Game Change (film)

2012 television film directed by Jay Roach

Game Change

Television release poster

Genre| Political drama
Based on|

Game Change

* Mark Halperin
* John Heilemann

Written by| Danny Strong
Directed by| Jay Roach
Starring|

* Julianne Moore
* Woody Harrelson
* Ed Harris

Music by| Theodore Shapiro
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
Production
Executive producers|

* Tom Hanks
* Gary Goetzman
* Jay Roach

Producer| Amy Sayres
Cinematography| Jim Denault
Editor| Lucia Zucchetti
Running time| 118 minutes
Production companies|

* HBO Films
* Playtone

Original release
Network| HBO
Release| March 10, 2012 (2012-03-10)

Game Change is a 2012 American political drama television film based on events of the 2008 United States presidential election campaign of John McCain, directed by Jay Roach and written by Danny Strong, based on the 2010 book of the same title documenting the campaign by political journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. The film stars Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, and Ed Harris, and focuses on the chapters about the selection and performance of Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin (Moore) as running mate to Senator John McCain (Harris) in the presidential campaign.

The plot features a 2010 interview of the campaign's senior strategist Steve Schmidt (Harrelson), using flashbacks to portray McCain and Palin during their ultimately unsuccessful campaign. The film aired on HBO on March 10, 2012. It was well received by critics, with Moore's portrayal of Palin garnering praise. Schmidt praised the film, while Palin and McCain both stated they had no intention of seeing it.[1] Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times described Moore's depiction of Palin as "a sharp-edged but not unsympathetic portrait of a flawed heroine, colored more in pity than in admiration."[2] Game Change has earned many awards, including a Critics' Choice Television Award, a Directors Guild of America Award, a Golden Nymph Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Writers Guild of America Award.

## Synopsis

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See also: Game Change

The film opens in 2010 with a frame story: Republican strategist Steve Schmidt is being interviewed by Anderson Cooper for 60 Minutes. Cooper poses a difficult question regarding former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin: was she selected because she would make the best vice president or because she would win the election?

The story flashes back to Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, which is struggling to compete with other Republican candidates during the primary season. McCain asks Schmidt to reconsider his promise to sit the election out. Months later, Schmidt is serving as McCain's senior campaign strategist, which culminates in McCain winning the Republican nomination.

McCain's preferred running mate, Senator Joe Lieberman, is rejected by Schmidt and the majority of his senior advisers. They quickly look for a "game change" candidate who will excite the conservative base, win over independents, distance the campaign from the Bush administration and close the gender gap. Investigating prominent female Republican politicians, the campaign finds Palin, the governor of Alaska, to have the qualities they want. She is selected after an exceptionally brief vetting process. Palin's eventual public reveal creates the buzz that Schmidt and McCain were looking for, bringing them to even or better with Obama in the polls.

While Palin's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention is well received, the campaign becomes concerned that she is ignorant about many political issues and grossly unprepared. Schmidt handles controversies from her past, such as Troopergate and the Bridge to Nowhere, while other staff attempt to fill broad gaps in her understanding of domestic and foreign politics. While prepping for the interviews, she is preoccupied with her approval ratings in Alaska and the absence of her family while campaigning, eventually becoming unresponsive to advisers who begin to question her mental state. Her disastrous interview with Katie Couric becomes a source of mockery in the media and frustration in the campaign. Palin lashes out at Nicolle Wallace, claiming that it was a deliberate attempt to embarrass her. Wallace tells Schmidt she is done with Palin.

The staff also comes to accept that Palin is better at memorizing and delivering lines than she is at actually understanding issues. Thus, they grudgingly prepare her for the vice presidential debate by simply having Palin memorize about forty minutes' worth of talking points, which manages to get her through the debate without major incident. However, Palin's growing popularity with the Republican base, even as she alienates mainstream voters, soon overshadows the campaign; Palin becomes uncooperative, rejecting – and conflicting with – Schmidt and the rest of the campaign staff, touting her own following as making her more important than McCain. Later on, with prospects appearing poor, the campaign staff boosts a negative campaign against Obama's past associations with the liberal elite, which Palin supports but McCain resists. McCain, meanwhile, becomes discouraged by the negative campaigning, watching growing hostility and vitriol emerge toward Obama among McCain's supporters. With Election Day approaching, senior campaigners express regret that Palin turned out to be style without substance, with Schmidt lamenting that they neglected to vet her competency. McCain consoles Schmidt by reaffirming that taking a risk with Palin was better than fading away.

