Sarah Palin's Life Since the Election

Surprise Announcement
In July 2009 — less than 10 months after the election — Palin took the extraordinary step of resigning the governorship. With very little notice, she made her announcement to a handful of friends and family — and very few members of the media — in front of a lake in Wasilla, the town where she had once served as mayor.

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