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Nikki Haley wins a second term as SC governor
[POSTANDCOURIER] South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley...first woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina, and the second Indian-American governor in the country, after Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. At the age of 39, Haley is the youngest current governor in the U.S., a distinction formerly held by Jindal. She is a Republican, which really grates on the Dems... has handily beat Democratic state Sen. Vincent Sheheen to win a second term. The 42-year-old daughter of Indian immigrants needed a convincing victory to further boost her image nationally. South Carolina's first minority and first female governor already is a familiar figure on the national stage. Just over half of the $8 million raised by her campaign came from out-of-state donors. Haley was declared the winner based on projections from exit poll data that suggests the Republican will win by a wider margin than 2010, when just 4.5 percentage points separated her from Sheheen. A rematch had been expected since shortly after that contest, but Sheheen never gained the traction necessary to close the gap, despite hammering Haley on her first-term blunders. Posted by: Fred 2014-11-05 |
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