Obama wins by more than double the electoral college vote; on Election Night, Schmidt has to stop a rebellious Palin from giving a concession speech along with McCain's. She appeals to McCain, who agrees with Schmidt. He tells Palin that she is now one of the party leaders and warns her not to let herself be hijacked by extremism. Rick Davis (McCain's campaign manager) comments that Palin will soon be forgotten. During McCain's concession speech, he thanks Palin, who receives enormous and sustained applause, chants, and enthusiasm from the crowd, which is noted in the faces of McCain's advisors. The film returns to the 2010 interview; regarding Cooper's question about whether he would pick Palin again if he had the chance to go back, Schmidt replies that life does not give do-overs.

## Cast

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* Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska
* Woody Harrelson as Steve Schmidt, Senior Campaign Strategist
* Ed Harris as John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona
* Ron Livingston as Mark Wallace, Senior Adviser
* Peter MacNicol as Rick Davis, Campaign Manager
* Sarah Paulson as Nicolle Wallace, Director of Communications
* Jamey Sheridan as Mark Salter, Senior Adviser and Speechwriter
* Bruce Altman as Fred Davis, Chief Media Strategist
* Colby French as Tucker Eskew, Senior Media Adviser
* Spencer Garrett as Steve Biegun, Foreign Policy Adviser
* David Barry Gray as Todd Palin, Sarah's husband
* Brian Howe as Randy Scheunemann, Foreign Policy Adviser
* Austin Pendleton as Joe Lieberman, U.S. Senator from Connecticut
* John Rothman as Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., Vetting Attorney

The authors of the book Game Change, Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, appear in a cameo as two reporters questioning Schmidt. Actual footage from the 2008 campaign portrayed the Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Joe Biden as well as numerous reporters, including Anderson Cooper, Katie Couric, Wolf Blitzer, Candy Crowley, Charles Gibson, and John King. At times, the film employed doubles and editing to make it appear that the actors are interacting with historical footage, such as in the presidential debate scenes featuring the real Obama, the real Wolf Blitzer, and Harris as McCain.

## Production

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HBO optioned the book Game Change, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, in January 2010.[3] In February 2011, development began with Danny Strong writing and Jay Roach directing. The two had collaborated as writer and director on the 2008 HBO film Recount, about the controversial result of the 2000 U.S. presidential election. Although Strong and Roach based the film on the part of the book dealing with the McCain–Palin campaign, they had also considered a film dealing with Obama's primary battle against Hillary Clinton – an idea ultimately dropped due to the length and complexity of that story, among other reasons.[4] Strong said he interviewed 25 people from the McCain–Palin campaign and referenced other books and articles, including Palin's memoir Going Rogue, in addition to the book on which the film was based.[5]

The main cast was announced in March 2011, starting with Julianne Moore as Palin,[6] Ed Harris as John McCain,[7] with Woody Harrelson, who plays McCain campaign chair Steve Schmidt, coming aboard soon thereafter.[8] The film was primarily shot in Maryland,[9] along with a hotel scene shot in Wilmington, Delaware.[citation needed] The film was also shot and produced in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico.[10] The film premiered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., on March 8 prior to its public debut on HBO on March 10, 2012.[11][12] Principal photography began on April 27, 2011 and completed shooting on June 22, 2011.[13]

## Reception

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### Ratings

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Moore's performance was met with critical acclaim. She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.

Game Change was watched by 2.1 million people on its debut night, which marked the highest ratings for an HBO original film since their 2004 film Something the Lord Made.[14]

### Reviews

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Game Change received generally positive reviews, with 65% of the critics polled by Rotten Tomatoes giving it favorable reviews (based on 37 reviews), with an averaged score of 6.9 out of 10.[15] Metacritic lists the film as scoring 74 out of 100, based on 25 reviews by critics, signifying a "generally favorable" critical response.[16]

David Hinckley of The New York Daily News wrote, "Julianne Moore's physical Palin in Game Change, which debuts March 10, is even more dead-on than Tina Fey's."[17] Fey, who was noted for her physical resemblance to Palin,[18] won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009 for her satirical impersonation of Palin on the sketch comedy TV show Saturday Night Live.[19] Several excerpts from these impersonations were used in the film.

