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| Nikki Haley wins a second term as SC governor |
| 2014-11-05 |
| [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 |
| #3 I guess the whore-out-the-door comment was not a good campaign tactic by her Donk opponent. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-11-05 09:21 |
| #2 She received 56% of the vote. Not sure that her re-election makes her a national 'player' but it will certainly quiet a lot of critics. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2014-11-05 08:33 |
| #1 More fruit of the 'war on wymns.' I'm delighted with her victory, and the victory of the lady pig farmer in Iowa as well. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-11-05 07:14 |