Sean Parnell
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| 10th Governor of Alaska | |
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In office July 26, 2009 – December 1, 2014 |
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| Lieutenant |
Craig Campbell (2009–10) Mead Treadwell (2010–14) |
| Preceded by | Sarah Palin |
| Succeeded by | Bill Walker |
| 9th Lieutenant Governor of Alaska | |
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In office December 4, 2006 – July 26, 2009 |
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| Governor | Sarah Palin |
| Preceded by | Loren Leman |
| Succeeded by | Craig Campbell |
| Member of the Alaska Senate from the 1st district |
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In office January 13, 1997 – January 13, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Steve Rieger |
| Succeeded by | John Cowdery |
| Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 17th district |
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In office January 11, 1993 – January 12, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | John Cowdery |
| Personal details | |
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November 19, 1962 Hanford, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sandra Scebold (1987–present) |
| Children | Grace Rachel |
| Alma mater |
Pacific Lutheran University University of Puget Sound |
| Religion | Nondenominational Christianity |
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Sean R. Parnell (born November 19, 1962) is an American politician. Parnell, a Republican, succeeded to the office of Governor of Alaska on 26 July 2009 when Governor Sarah Palin resigned. He served as the tenth Governor of Alaska from 2009 to 2014. Parnell was elected Governor of Alaska in his own right in 2010 by 59.06% of the vote, as the largest percentage margin of any Alaska governor since statehood. In 2014, he narrowly lost his bid for re-election and has since returned to work in the private sector.
Born in Hanford, California, Parnell is a graduate from the University of Puget Sound's School of Law (now known as Seattle University School of Law). He practiced law before being elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1992 and he continued to work in private legal practice while he was a member of the Alaska House and later, the Alaska Senate. He served two terms in the Alaska House from 1993 to 1997 before he was elected to one term in the Alaska Senate from 1997 to 2001. Parnell continued his legal career in the private sector, working as an attorney and as the state government relations director for Phillips Petroleum (Alaska) (now known as ConocoPhillips Alaska) and an attorney at the law firm Patton Boggs.
Returning to public service, Parnell won the Republican primary race for lieutenant governor in 2006 and became Sarah Palin's running mate in her 2006 gubernatorial campaign, where the Palin-Parnell ticket defeated former Democratic Governor Tony Knowles. Parnell was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Alaska in December 2006 and later assumed the governorship after Palin resigned in July 2009. Parnell was elected to a full term as Governor in 2010, defeating former State Representative Ethan Berkowitz in the general election. Parnell is the first unelected Alaska Governor to be elected in his own right. He was narrowly defeated for a second term in 2014 by the "unity ticket" of Republican-turned-Independent Bill Walker and Democrat Byron Mallott.
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