UI graduate running for governor of Alaska

Sarah Heath Palin, a 1987 UI journalism graduate, is the Republican candidate for governor of Alaska.
Sarah won the Aug. 22 primary with a decisive victory over the incumbent governor, Frank Murkowski. She will face former Democratic Gov. Tony Knowles in the Nov. 7 general election.
Sarah was born in Sandpoint, but her family moved to Alaska when she was 3 months old. After attending Hawaii Pacific College and North Idaho College, she enrolled at the UI in the fall of 1984.
"Geographically and demographically, Idaho was closely related to Alaska -- beautiful and friendly," Sarah told me in a recent telephone conversation. "I wanted to go out of state (for college), and when I arrived in Moscow, I knew I'd made the right choice."
Among her memories of her time at UI: prowling the Kibbie Dome's locker rooms for beat stories for her Reporting class. She returned to Alaska after graduation and worked as a reporter for several TV stations in between raising four children. She served two terms on the City Council and two terms as mayor of Wasilla in south-central Alaska.
Here's a link to Sarah's campaign Web site.