The Hollywood Reporter's Tim Goodman wrote that the movie "boldly raises the question about whether Palin is mentally unbalanced." He called Moore's performance "virtuoso (and likely Emmy-winning)."[20] Roger Ebert gave the movie three and a half stars.[21] Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker gave it an A−.[22]

The Los Angeles Times wrote: "The overall atmosphere of the film is surprisingly kind to all, much more fatalistic than hypercritical and certainly not derisive. Palin's rise and fall is depicted as series of bad decisions made in relatively good faith that lead up to a hideous car crash."[23] Newsday commented: "Moore's performance ... is superb. ... A luminous and fully alive portrait by a first-rate actress."[24] The San Francisco Chronicle also praised the acting: "Game Change is graced by three extraordinary performances in the leading roles, beginning with Moore's portrayal of Palin, which is both complex and entirely credible."[25] The Boston Globe wrote: "Whether “Game Change’’ is a definitive accounting of what happened, and whether some viewers will accept it as such is unknowable. But from a dramatic standpoint is the film entertaining? You betcha."[26]

### Response from the McCain campaign

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Palin herself said Game Change was based on a "false narrative" and that she did not intend to see it.[27] The film, and the book it is based upon, have been described by John and Cindy McCain as inaccurate.[28] Like Palin, McCain said he did not intend to see it,[14] and took issue with the "exceeding amount of coarse language" that was attributed to him in the film.[29] Many of Sarah Palin's campaign aides have criticized the accuracy of the film. Randy Scheunemann, who tutored Palin on foreign policy matters during the campaign, said: "To call this movie fiction gives fiction a bad name." According to her campaign staff, many had not been contacted by the filmmakers or the authors of the book on which it is based.[30]

However, Steve Schmidt, the campaign's chief strategist, stated: "Ten weeks of the campaign are condensed into a two-hour movie. But it tells the truth of the campaign. That is the story of what happened."[31] He later said that watching the film was tantamount to "an out-of-body experience."[32]

Nicolle Wallace, a chief Palin 2008 aide, said she found Game Change highly credible, saying the film "captured the spirit and emotion of the campaign."[31] Wallace also told ABC News Chief Political Correspondent George Stephanopoulos that the film was "true enough to make me squirm."[33] Both Wallace and Schmidt have had public feuds with Sarah Palin since the 2008 campaign ended.[30]

Melissa Farman, who played Bristol Palin, said it was never the film's intention to portray Sarah Palin in a negative light because the film was not meant to be about Palin, but about "politics at large" and what it means to be a politician in this era.[34]

## Accolades

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Year  | Award  | Category  | Nominee(s)  | Result  | Ref.

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2012

| Artios Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Movie/Mini Series  | David Rubin, Richard Hicks, Pat Moran,
Kathleen Chopin, and Anne Davison  | Nominated  | [35]
Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Movie/Miniseries | Nominated  | [36]
Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | Woody Harrelson | Nominated
Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries | Julianne Moore | Won
Golden Nymph Awards | Best Television Film  | Nominated  | [37]
Best Direction  | Jay Roach | Nominated
Outstanding Actor  | Woody Harrelson  | Won
Ed Harris | Nominated
Outstanding Actress  | Julianne Moore  | Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Miniseries or Movie | Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Jay Roach,
Danny Strong, Steven Shareshian, and
Amy Sayres  | Won  | [38]
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Woody Harrelson  | Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | Julianne Moore  | Won
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Ed Harris  | Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | Sarah Paulson | Nominated
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special | Jay Roach  | Won
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special | Danny Strong  | Won
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special | David Rubin, Richard Hicks,
Pat Moran, and Kathleen Chopin  | Won
Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie | Jim Denault  | Nominated
Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Theodore Shapiro | Nominated
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or Movie | Lucia Zucchetti | Nominated
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie | David MacMillan, Leslie Shatz, and
Gabriel J. Serrano  | Nominated
Satellite Awards | Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated  | [39]
Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Woody Harrelson  | Nominated
Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Julianne Moore  | Won
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or
Motion Picture Made for Television | Sarah Paulson  | Nominated
Television Critics Association Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, and Specials | Nominated  | [40]
Women's Image Network Awards | Made for Television Movie  | Won  |
Actress Made for Television Movie  | Julianne Moore  | Nominated

