A watan Nuwamba zaben Palin ya outspent amma nasara, kayar da tsohon Democratic gwamnan Tony Knowles da wani gefe na 48.3% zuwa 41.0%. Ta zama Alaska ta farko mace gwamnan da kuma, a shekaru 42, da ƙarami gwamnan a tarihin Alaska, jihar ta farko gwamnan da aka haife bayan Alaska cimma Amurka jihar, da kuma na farko da ba za a rantsar a Juneau (ta zabi a yi bikin da aka gudanar a Fairbanks maimakon). Ta dauki ofishin a kan 4, 2006, kuma ga mafi yawan ta wa'adi ya sosai rare tare da Alaska masu jefa} uri'a.
Ted Stevens