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47-578: The event began in 1984 as a 1,000-mile (1,600 km) race in Alaska from Big Lake near Wasilla to Nome . It was approximately doubled to 2,000 miles (3,200 km) at the 10th annual race in 1994. The race route now follows parts of the Iditarod Trail , the route of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race . It starts at Big Lake and follows the main trail and its connecting trails until it hits to

94-587: A Dena'ina word meaning "breath of air" while another stating Dena'ina derived it from the Russian name Васи́лий Vasilij . As Knik declined into a ghost town , Wasilla served early fur trappers and miners working the gold fields at Cache Creek and Willow Creek. More than 200 farm families from the Upper Midwest were moved into the Matanuska and Susitna valleys in 1935 as part of a U.S. government program to start

141-591: A candidate's chance of winning in the state. In electing a subordinate officer the Electors will not require those qualifications requisite for supreme command. The office of the Vice President will be sinecure . It will be brought to market and exposed to sale to procure votes for the President. In many countries in which there are a president and vice-president with both positions being directly elected by popular vote,

188-584: A large campground, boat launch, and dog park on Lake Lucille, Newcomb Park on Wasilla Lake, and other parks, playgrounds, and a skate park. Alaska State Parks operates the Finger Lake State Recreation Area , and the Little Susitna River Public Use Area , which features a large campground, river access, and is the gateway to a 300,800 acres (121,700 ha) public game reserve. Wasilla is one of five cities featured in

235-673: A new farming community to counteract this trend; their linguistic influence is still audible in the region. The area was a supply base for gold mines near Hatcher Pass through World War II. Until construction of the George Parks Highway around 1970, nearby Palmer was the leading city in the Matanuska Valley. Wasilla was at the end of the Palmer-Wasilla highway and the road to Big Lake provided access to land west of Wasilla. The Parks Highway put Wasilla at mile 40–42 of what became

282-783: A presidential candidate having a running mate was solidified during the American Civil War . In 1864, in the interest of fostering national unity, Abraham Lincoln from the Republican Party (popular in the North) and Andrew Johnson of the Democratic Party (popular in the South) were co-endorsed and ran together for president and vice-president as candidates of the National Union Party . Notwithstanding that this party disbanded after

329-508: A prospective vice president. However, there are countries, such as the Philippines and (nominally) Cyprus , in which the president and vice-president are elected on separate tickets, and frequently, this results in them being from different political parties – indeed, when the Philippine vice-presidential position was restored in 1987, only twice were the president and vice-president elected from

376-602: A site on the western edge of the city during the 1980s. An anti-moose mat was installed around the runway in 2005, giving a light shock to animals which might otherwise wander into the path of moving aircraft. The old airport site is currently home to a city park. Wasilla also has eight public-use seaplane bases located on area lakes. Private-use air facilities registered with the FAA include 43 land-based airstrips , eight additional seaplane bases, two heliports and one STOLport . The City of Wasilla operates several parks, including

423-481: A vice presidential running mate from a state with a large number of electoral votes as in 1984, when Walter Mondale of Minnesota (10 votes) selected Geraldine Ferraro of New York (then 36 votes). It is preferred, but not legally required, that the running mate be from a different state from the presidential nominee, because each elector can vote for no more than one candidate from their own state. Running mates can also be chosen from swing states in order to boost

470-400: Is 17 inches (430 mm), with 52 inches (1.32 m) of snowfall. Wasilla first appeared on the 1930 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village of 51 residents. Of these, all 51 were White. It has returned in every successive census and formally incorporated in 1974. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,469 people (up from 4,028 in 1990), 1,979 households, and 1,361 families residing in

517-501: Is elected separately. A run-off election is held if no candidate for mayor receives more than 40% of the votes cast. Run-off elections are not held for city council seats. All positions are part-time. While Wasilla has an Alaska State Troopers presence, Wasilla falls under the jurisdiction of the Wasilla Police Department, founded in 1993, and employs 25 sworn officers. Emergency services and fire protection are provided by