2013

| American Cinema Editors Awards | Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television | Lucia Zucchetti  | Nominated  | [41]
American Film Institute Awards | Top 10 Television Programs  | Won  | [42]
Art Directors Guild Awards | Excellence in Production Design Award – Television Movie or Miniseries | Michael Corenblith, Samantha Avila,
Kuo Pao Lian, Kenneth Roman,
Francesca Gerlach, and Tiffany Zappulla  | Nominated  | [43]
Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Mini-Series | David MacMillan, Gabriel J. Serrano,
Leslie Shatz, Chris Fogel,
Travis MacKay, and Tor McAfee Kingdon  | Nominated  | [44]
Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries | Jay Roach  | Won  | [45]
Dorian Awards | TV Performance of the Year – Actress  | Julianne Moore  | Nominated  | [46]
Golden Globe Awards | Best Miniseries or Television Film | Won  | [47]
Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film | Woody Harrelson  | Nominated
Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film | Julianne Moore  | Won
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Ed Harris  | Won
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Sarah Paulson  | Nominated
Gracie Awards | Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Special  | Julianne Moore  | Won  | [48]
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards | Best Music Supervision – TV Long Form (Movies and Mini-Series)  | Evyen Klean and Deva Anderson  | Won  | [49]
Peabody Awards | Playtone Productions and Everyman Pictures,
in association with HBO Films | Won  | [50]
Producers Guild of America Awards | David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television | Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Jay Roach,
Amy Sayres, Steven Shareshian, and
Danny Strong  | Won  | [51]
Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Woody Harrelson  | Nominated  | [52]
Ed Harris  | Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Julianne Moore  | Won
Writers Guild of America Awards | Long Form – Adapted | Danny Strong;
Based on the book by Mark Halperin and
John Heilemann | Won  | [53]

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## External links

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Wikiquote has quotations related to Game Change (film).

* Game Change at IMDb
* archive at The Baltimore Sun
* Interview with Halperin and Heilemann on the film adaptation of Game Change, February 29, 2012, C-SPAN
* Panel discussion on the film adaptation of Game Change, March 9, 2012, C-SPAN

Awards for Game Change

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie

* The Ages of Man (1966)
* Death of a Salesman (1967)
* Elizabeth the Queen (1968)
* Teacher, Teacher (1969)
* A Storm in Summer (1970)
* The Andersonville Trial (1971)
* Brian's Song (1972)
* A War of Children (1973)
* The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
* The Law (1975)
* Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
* Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years / Sybil (1977)
* The Gathering (1978)
* Friendly Fire (1979)
* The Miracle Worker (1980)
* Playing for Time (1981)
* A Woman Called Golda (1982)
* Special Bulletin (1983)
* Something About Amelia (1984)
* Do You Remember Love (1985)
* Love Is Never Silent (1986)
* Promise (1987)
* Inherit the Wind (1988)
* Day One / Roe vs. Wade (1989)
* Caroline? / The Incident (1990)
* Miss Rose White (1992)
* Barbarians at the Gate / Stalin (1993)
* And the Band Played On (1994)
* Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
* Truman (1996)
* Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
* Don King: Only in America (1998)
* A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
* Tuesdays with Morrie (2000)
* Wit (2001)
* The Gathering Storm (2002)
* Door to Door (2003)
* Something the Lord Made (2004)
* Warm Springs (2005)
* The Girl in the Café (2006)
* Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
* Recount (2008)
* Grey Gardens (2009)
* Temple Grandin (2010)
* Downton Abbey series 1 (2011)
* Game Change (2012)
* Behind the Candelabra (2013)
* The Normal Heart (2014)
* Bessie (2015)
* Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
* Black Mirror: "San Junipero" (2017)
* Black Mirror: "USS Callister" (2018)
* Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2019)
* Bad Education (2020)
* Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square (2021)
* Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
* Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2023)
* Quiz Lady (2024)

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Golden Globe Award for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film

1971–2000|

* The Snow Goose (1971)
* That Certain Summer (1972)
* Babe (1975)
* Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
* Raid on Entebbe (1977)
* A Family Upside Down (1978)
* All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
* The Shadow Box (1980)
* Bill / East of Eden (1981)
* Brideshead Revisited (1982)
* The Thorn Birds (1983)
* Something About Amelia (1984)
* The Jewel in the Crown (1985)
* Promise (1986)
* Escape from Sobibor / Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987)
* War and Remembrance (Parts I—VII) (1988)
* Lonesome Dove (1989)
* Decoration Day (1990)
* One Against the Wind (1991)
* Sinatra (1992)
* Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
* The Burning Season (1994)
* Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
* Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996)
* George Wallace (1997)
* From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
* RKO 281 (1999)
* Dirty Pictures (2000)

2001–present|

* Band of Brothers (2001)
* The Gathering Storm (2002)
* Angels in America (2003)
* The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
* Empire Falls (2005)
* Elizabeth I (2006)
* Longford (2007)
* John Adams (2008)
* Grey Gardens (2009)
* Carlos (2010)
* Downton Abbey (series 1) (2011)
* Game Change (2012)
* Behind the Candelabra (2013)
* Fargo (season 1) (2014)
* Wolf Hall (2015)
* The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016)
* Big Little Lies (2017)
* The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018)
* Chernobyl (2019)
* The Queen's Gambit (2020)
* The Underground Railroad (2021)
* The White Lotus (season 2) (2022)
* Beef (2023)
* Baby Reindeer (2024)

