page_title: Resignation of Sarah Palin
section_title: Reasons for the resignation
hierarchical_section_title: Resignation of Sarah Palin / Reasons for the resignation
caption_attribution_description: Her last speech as governor
context_page_description: The resignation of Sarah Palin as Governor of Alaska, after 2.5 years of her 4-year term, was announced on July 3, 2009 and became effective on July 26. Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell succeeded Sarah Palin as Governor. Parnell was later elected to a full term, in November 2010.
context_section_description: Palin announced she was resigning her office due to the costs and distractions of battling ethics investigations, describing the "insane" amount of time and money that both she and the state of Alaska had expended responding to "frivolous" legal ethics complaints filed against her. She said the state had spent $2 million while she and her husband, Todd, would be spending "more than half a million dollars in legal bills in order to set the record straight."
caption: Sarah Palin gives farewell speech at Fairbanks' Pioneer Park
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