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564-524: Is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km ) (5.64%) is water. Located near Wasilla Lake and Lake Lucille , Wasilla is one of two towns in the Matanuska Valley . The community surrounds Mi. 39–46 of the George Parks Highway , roughly 43 mi (69 km) by highway northeast of Anchorage . Nearly one third of the people of Wasilla drive the 40-minute commute to work in Anchorage every day. Six miles to

611-576: The Alaska Railroad to intersect the Carle Wagon Road (present Wasilla-Fishhook Road) which connected Knik and the mines. Local businesses and residents rushed to buy land nearby, and Knik declined. Wasilla Station was named for the nearby Wasilla Creek. Local miners used the name "Wasilla Creek", referring to Wassila, a chief of the Dena'ina. There are two sources cited for the name, one being derived from

658-517: The Glenn Highway connects Wasilla to Anchorage and communities on the Kenai Peninsula . The Parks also links the Matanuska Valley northward to the rest of the state and Canada. The Alaska Railroad serves Wasilla. The city-owned Wasilla Airport , with a paved 3,700-foot (1,100 m) runway , provides air taxi services. The airport was formerly located in the city center before moving to

705-521: The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to bypass Wasilla permanently, due to a warming climate . The race had its start in Wasilla from 1973 to 2002, the year when reduced snow cover forced a "temporary" change to Willow . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 12.4 square miles (32.2 km (12.4 sq mi). Of that, 11.7 square miles (30.4 km )

752-633: The Matanuska-Susitna Borough under Central Mat-Su Fire Department. Wasilla is served by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District . It has five high schools: There are also career training and technical colleges in Wasilla. Mat-Su Regional Medical Center opened in January 2006. It is outside the city limits halfway between Wasilla and its twin town of Palmer . The George Parks Highway in conjunction with

799-561: The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution which was adopted in that year . As more and more states subsequently began to choose their electors by popular election instead of appointment ( South Carolina being the last state to change, in 1860), candidates began to realize they could run together as a team for president and vice president instead of running completely separately for each office. The practice of

846-840: The Yukon River at Ruby . It follows the river to Kaltag before it heads to the Norton Sound on the Bering Sea at Unalakleet and it follows the coast to Nome. Then it returns along the same path in the reverse order to Ruby, where it diverges off its original path by following the Yukon River and its tributary the Tanana River until the competitors finish in Fairbanks . The route changes from time to time; total length has been 1,971 to 2,031 miles since 1993, extended to 2,031 miles in 2011. As of 2013

893-421: The average family size was 3.27. In the community of Wasilla, the age distribution of the population shows 33.6% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30. For every 100 females, there were 99.5 males; for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.0 males. The median income for a household in Wasilla

940-437: The city. The population density was 466.8 people per square mile (180.2 people/km ). There were 2,119 housing units at an average density of 180.9 units per square mile (69.8 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 85.5% White, 0.6% Black or African American, 5.3% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.3% from other races, and 5.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.7% of

987-458: The cold. Drivers compete in two-driver, two-sled teams for their safety since they travel through remote areas of Alaska. Teams are required to take three six-hour breaks between Nome and Tanana. They also take a 42-hour break in Nome to recuperate before they start making their return. Sleds are impounded during the break, ensuring that they rest since they are not able to work on their sleds. As of 2016

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1034-601: The economic base shifted in the 1970s from small-scale agriculture and recreation to support for workers employed in Anchorage or on Alaska's North Slope oilfields and related infrastructure. The George Parks Highway turned the town into a commuter suburb of Anchorage. The headquarters of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race , a popular and significant sporting event in Alaska, is located in Wasilla. Wasilla gained international attention when Sarah Palin , who served as Mayor of Wasilla before her election as Governor of Alaska ,

1081-602: The economy. One hundred and twenty area residents hold commercial fishing permits; commercial fishermen work seasonally in Lower Cook Inlet and distant Bristol Bay or the Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound (there are no commercial fisheries in Upper Cook Inlet). The Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry in Wasilla was established in 1967, "to give a home to the transportation and industrial remnants and to tell

1128-467: The extensive primary election and caucus system, is becoming increasingly irrelevant. The practice of running candidates for president and vice president together evolved in the nineteenth century. Originally, electors cast votes for two candidates on the same ballot for president; the candidate who finished second place in the tabulation became vice president. Starting in 1804, the president and vice president were elected on separate ballots as specified in

