Nikki Haley

Prior to her tenure in the Trump administration, Haley led the state of South Carolina as governor from 2011 until 2017, when she left to take the job at the ...

"We have lost the last seven out of eight popular votes for president," Haley said. Haley was the first woman to serve as governor of South Carolina. ambassador to the United Nations for nearly two years, from 2017 to 2018, [when she resigned](https://www.npr.org/2018/10/09/655794985/nikki-haley-resigns-as-u-n-ambassador). [announced](https://www.npr.org/2022/11/15/1044234232/trump-announces-run-president-2024) another bid for the White House. In that Jan. Trump last year

The former South Carolina governor's bid, which will reportedly kick off with a campaign video as soon as this week, was encouraged by the former president ...

Trump led the poll at 41%, 10 points ahead of runner-up DeSantis, the [primary target](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/ron-desantis-donald-trump-jabs) of Trump’s ire. [remains unbothered](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/donald-trump-reaction-nikki-haley-2024), despite her potentially reneging on a 2021 [promise](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-orangeburg-south-carolina-united-nations-nikki-haley-fda929b5d69ab0a91b97edc62207bcfb) to “not run if President Trump ran.” While en route to one of his first campaign events in South Carolina over the weekend, [Trump confirmed](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/donald-trump-reaction-nikki-haley-2024) that Haley did brief him on her 2024 plans. “There was fraud in the election,” [Coming to (and Leaving) Netflix](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/01/new-on-netflix-the-best-movies-and-tv-shows-coming-and-leaving-in-february-2023?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-011823)in February Trump’s surprisingly sanguine response to Haley’s possible challenge is likely due to her low poll numbers: A [recent poll](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/584600-donald-trump-downs-ron-desantis-in-two-early-state-2024-primary-polls/) of Republican primary voters in her home state found that only 12% of respondents backed Haley, who served as South Carolina’s governor from 2011 to 2017. [Donald Trump](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/donald-trump-ron-desantis-2024-threats?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-011823)Will Probably “Handle” Ron DeSantis in 2024 [launch](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/joe-biden-expected-to-make-2024-run-public-next-month) his reelection campaign in the coming months. [George Santos Saga](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/george-santos-male-model-vogue-magazine?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-011823)Just Keeps Getting Weirder The video will reportedly serve as a prelude to a campaign launch event in Charleston, South Carolina, where Haley’s political advisers have flocked. Haley might not move the needle like Governor Ron DeSantis, the favored shadow candidate of Trump’s far-right detractors, but she will likely beat him to the punch. Meanwhile, other rumored GOP hopefuls—like Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo—are in a holding pattern. [according to](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/31/haley-trump-republicans-2024-presidential-race/) The Washington Post.

Former US Ambassador to the UN and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will formally announce she is running for president at a Feb. 15 event in Charleston, ...

“I think we need a young generation to come in, step up, and really start fixing things.” [The Post and Courier reported Tuesday](https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/its-official-nikki-haley-running-for-president-formal-announcement-feb-15/article_761b0b96-8c42-11ed-afdd-d330c30e8be3.html). Haley was South Carolina’s first female governor.

Former South Carolina governor and Trump UN ambassador has trailed run while clashing with possible foe Pompeo.

Pompeo says she thereby “abandoned” Trump just as she did “the great people of South Carolina” when in 2017 she [resigned](https://governor.sc.gov/news/2017-01/mcmaster-sworn-sc-governor-after-haley-resigns) as governor. “She has described her role as going toe-to-toe with tyrants,” Pompeo writes of Haley’s time at the UN. I think I can be that leader.” Last week, Haley told Fox News: “When you’re looking at a run for president, you look at two things. [memoir](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/29/never-give-an-inch-review-mike-pompeo-trump-2024-republicans), [accusing her](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/18/nikki-haley-plotted-kushner-ivanka-trump-vp-mike-pompeo-new-book) of conniving with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to become vice-president and writing unfavourably of her performance as UN ambassador and resignation as South Carolina governor. And can I be that leader? [wrote](https://twitter.com/brhodes/status/1616182038364835840): “Pompeo and Haley poised for a real battle to see who can crack 1% in a Republican primary.” [into a higher gear](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/30/far-right-project-disinformation-trump-2024-campaign), speaking in South Carolina and [New Hampshire](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/28/donald-trump-2024-campaign-trail), early voting states, last week. [Trump’s only close rival](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/29/desantis-trump-2024-white-house-bid) in [polling](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-r/) regarding the notional field. [she would not run if Trump did](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/547784-nikki-haley-says-she-will-not-run-if-trump-runs-for-president-in-2024/) but in recent months she has not been shy about [trailing her run](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/30/nikki-haley-2024-republican-president-candidate-decision) and potential campaign staffers have reportedly been moving to South Carolina. [said](https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/its-official-nikki-haley-running-for-president-formal-announcement-feb-15/article_761b0b96-8c42-11ed-afdd-d330c30e8be3.html) it had seen an invitation “soon going out to her backers”, for a “special announcement” at The Shed at Charleston Visitor Center on 15 February. [reported](https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/its-official-nikki-haley-running-for-president-formal-announcement-feb-15/article_761b0b96-8c42-11ed-afdd-d330c30e8be3.html).

