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'''Sarah Louise Heath Palin''' (pronounced pay'-lynn) (born February 11, 1964) is a [[conservative]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] who served as the 11th [[governor]] of [[Alaska]] from 2006 through 2009. She was both is the first woman and the youngest person to hold this office in the state's historyappear on a Republican presidential ticket. On July 3, 2009 Palin announced that she would resign has been mentioned as governor of Alaska.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/03/AR2009070301738.html Sarah Palin a challenger to Resign as unpopular Alaska Governor, Citing Probes and Family Needs] Rucker, Philip and Eli Saslow, July 4, 2009, washingtonpost.com, retrieved August 20, 2011</ref> Executive power was transferred to [[Lieutenant GovernorRINO]] Sen. [[Sean ParnellLisa Murkowski]]on the 2022 GOP Senate primary.
Palin is an advocate for the socially conservative base of the [[Republican Party]], and an effective critic of [[RINO]] [[Karl Rove]] as well as [[liberal]] [[Barack Obama]]. In her speech to [[CPAC]] in 2013, Palin mocked Obama:<ref>http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2013/03/sarah-palin-caustic-toward-karl-rove-and-barack-obama.html/</ref>
{{cquote|More background checks? Dandy idea, Mr. President — should have started with yours.}}