Sarah Palin said on Friday that she will resign as Governor of Alaska at the end of July, prompting many to wonder if she will focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race.

The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the unexpected announcement from her home in suburban Wasilla on Friday morning.  Sarah Palin Sarah Palin to Resign as Governor of Alaska says she will step down on July 26.

"Once I decided not to run for re-election, I also felt that to embrace the conventional Lame Duck status in this particular climate would just be another dose of politics as usual, something I campaigned against and will always oppose," Palin said in a statement released by her office.

"It is my duty to always protect our great state. With that in mind, my family and I determined that it is best to make a difference this summer, and I am willing to change things, so that this administration, with its positive agenda, its accomplishments, and its successful road to an incredible future, can continue without interruption and with great administrative and legislative success," she said.

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