Kammala wannan jumla: An sanar da dan takarar Sarah Palin a matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban Amurka a gaban jama'a ta hanyar dan takarar shugaban kasa na Jam'iyyar Republican John McCain a ranar 29 ga Agusta, 2008. A matsayin wani ɓangare na yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na McCain, Palin, sa'an nan kuma Gwamnan Alaska na yanzu, an zabi shi a hukumance ta hanyar amincewa a taron Jam'iyyar Republican na 2008 a ranar 3 ga Satumba. Tikitin McCain-Palin ya rasa zaben shugaban kasa na 2008 a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba zuwa
Barack Obama da tikitin Joe Biden.