| − | '''Nimrata "Nikki" Haley''' (née '''Randhawa''', born January 20, 1972, in Lexington, South Carolina) is the United States Ambassador to the [[United Nations]], serving in the [[Trump Administration]] since 2017. She served as the [[Republican]] governor of [[South Carolina]] from 2011 until 2017. Previously, from 2004 to 2010, she served as a member of the [[South Carolina]] House of Representatives. She was endorsed for governor by the former Alaska Governor [[Sarah Palin]] and won a difficult election. | + | '''Nimrata "Nikki" Haley''' (née '''Randhawa''', born January 20, 1972, in Lexington, South Carolina, age {{age|1972|1|20}}) is the United States Ambassador to the [[United Nations]], serving in the [[Trump Administration]] since 2017. She served as the [[Republican]] governor of [[South Carolina]] from 2011 until 2017. Previously, from 2004 to 2010, she served as a member of the [[South Carolina]] House of Representatives. She was endorsed for governor by the former Alaska Governor [[Sarah Palin]] and won a difficult election. |
| | Haley, one of the strongest fiscal conservatives in state government, was first elected to represent the 87th District in Lexington County in 2004, when, as a virtual unknown she beat the longest serving state legislator in a Republican primary. In 2008 Representative Haley was sent back to the statehouse with 83 percent of the vote – the highest percentage earned by any lawmaker facing a contested South Carolina election that year. | | Haley, one of the strongest fiscal conservatives in state government, was first elected to represent the 87th District in Lexington County in 2004, when, as a virtual unknown she beat the longest serving state legislator in a Republican primary. In 2008 Representative Haley was sent back to the statehouse with 83 percent of the vote – the highest percentage earned by any lawmaker facing a contested South Carolina election that year. |