Sarah Palin speaks to the media at her campaign headquarters in South Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, August 31
(Picture: AP)Sarah Palin’s bid to return to the frontline of US politics has been thwarted after she lost a special congressional election in Alaska.
The Republican is best known for her unsuccessful vice presidential run with John McCain in 2008 and was making her first bid to return to public office since that defeat.
