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McCain Picks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for Veep

42-year-old first-termer is first woman to serve on top GOP ticket

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(Newser) – John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his VP choice, NBC reports; McCain is expected to make the announcement at a rally in Ohio at noon today. Palin is a socially conservative mother of five who is both the state’s first woman governor and, at 42, its youngest.

The pro-lifer, who's a former Miss Alaska contestant, will be the first woman to serve on a Republican presidential ticket and the first Alaskan to appear on a national ticket. She was elected in 2006, besting fellow Republican Frank Murkowski on a clean-government platform.

At left, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces her endorsement of Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, center, in his run for Alaska's congressional seat Friday, March 14, 2008.
At left, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces her endorsement of Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, center, in his run for Alaska's congressional seat Friday, March 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Michael Dinneen)
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.
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.   (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
First-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks in her office in Anchorage, Alaska in a Thursday Aug. 14, 2008 file photo.
First-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks in her office in Anchorage, Alaska in a Thursday Aug. 14, 2008 file photo.   (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)
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