McCain picks Sarah Palin as 2008 running mate
On 29 August 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain named Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. The McCain–Palin ticket lost to Barack Obama and Joe Biden in November 2008.
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On 29 August 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain named Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. The McCain–Palin ticket lost to Barack Obama and Joe Biden in November 2008.
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McCain picks Sarah Palin as 2008 running mate. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.
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- 1.theguardian.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: mccain+palin+running mate · verified
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Factrail. (2026). McCain picks Sarah Palin as 2008 running mate. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/mccain-names-palin-running-mate-2008-08-29
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Accessed 15 October 2026.
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