Well unless the people that frequent this article not editors readers are too ignorant to catch the words served and until her resignation in 2009 I m not sure it needs any rephrasing However you could say this Sarah Louise Palin pronounced pe l n listen n e Heath born February 11 1964 is an American politician author and political commentator who served as the 11th Governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009 and has not been elected to another office since or and therefore is no longer an elected official I mean I m not sure how to make it more clear that she is no longer an elected official except to make it sound like the editors think everyone that reads these articles is a frickin moron In my opinion and I am convinced that I am not smarter than a majority of people it is plain from the current phrasing of the sentence that she is no longer an elected official If I m wrong please let me know so I can tell my wife that I m smarter than she thinks I am DIGGITY U ME