The biggest tie to Gov. Palin and the AIP is her husband Todd. According to the Alaska Division of Elections Todd Pailin was registered as an Alaskan Independence Party member for all but two months from 1995 to 2002. Although Gov. Palin has been a registered Republican since 1982, and there is no record of her ever being a member of the AIP, or any party but the GOP, both Palins did however attend the AIP convention in 1994. As a candidate for Governor, Sarah Palin appeared at the AIP Convention in 2006. With her was
Former Alaska Governor Wally Hickel, who was Nixon's Secretary of the Interior who in 1990 was elected Alaska Governor running as a member of the AIP. He was co-chairman of Palin's campaign for governor in 2006, and said flat out in an interview, "I made her governor." Earlier this year, Gov. Palin sent a welcoming DVD to the membership at the 2008 AIP statewide convention.
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