Sarah Palin

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"To help make ends meet, Chuck Heath moonlighted as a hunting and fishing guide and as a bartender, and even worked on the Alaska Railroad for a time. Sally worked as a school secretary and ran their busy household."(Ibid. p16)
 
"To help make ends meet, Chuck Heath moonlighted as a hunting and fishing guide and as a bartender, and even worked on the Alaska Railroad for a time. Sally worked as a school secretary and ran their busy household."(Ibid. p16)
  
In 1984 Sarah Heath was chosen as Miss Wasilla in a beauty pageant. "The scholarship she won did help pay for college..."(Ibid. p21) She went on to become the 1st runner-up in the Miss Alaska Pageant and received the Miss Congeniality award the same year.([http://www.missalaskapageant.com/ Miss Alaska Pageant official site])</td></tr></table>
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In 1984 Sarah Heath was chosen as Miss Wasilla in a beauty pageant. "The scholarship she won did help pay for college..."(Ibid. p21) She went on to become the 1st runner-up in the Miss Alaska Pageant and received the Miss Congeniality award the same year.([http://www.missalaskapageant.com/ Miss Alaska Pageant official site])</td></tr></table> Sarah Heath received a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987. She is married to Todd Palin, who is a lifelong Alaskan.
 
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Sarah Heath received a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987. She is married to Todd Palin, who is a lifelong Alaskan.
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In early 1996, in an article about a visit by Ivana Trump to Alaska, Sarah Palin is there stated to be a "commerical fisherman from Wasilla."  In that article Sarah stated: "We want to see Ivana, because we are so desperate in Alaska for any semblence of glamour and culture."([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=86298781&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=2 ''Daily Sitka Sentinel'', 3 Apr 1996, page 3])  Later that year Sarah was elected Mayor of Wasilla, defeating incumbent John Stein by a vote of 617-413.([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=83139530&currentResult=3&src=search&firstvisit=true ''Daily Sitka Sentinel'', 2 Oct 1996, page 19])
 
In early 1996, in an article about a visit by Ivana Trump to Alaska, Sarah Palin is there stated to be a "commerical fisherman from Wasilla."  In that article Sarah stated: "We want to see Ivana, because we are so desperate in Alaska for any semblence of glamour and culture."([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=86298781&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=2 ''Daily Sitka Sentinel'', 3 Apr 1996, page 3])  Later that year Sarah was elected Mayor of Wasilla, defeating incumbent John Stein by a vote of 617-413.([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=83139530&currentResult=3&src=search&firstvisit=true ''Daily Sitka Sentinel'', 2 Oct 1996, page 19])
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Sarah Palin was re-elected Mayor of Wasilla in 1999, again against John Stein, but in an even bigger landslide vote of 74% to 23%. "I really think the people of Wasilla are pleased with the progress that Wasilla is making", Palin said.([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=101274684&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=27 ''Daily Sitka Sentinel'', 6 Oct 1999, page 1])
 
Sarah Palin was re-elected Mayor of Wasilla in 1999, again against John Stein, but in an even bigger landslide vote of 74% to 23%. "I really think the people of Wasilla are pleased with the progress that Wasilla is making", Palin said.([http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewer.aspx?img=101274684&firstvisit=true&src=search&currentResult=27 ''Daily Sitka Sentinel'', 6 Oct 1999, page 1])
  
Todd and Sarah have five children &mdash; Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig.
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Todd and Sarah have five children &mdash; Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig. Sarah Palin was elected the first female Governor of Alaska, taking office 4 Dec 2006.  On 31 Aug 2008, Sarah was chosen by [[John McCain]], the Republican contender for U.S. President, to be his vice-Presidential running-mate.
 
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Sarah Palin was elected the first female Governor of Alaska, taking office 4 Dec 2006.
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