Todd Palin is Sarah Palin’s Husband

Meet Todd Palin, the husband of nominated Vice President Sarah Palin.He became Sarah Palin’s husband on August 29th, 1988, so for 20 years they have nourished what is by all accounts a loving, terrific relationship as husband and wife. Todd’s anniversary is the very day that his wife was named as the running mate for Senator John McCain. He has a very colorful background.To further his biography, Todd is 44 years old. He eloped with Sarah right after she graduated from college 20 years ago when he was 24. The couple did not realize they needed a witness for a wedding, so they recruited two seniors from a retirement home next to the justice of the peace.

Todd is a world-class snowmobiler. He has won the Iron Dog snowmachine race three times, count ‘em three times. It is a 2,000 mile endurance race in Alaska similar to the Ideterod. We may need to get use to some interesting terminology unique to Alaska! That includes the ethnic term Yup’ik. He is 1/8th part Alaskan native American, although not technically Eskimo.

As a career he has worked the North Slope oil fields as a production engineer. During the summer he is a fisherman near the family’s hometown of Wasilla, Alaska.That includes the word Yup’ik, which is Todd’s 1/8th ethnicity. He is part eskimo.The first husband’s interests include fly-fishing, coaching hockey and basketball, and helping raise the babies of a busy first lady.