WASILLA, Alaska — Sarah Palin and her husband have pieced together a uniquely Alaskan income that reached comfortably into six figures even before she became governor, capitalizing on valuable fishing rights, a series of land deals and a patchwork of other ventures.
Add up the couple’s 2007 income based on governor’s-office disclosures and the estimated value of their property and investments and they appear to be worth at least $1.2 million. That would make the Palins, like Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, well off but not nearly as wealthy as multimillionaire couples John and Cindy McCain and, to a lesser extent, Barack and Michelle Obama.
A more complete picture will come when Sarah Palin outlines her personal finances in federal paperwork in coming days. It will include details of any mortgage debt and at least rough dollar totals for bank accounts and investments.
