Early political career of Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin was a member of the City Council of Wasilla, Alaska from 1992 to 1996 and the city's mayor from 1996 to 2002. Wasilla is located 29 miles (47 km) north-east of the port of Anchorage, and is the largest population center in the Mat-Su Valley. At the conclusion of Palin's tenure as mayor in 2002, the city had about 6,300 residents,^[1] and is now the fifth largest city in the state.^[2] Term limits prevented Palin from running for a third term as mayor.^[3]

^ "Table 4: Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places in Alaska, Listed Alphabetically: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007". 2007 Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. June 21, 2006. Archived from the original (CSV) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
^ Bennett, James (September 9, 2008). "Sarah Palin is not such a small-town girl after all". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on September 9, 2008. The four larger cities in Alaska are Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, and Sitka.
^ Cite error: The named reference Timeline was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[popest2-1] "Table 4: Annual Estimates of the Population for Incorporated Places in Alaska, Listed Alphabetically: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007". 2007 Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. June 21, 2006. Archived from the original (CSV) on September 12, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2008.

[Telegraph_Bennett_20080909-2] Bennett, James (September 9, 2008). "Sarah Palin is not such a small-town girl after all". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on September 9, 2008. The four larger cities in Alaska are Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, and Sitka.

[Timeline-3] Cite error: The named reference Timeline was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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