Palin was named one of America's "10 Most Fascinating People of 2008" by Barbara Walters for an ABC special on December 4, 2008. In April 2010, she was selected as one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine. Electoral history {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" |+ colspan=6 | 2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! rowspan=2 | Candidate ! colspan=3 | Round 1 !colspan=2| Round 2 |- ! Votes ! % ! Transfer ! Votes ! % |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Democratic | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | | 74,807 | 39.66% | +17,000 | 91,206 | 51.47%|- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Republican | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | | 58,328 | 30.93% | +27,659| 85,987 | 48.53% |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" | Republican | style="text-align:left" scope="row" | | 52,504 | 27.84% | style="background:pink;"| -52,504 | colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated |- ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" colspan=2 | Write-in | 2,971 | 1.58% | style="background:pink;"| -2,971 | colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"| Eliminated |- class="sortbottom" style="background:#f6f6f6;" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Total votes | 188,610| 100.00%| | 177,193| 94.29%|- class="sortbottom" style="background:#f6f6f6;" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" | Inactive ballots | 0 | 0.00% | +10,726 | 10,726 | 5.71% |- class="sortbottom" style="background:#f6f6f6;" ! style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left" colspan=8 | Democratic gain' from Republican |} Publications Going Rogue: An American Life (2009) America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag (2010) Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas (2013) Sweet Freedom: A Devotional'' (2015) See also List of female governors in the United States References External links Sarah Palin at Politifact 1964 births Living people 2008 United States vice-presidential candidates 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American women politicians 20th-century Protestants 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century American women writers 21st-century Protestants Alaska city council members American beauty pageant winners American broadcast news analysts American Christian Zionists American evangelicals American fishers 21st-century American memoirists American people of English descent American people of German descent American people of Irish descent American political commentators American political writers American Protestants American television sports announcers American women memoirists Christians from Alaska Christians from Arizona Christians from Idaho Female candidates for Vice President of the United States Former Pentecostals Fox News people Republican Party governors of Alaska Mayors of Wasilla, Alaska Sarah Participants in American reality television series People from the Municipality of