# Sarah Palin named Republican vice-presidential nominee

Date: 2008

On 29 August 2008, at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, Republican nominee [John McCain](/people/john-mccain) named Alaska Governor [Sarah Palin](/people/sarah-palin) as his running mate. She was the first woman on a Republican presidential ticket and the second on any major-party ticket, after Geraldine Ferraro in 1984. The ticket lost the November 2008 election to [Barack Obama](/people/barack-obama) and [Joe Biden](/people/env-person-joe-biden).

## People

- Sarah Palin: https://factrail.ai/people/sarah-palin

## Sources

- https://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/29/palin.republican.vp.candidate/
- https://www.npr.org/2008/08/29/94118796/mccain-picks-alaska-gov-palin-as-running-mate
- https://www.cnbc.com/2008/06/26/drill-drill-drill-my-interview-with-alaska-governor-sarah-palin.html

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/palin-named-mccain-running-mate-2008-08-29