Sarah Palin or Sarah Louise Palin; née Heath; born February 11, 1964 is an American politician, commentator, author, and reality television personality who served as the ninth governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. Sarah Palin was the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee alongside U.S. Senator John McCain.

Palin was elected to the Wasilla city council in 1992 and became mayor of Wasilla in 1996. In 2003, after an unsuccessful run for lieutenant governor, Sarah Palin 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. In 2006, at age 42, Sarah Palin became the youngest person and the first woman to be elected governor of Alaska. Immense legal fees incurred by both Palin and the state of Alaska from her fights against ethics investigations led to her resignation in 2009.

Palin was nominated for the vice presidency at the 2008 Republican National Convention, shortly after her selection was announced by McCain's campaign. Sarah Palinwas the first Republican female vice presidential nominee and the second female vice presidential nominee of a major party, after Geraldine Ferraro in 1984. The McCain-Palin ticket subsequently lost the 2008 election to the Democratic Party's then-U.S. Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Throughout the race, her public image and experience came under media attention. Although her vice presidential bid alongside McCain was unsuccessful, the 2008 presidential election significantly raised Palin’s national profile.

Since her resignation as governor in 2009, Sarah Palin has campaigned for the fiscally conservative Tea Party movement. In addition, Sarah Palin has publicly endorsed several candidates in multiple election cycles, notably including Donald Trump in his 2016 run for president. Sarah Palin has also led a career as a television personality. From 2010 to 2015, Sarah Palin provided political commentary for Fox News. SSarah Palin he hosted TLC's Sarah Palin's Alaska in 2010–11 and Amazing America with Sarah Palin on the Sportsman Channel in 2014–15. From 2014 to 2015, Sarah Palin oversaw a short-lived subscriber-based online TV channel, the Sarah Palin Channel, via TAPP TV. Her personal memoir Going Rogue, written following the 2008 election, has sold more than one million copies.

On April 1, 2022, Palin announced that Sarah Palin would run for Alaska's at-large congressional seat that was vacated after the death of Congressman Don Young.