Sarah Palin ran for office alongside a senator from Arizona.
As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 election alongside presidential nominee , Arizona Senator John McCain , she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major political party and the first Republican woman selected as a vice presidential candidate .	Republican	Republican Party (United States)	Republican Party	Republican Party (United States)	Vice President of the United States	Vice President of the United States	2008 election	United States Presidential election, 2008	Senator	United States Senate	John McCain	John McCain
