SkipCaptcha
614
edits
Changes
no edit summary
}}
}}
'''Nimrata Randhawa "Nikki" Haley''', (born January 20, 1972) is the former United States Ambassador to the [[United Nations]], serving in the [[Trump Administration]] from 2017-2018. She served as the [[Republican]] [[Governor]] of [[South Carolina]] from 2011-2017. Previously, from 2004-2010, she served as a member of the [[South Carolina]] House of Representatives. She was endorsed for governor by former [[Alaska]] Governor [[Sarah Palin]], but turned on Palin after winning, saying she would not have returned the favor in a 2012 presidential campaign<ref>https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-now/2011/02/nikki-haley-i-dont-owe-palin-an-endorsement-in-2012-033763</ref>.
'''Nimrata Randhawa "Nikki" Haley''', (born January 20, 1972) is the former United States Ambassador to the [[United Nations]], serving in the [[Trump Administration]] from 2017-2018. She served as the [[Republican]] [[Governor]] of [[South Carolina]] from 2011-2017. Previously, from 2004-2010, she served as a member of the [[South Carolina]] House of Representatives. She was endorsed for governor by former [[Alaska]] Governor [[Sarah Palin]], but turned on Palin after winning, saying she would not have returned the favor by endorsing a Palin presidential campaign for the 2012 election<ref>https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-now/2011/02/nikki-haley-i-dont-owe-palin-an-endorsement-in-2012-033763</ref>.
She 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.
She 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.