1175-764: The fastest time since 1994 was 35 hours 39 minutes 56 seconds by Marc McKenna & Dusty VanMeter on a Ski-Doo in 2012, although this figure is dependent upon route length and conditions rather than being a straightforward record; fastest times have exceeded 71 hours. The most current record time was set in 2016 by Tyler Aklestad and Tyson Johnson on Ski-Doo snowmobiles with a time of 17 hours 32 minutes and 44 seconds. Races are typically run in temperatures well below freezing, and -20 °F (-30 °C) to -50 °F (-45 °C) air temperatures are common without taking wind chill into effect. Some drivers apply duct tape to their faces to protect against frostbite . The machines are equipped with tall windshields for protection from

1222-453: The first season of the ABC reality series Emergency Call , which chronicles real-life 9-1-1 calls and the operator-dispatchers who handle them. Wasilla was also the setting of the short-lived MTV reality show Slednecks . Running mate A running mate is a person running together with another person on a joint ticket during an election . The term is most often used in reference to

1269-548: The indigenous Athabaskan groups extending down Canada's western coast. The area around downtown Wasilla was known to the Dena'ina as Benteh , which translates as "among the lakes". Near the mouth of the Matanuska River, the town of Knik was settled about 1880. In 1900, the Willow Creek Mining District was established to the north and Knik thrived as a mining settlement. In 1917, the U.S. government planned

1316-472: The last glacial period, between 26,500 and 19,000–20,000 years ago, until they disappeared between 10,000 and about 7,000 years ago. Early humans moved through the area and left evidence of their passage. The Matanuska-Susitna valley was eventually settled by the Dena'ina Alaska natives who utilized the fertile lands and fishing opportunities of Cook Inlet . The Dena'ina are one of the eleven sub-groups comprising

1363-400: The left-wing Workers' Party ran alongside Michel Temer of the center-right Brazilian Democratic Movement Party , and, personally, the 2016 Bulgarian presidential election , in which both candidates who went on to the second round of voting , Rumen Radev and Tsetska Tsacheva , had running mates of the opposite gender. The objective is to create a more widespread appeal for the ticket and

1410-464: The major highway and railroad transportation corridor linking Southcentral Alaska to Interior Alaska. As a result, population growth and community development shifted from the Palmer area to Wasilla and the surrounding area. Wasilla was incorporated as a city in 1974. All non- borough municipalities throughout Alaska are designated cities. In 1994, a statewide initiative to move Alaska's capital to Wasilla

1457-527: The person in the subordinate position (such as the vice presidential candidate running with a presidential candidate) but can also properly be used when referring to both candidates, such as by saying Donald Trump and JD Vance , and William Ruto and Raila Odinga , were running mates in relation to the presidential elections held in the United States in 2024 and Kenya in 2012 respectively. Running mates may be chosen, by custom or by law, to balance

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1504-406: The population. There were 1,979 households, out of which 43.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 23.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and

1551-440: The principal candidate (i.e., the person running for president or governor). In the late 1960s, it became the practice of the principal candidate in presidential elections to announce their preferred choice of running mate at their political party's national convention. The current practice is for the presumptive nominee of a political party to announce their choice for running mate before the national convention which, because of

1598-471: The race had never had a fatality, although there had been close calls. (Cumulative wins shown in parentheses.) Wasilla, Alaska Wasilla ( Dena'ina :  Benteh ) is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska , United States, and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of

1645-412: The results can range from assisting the resulting pair of candidates in appealing to a larger base of people to deterring voters who were initially inclined to vote for the running candidate, but may have been put off by the choice of the running mate. The term is usually used in countries in which the offices of president and vice president are both directly elected on the same ticket, in reference to

1692-560: The same ticket, in 2004 and 2022 . Further, in other countries, such as Botswana and Venezuela , the vice-president is legally appointed by the president in all cases (unlike, for instance, the United States, in which the president appoints a vice-president only in case of a vacancy, or Taiwan, in which the president nominates candidates for vice-president in case of a vacancy and the Legislative Council elects one of them to fill

