South Carolina 
SC History SC Governors Governor Nimrata "Nikki" Randhawa Haley
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Nimrata "Nikki" Randhawa Haley
Born: January 20, 1972 in
Bamberg, SC
Died:
Buried:
Religion: Methodist; also attends Sikh services
Political Party: Republican
(Photo: Governor's Office)
Nikki Haley: Education
Nikki Haley: Occupations
- At the age of 13, Nikki Haley began assisting with the bookkeeping at her mother's clothing store. After college, she returned to work with the family business.
- In April 2024, Haley announced she would be joining the Hudson Institute, a conservative foreign policy think tank, as their Walter P. Stern chair.
1st Term Events, 2011-2015
- Haley was the first female and first minority (her parents immigrated from India) elected governor of South Carolina.
- In 2011, Haley pressed through the General Assembly and signed into law a bill requiring legislators to put their votes on the record so South Carolinians, for the first time, could see how their representatives voted.
- In 2015, Haley signed legislation to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds.
2nd Term Events, 2015-2017
- Haley signed into law ethics reforms which included income disclosure for public officials and independent investigations of ethics complaints against legislators.
- On January 24, 2017, Nikki Haley resigned as governor of South Carolina after being confirmed that same day as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Nikki Haley: Other Government Positions
- S.C. House, 2005-2011
- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 2017-2018
Nikki Haley: Other Distinctions
- Named as one of "The 100 Most Influential People" by Time magazine in 2016.
- Haley was selected to deliver the GOP response following President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address on January 12, 2016.
- Nikki Haley campaigned to be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, withdrawing after Donald Trump had secured the needed number of electoral college votes to be the party's candidate.
Nikki Haley: Web Resources
Nikki Haley: Election Results
Democratic Primary – 1st term, June 8, 2010 |
| Vincent Sheheen |
111,637 votes |
58.96% |
| Jim Rex |
43,590 votes |
23.02% |
| Robert Ford |
34,121 votes |
18.02% |
Republican Primary – 1st term, June 8, 2010 |
| Nikki Haley |
206,326 votes |
48.86% |
| Gresham Barrett |
91,824 votes |
21.75% |
| Henry McMaster |
71,494 votes |
16.93% |
| Andre Bauer |
52,607 votes |
12.46% |
Republican Primary Run-off – 1st term, June 22, 2010 |
| Nikki Haley |
233,733 votes |
65.05% |
| Gresham Barrett |
125,601 votes |
34.95% |
General Election – 1st term, November 2, 2010 |
| Nikki Haley (Republican) |
690,525 votes |
51.37% |
| Vincent Sheheen (Democratic) |
630,534 votes |
46.91% |
Morgan Bruce Reeves
(Green/United Citizens) |
20,114 votes |
1.50% |
| Write-ins |
3,025 votes |
.23% |
Democratic and Republican Primaries – 2nd term, June 10, 2014 |
| Democrat Vincent Sheheen and Republican Nikki Haley both ran unopposed as gubernatorial candidates for their respective parties. |
General Election – 2nd term, November 4, 2014 |
| Nikki Haley (Republican) |
696,645 votes |
55.90% |
| Vincent Sheheen (Democratic) |
516,166 votes |
41.42% |
| Steve French (Libertarian) |
15,438 votes |
1.24% |
| Tom Ervin (Petition) |
11,496 votes |
.92% |
| Morgan Bruce Reeves (United Citizens) |
5,622 votes |
.45% |
| Write-ins |
934 votes |
.07% |
