Original: Sarah Louise Palin (; née Heath; born February 11, 1964) is an American politician who served as Governor of the state of Alaska from 2006 until 2009 and was the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States in 2008.
Simplified: Sarah Louise Heath Palin (born February 11, 1964) was the Governor of Alaska and was the person picked by the Republican Party as their choice to become Vice President in the 2008 United States presidential election.