1739-517: The southeast is Mount POW/MIA . Wasilla has a climate similar to that of Anchorage , classified as a subarctic climate ( Dfc ) by Köppen-Geiger climate classification , although with slightly warmer daytime maxima and colder nighttime minima due to its inland location. On average, over the course of the entire year, there are 30–31 days of sub-0 °F (−17.8 °C) lows, 37–38 days of 70 °F (21.1 °C)+ highs, and 1.4 days of 80 °F (26.7 °C)+ highs. The average annual precipitation

1786-421: The state. The city's population was 9,054 at the 2020 census , up from 7,831 in 2010. Wasilla is the largest city in the borough and a part of the Anchorage metropolitan area , which had an estimated population of 398,328 in 2020. Established at the intersection of the Alaska Railroad and Old Carle Wagon Road, the city prospered at the expense of the nearby mining town of Knik . Historically entrepreneurial,

1833-663: The stories of the people and the machines that opened Alaska to exploration and growth." In 2010, the Menard Center lost a tenant when the Arctic Predators did not play as a member of the Indoor Football League . The Wasilla City Council is the city's legislature. It enacts laws and policy statements, sets the property tax rate, and approves the budget and funds for city services. It has six members, elected at-large by Wasilla residents for three year terms. The mayor

1880-547: The ticket geographically, ideologically, or personally; examples of such a custom for each of the criteria are, geographically, in Nigerian general elections , in which a presidential candidate from the predominantly Christian south is typically matched with a vice presidential candidate from the predominantly Muslim north, and vice versa, ideologically, the Brazilian general elections in 2010 and 2014 , where Dilma Rousseff of

1927-458: The transition to a satellite bedroom community where many workers commute to Anchorage for employment. Local service employment has increased in recent years. About 35 percent of the Wasilla workforce commutes to Anchorage . The local economy is diverse, and residents are employed in a variety of city, borough, state, federal, retail and professional service positions. Tourism, agriculture, wood products, steel, and concrete products are part of

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1974-504: The vacancy). In cases of both separate elections and appointments, the president and vice-president are not considered running mates because they are not elected on the same ticket. In the United States, "running mate" refers not only to a candidate for vice president (federal), but also to a candidate for lieutenant governors of those states where the governor and lieutenant governor are jointly elected. Historically, American running mates were chosen by political parties in consultation with

2021-441: The war ended, with the result that after Lincoln's assassination he was succeeded by a Democrat, Johnson, the states began to place candidates for president and vice-president together on the same ballot ticket, thus making it impossible to vote for a presidential candidate from one party and a vice-presidential candidate from another party, as had previously been possible. Presidential candidates from smaller states sometimes choose

2068-436: Was $ 48,226, and the median income for a family was $ 53,792. Males had a median income of $ 41,332 versus $ 29,119 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 21,127. About 5.7% of families and 9.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.6% of those under the age of 18 and 9.7% of those 65 and older. According to the United States Census Bureau , the median household income in Wasilla from 2010 to 2014

2115-532: Was $ 62,622, with a per capita income of $ 28,704 and a poverty rate of 11.2% in the same year. The estimated rent burden in Wasilla was 31.7% (2011). Wasilla began as a transportation logistics and trade center serving natural resource extraction (mining, trapping & timber) followed by small-scale agricultural activity circa 1935; around 1975, construction of the Parks Highway substantially reduced travel time to Anchorage (approximately 43 miles away), encouraging

2162-475: Was chosen by John McCain as his running mate for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 United States presidential election . Wasilla is named after Chief Wasilla, a local Dena'ina chief . "Wasilla" is the anglicized spelling of the chief's Russian-given name, Васи́лий Vasilij , which corresponds to the English name Basil . Glacial ice sheets covered most of the northern hemisphere during

2209-408: Was defeated by a vote of about 116,000 to 96,000. About that time, the Matanuska Valley began to recover from an economic collapse, beginning a sustained boom that involved dramatic population growth, increased local employment, and a boom in residential and commercial real estate development. The local real estate market slowed in 2006. In 2008, suburban growth and dwindling snow forced organizers of

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