycles, prominently including Donald Trump for president in 2016. The McCain-Palin ticket lost the 2008 election to the Democratic Party's then-U.S. She was the first Republican female vice presidential nominee and the second female vice presidential nominee of a major party, after Geraldine Ferraro in 1984. Palin was nominated for the vice presidency at the 2008 Republican National Convention, shortly after her selection was announced by McCain's campaign. Immense legal fees incurred by Palin and the state to fight ethics investigations led to her resignation in 2009. In 2006, she became the youngest person and the first woman to be elected governor of Alaska. In 2003, after an unsuccessful run for lieutenant governor, she was appointed chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, responsible for overseeing the state's oil and gas fields for safety and efficiency.
Palin was elected to the Wasilla city council in 1992 and became mayor of Wasilla in 1996. She was the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee alongside U.S.
Sarah Louise Palin ( / ˈ p eɪ l ɪ n/ ( listen) née Heath born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, commentator, author, and reality television personality who served as the 9th governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009.