A zaben Nuwamba Palin ya kasance mai cin nasara, amma ya ci nasara, ya ci tsohon gwamnan Democrat Tony Knowles da kashi 48.3% zuwa 41.0%. Ta zama gwamnan Alaska na farko kuma, a lokacin da yake da shekaru 42, gwamnan mafi ƙanƙanta a tarihin Alaska, gwamnan farko da aka haife shi bayan Alaska ya cimma matsayi na Amurka, kuma na farko da ba a kaddamar da shi ba a Juneau (ta zabi a yi bikin a Fairbanks a maimakon haka). Ta dauki ofishin a ranar 4 ga watan Nuwamba, 2006, kuma mafi yawan lokacinta ya kasance sananne sosai tare da masu jefa kuri'a na Alaska.
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