Firs i want to say im happy to be here . ok im Sarah Louise Heath Palin (pronounced /ˈpeɪlɨn/; but you can call me sweet cheeks..i was born February 11, 1964) and im the governor of the U.S. state of Alaska and is the Republican Party vice-presidential nominee for the United States presidential election of 2008.I moved to Alaska with my family in 1964, when my parents came to teach school. i have lived in Skagway, Eagle River and Wasilla. I graduated from Wasilla High School in 1982. and i attended the University of Idaho where I received in 1987 a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism. In 1988, im married to Todd Palin who I met in high school. I have five children – Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig. i Am active as a sports team mom, coaching basketball and volunteering on the PTA.i was a member of the Wasilla, Alaska city council from 1992 to 1996 and mayor from 1996 to 2002. After an unsuccessful campaign for lieutenant governor of Alaska in 2002, she chaired the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004. I was elected governor of Alaska in November 2006 by defeating the incumbent governor in the Republican primary and then defeating a former two-term Democratic governor in the general election. Im the first female governor of Alaska, and the youngest person elected to the position.On August 29, 2008, presidential candidate John McCain announced he had chosen me as his running mate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. I was formally nominated at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota. im the first woman to run on the Republican Party's presidential ticket and the first Alaskan nominee of either major party