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[[File:Nikki Haley official portrait.jpg|thumb|250px|Official photo of Haley in 2017]]
'''Nimrata "Nikki" Haley''' (née '''Randhawa''', born January 20, 1972 in Lexington, South Carolina) is the United States Ambassador to the Unted Nations. She served as the [[conservative]] [[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) 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.
contested South Carolina election that year.
== Political Positions ==
== Political Positions ==
[[File:Nikki-haley.JPG|thumb|150px|Earlier photo of Haley]]
===Conservative positions===
* 100% [[Pro-Life]]
* 100% [[Pro-Life]]
* 100% Pro-2nd Amendment
* 100% Pro-2nd Amendment
* Supports traditional, family values and opposed to same-sex marriage
* Supports traditional, family values and opposed to same-sex marriage
* Against [[Obamacare]]
* Against [[Obamacare]]
* Pro-Israel
===Liberal positions===
*Bowed to liberal pressure and [[political correctness]] in opposing flying the [[Confederate flag]] (despite the specific flag design representing state's rights rather than slavery)
*Did not support Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.nikkihaley.com/ Campaign Website]
*[http://www.nikkihaley.com/ Campaign Website]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/32938591@N04/ Flickr page]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/32938591@N04/ Flickr page]
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