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A look back at events in Palin's career

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The Associated Press

Published: July 26, 2009

Events in Palin's political career

1992-1996: Sarah Palin enters public life in Alaska, serving two terms on the Wasilla City Council.

1996-2002: Palin is elected Wasilla mayor, serves two terms until term limits force her from office.

2002: Palin loses her first statewide campaign for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor.

2002: Palin is named chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission by then-Gov. Frank Murkowski.

2003: Palin splits with party leaders by exposing ethics violations by Randy Ruedrich, the head of Alaska's Republican Party and a fellow commissioner on the AOGCC.

2006: Palin becomes Alaska governor after defeating the incumbent, Murkowski, in the primary and then beating Democrat Tony Knowles, a former two-term governor, in the general election.

August 2008: John McCain picks Palin as his vice presidential running mate in a startling selection that makes the Alaska governor the first woman named to a spot on a Republican national ticket.

September 2008: An announcement that Palin's then 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant creates a stir as the governor prepares to accept her nomination at the Republican National Convention.

October 2008: Palin is investigated for the firing of a public safety commissioner who said he felt pressure from the governor, her husband and her staff to fire a state trooper who had divorced Palin's sister. The Alaska Legislature finds Palin abused her power in office, but a report released by the Alaska Personnel Board on the eve of the election clears Palin of wrongdoing in so-called Troopergate.

November 2008: McCain and Palin lose the 2008 presidential race.

January-April 2009: Palin returns to Alaska, but finds her relationship with lawmakers has deteriorated after the partisan presidential election.

July 3, 2009: Palin makes surprise announcement that she will resign as governor.

July 26, 2009: Palin scheduled to resign.

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