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Sarah Palin -- Governor of Alaska, VP Running Mate, & Kind of a Babe

WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 26, 2008: (FILE) Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) attends a news conference with victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill at the National Press Club February 26, 2008 in Washington, DC. A major news network says it has confirmed August 29, 2008 that Palin will be named presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain's choice for vice presidential running mate. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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**FILE** In this Dec. 13, 2007 file photo, Alaska Republican Governor, Sarah Palin, poses in her office in the Capitol, in Juneau, Alaska. John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, two senior campaign officials told The Associated Press on Friday. A formal announcement was expected within a few hours at a campaign rally in swing-state Ohio. (AP Photo/Chris Miller, File)

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Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin, right, greets U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, with a hug at the governor's mansion, in Juneau, AK Tuesday, March 18, 2008. John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, two senior campaign officials told The Associated Press on Friday. A formal announcement was expected within a few hours at a campaign rally in swing-state Ohio. (AP Photo/Chris Miller)

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**FILE** In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, left, waves after being introduced during an inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska. John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, two senior campaign officials told The Associated Press on Friday. A formal announcement was expected within a few hours at a campaign rally in swing-state Ohio. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

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**FILE** First-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks in her office in Anchorage, Alaska in a Thursday Aug. 14, 2008 file photo. Palin bas bee named as a possible wild-card candidate for John McCain's vice presidential choice. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

** FILE ** In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo, Todd Palin, right, holds the Bible for his wife, Sarah Palin, as she is sworn in as Alaska's governor during an inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska. As the political community turned desperate for any clues about the potential running mate of Republican Presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speculation moved toward several dark horse candidates including Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the so-called "hockey mom" credited with reforms of her tiny, out-of-the-way state. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

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Laurie Serino, left, talks about the high food prices with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in Barrow, Alaska on Monday, June 30, 2008. As fuel and food and prices keep climbing, state lawmakers are looking at several assistance options, including Gov. Palin's $1,200 payment to Alaska residents. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 26: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin listens to a question during a press conference with victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill at the National Press Club February 26, 2008 in Washington, DC. The press conference comes a day before Supreme Court arguments are scheduled in Baker v. Exxon, a landmark case in the ongoing battle between Alaska residents and Exxon. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 26: Steve Smith (L), a longtime Alaska fisherman, confers with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) during a press conference with victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill at the National Press Club February 26, 2008 in Washington, DC. The press conference comes a day before Supreme Court arguments are scheduled in Baker v. Exxon, a landmark case in the ongoing battle between Alaska residents and Exxon. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Sarah Palin Bio

Sarah Palin is the governor of Alaska and ran as the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 2008 election alongside John McCain. Born in Idaho in 1964, her family eventually relocated to Wasilla Alaska, where she attended high school and won the Miss Wasilla pageant. In 1984, she placed third in the Miss Alaska Pageant, for which she won a college scholarship and the "Miss Congeniality" title. Sarah Palin is married to BP employee and commercial fisherman Todd Palin, with whom she has five children.

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