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Producers Guild of America Award for Best Long-Form Television

* World War II: When Lions Roared (1994)
* Truman (1995)
* Prime Suspect: The Lost Child (1996)
* Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
* From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
* Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
* Death of a Salesman (2000)
* Band of Brothers (2001)
* Live from Baghdad (2002)
* My House in Umbria (2003)
* Angels in America (2004)
* The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2005)
* Elizabeth I (2006)
* Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
* John Adams (2008)
* Grey Gardens (2009)
* The Pacific (2010)
* Downton Abbey, series 1 (2011)
* Game Change (2012)
* Behind the Candelabra (2013)
* Fargo, season 1 (2014)
* Fargo, season 2 (2015)
* The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016)
* Black Mirror, season 4 (2017)

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Films directed by Jay Roach

Feature films|

* Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
* Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
* Mystery, Alaska (1999)
* Meet the Parents (2000)
* Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
* Meet the Fockers (2004)
* Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
* The Campaign (2012)
* Trumbo (2015)
* Bombshell (2019)
* The Roses (2025)

Television films|

* Recount (2008)
* Game Change (2012)
* All the Way (2016)
* Coastal Elites (2020)

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Danny Strong

Films written|

* Recount (2008)
* Game Change (2012)
* The Butler (2013)
* The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
* The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
* Rebel in the Rye (2017, also directed)

TV series created|

* Empire (2015–2020)
* Dopesick (2021)

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Sarah Palin

* 9th Governor of Alaska (2006–2009)
* Mayor of Wasilla (1996–2002)
* Born (1964-02-11)February 11, 1964

Politics|

* Electoral history
* Political positions

* Early political career

* Mayor of Wasilla
* Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center

* Governor of Alaska

* Election
* Alaska Public Safety Commissioner dismissal
* Gravina Island Bridge

* 2008 vice presidential candidacy

* McCain presidential campaign
* Election
* Vice presidential candidate selection
* Convention
* Vice presidential debate
* Drill, baby, drill
* Mama grizzly
* Saturday Night Live parodies
* Katie Couric interviews
* The Masked Avengers' prank
* Email hack

* 2022 U.S. house campaigns

* Special election
* Regular election

Books and media
by Palin|

* Going Rogue: An American Life
* America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag
* Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas
* Sweet Freedom: A Devotional
* Sarah Palin's Alaska
* Amazing America with Sarah Palin
* Sarah Palin Channel

Book and
media coverage
about Palin|

* Public image and reception
* Saturday Night Live parodies
* Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down
* Katie Couric interviews
* Going Rouge: Sarah Palin, An American Nightmare
* Game Change (book, film)
* The Undefeated

Family|

* Todd Palin (ex-husband)
* Bristol Palin (daughter)
* Levi Johnston (father of grandson)
* Dakota Meyer (ex-son-in-law)

Related|

* Death panel

* Conservatism portal
* Category

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John McCain

* U.S. Senator from Arizona (1987–2018)
* U.S. Representative from Arizona's 1st district (1983–1987)

Life|

* Early life and military career
* Cultural and political image
* Death and funeral

Political
activities|

* House and Senate career, until 2000
* Keating Five scandal
* International Republican Institute
* 2000 presidential campaign
* Senate career during 2001–2014
* Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
* Climate Stewardship Acts
* McCain Detainee Amendment
* 2008 opposition to limiting interrogation techniques
* List of bills sponsored
* Political positions
* 2008 Republican National Convention
* 2008 presidential campaign
* Democratic and liberal support
* endorsements

| Elections|

* House elections
* 1982
* 1984
* Senate elections
* 1986
* 1992
* 1998
* 2004
* 2010
* 2016
* 2008 United States presidential election
* lobbyist controversy
* debates
* running-mate selection

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Media|

| Books authored|

* Faith of My Fathers
* Worth the Fighting For
* Why Courage Matters
* Character Is Destiny
* Hard Call
* Thirteen Soldiers
* The Restless Wave

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* The Nightingale's Song (1995 book)
* Faith of My Fathers (2005 film)
* My Dad, John McCain (2008 book)
* Change (2010 documentary)
* Game Change (2012 film)

Family|

* McCain family
* Cindy McCain (second wife)
* Carol McCain (first wife)
* Meghan McCain (daughter)
* John S. McCain Jr. (father)
* Roberta McCain (mother)
* Joe McCain (brother)
* John S. McCain Sr. (grandfather)

* Category

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