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 .