In recent months, Haley has cast herself as a new kind of Republican who can take new approaches to President Joe Biden and the Democrats.

"Old school GOP will like her, and donors," said Longwell, founder of an organization called the Republican Accountability Project. Steve Cortes, a commentator who has been a television surrogate for Trump, tweeted that "the 'political weather vane'" is not to be trusted: "Haley gushes over Trump, then betrays him, then gushes again, and then…betrays again. ambassador to the United Nations. While campaigning Saturday in New Hampshire and South Carolina, Trump told reporters that Haley had called him about her prospective campaign. Since Trump's defeat in the 2020 presidential race, Haley has sent mixed signals about her presidential ambitions. She’s the worst kind of political snake." "If I run, I'm running against Joe Biden," Haley told Fox. She's publicly said that I would never run against my President." 15, becoming the first Republican to jump into the field to challenge to Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with her plans. Ron DeSantis](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/01/29/desantis-republicans-woke-ban-african-american-studies-queer-theory/11120694002/) and former [Vice President Mike Pence](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/24/pence-classified-documents-home/11112381002/). Governor Nikki Haley hints at 2024 presidential bid:](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/20/nikki-haley-republican-president-primary/11090444002/) [Nikki Haley](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/07/01/nikki-haley-previews-2024-presidential-run-iowa/7787394001/) will formally launch her 2024 presidential run on Feb.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is moving closer to making her presidential campaign official. On Wednesday, supporters of the former South Carolina ...

“She said she would never run against me because I was the greatest president, but people change their opinions, and they change what’s in their hearts,” Trump said. In South Carolina on Saturday, Trump told WIS-TV that Haley had called him several days earlier to seek his opinion. Instead, Haley returned to South Carolina, where she bought a home on Kiawah Island, joined the board of aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. [Trump was in South Carolina Saturday](https://apnews.com/article/abortion-politics-new-hampshire-state-government-south-carolina-2022-midterm-elections-7624d58296aa9b808032e2edbcd166c3) for the initial campaign swing of his 2024 campaign, standing alongside Gov. On Wednesday, supporters of the former South Carolina governor will get an email invitation to a Feb. Haley, 51, served as South Carolina’s governor for six years before serving as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations.

The former South Carolina governor and ambassador to the UN is expected to announce her candidacy on Feb. 15, making her the first 2024 Republican to take on a ...

“I’ve won tough primaries and tough general elections,” Haley told a Republican Jewish Coalition meeting in November. Her leadership PAC raised $17.5 million in the 2022 election cycle, far short of the $180 million that Trump raised over the same period. co-founders Kenneth Langone and Bernard Marcus, hedge fund managers Paul Singer and Cliff Asness and GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson, according to a copy of the group’s 2019 tax return first reported by Politico. Republican strategist Sarah Longwell, publisher of the conservative website The Bulwark, said Haley performs best among swing voters alienated from the GOP. Haley was the youngest and first minority female US governor when she was elected in 2010. After disappointing midterm results for Republicans, which included the defeat of many of Trump’s handpicked candidates, Haley said circumstances had changed. “I think she’ll be a very viable candidate,” Graham told Bloomberg News in an interview. Several Republicans are considering a White House bid, including South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, who has an event in Charleston scheduled for the day after Haley’s announcement. Haley polled at 4% in a survey released on Tuesday by Republican pollster Whit Ayres — equal with former US Representative Liz Cheney and behind DeSantis, Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence. But Haley brings a fraught record to the race. She’s banking on increasing disdain for Trump, 76, within the party and offering her relative youth, at 51, and Indian American heritage as a modern alternative. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

Haley will become the first Republican to get in the 2024 presidential race since former President Donald Trump launched his bid.

"I talked to her for a little while. The former South Carolina governor told Fox News that her comments about not running against Trump were made before some perceived flaws of President Biden's administration, such as the withdrawal in Afghanistan and the dramatic rise in inflation. ambassadorship](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nikki-haley-is-trumps-pick-for-us-ambassador-to-un-sources-confirm/) after his win in 2016. Haley notched one symbolic win against Trump last year in the primary for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, when Haley backed Rep. It's like a countdown at NASA, T-minus two weeks and counting," said Dave Wilson, president of the Christian nonprofit Palmetto Family Council. 15, and promised "it's definitely going to be a Great Day in South Carolina." "You first look at, 'Does the current situation push for new leadership?' The second question is, 'Am I that person that could be that new leader?' So, do I think I could be that leader? 16, a day after Haley is expected to launch her presidential campaign. "I think we need a young generation to come in, step up, and really start fixing things." ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina governor, is expected to officially announce her 2024 presidential run on Feb. "When you're looking at a run for president, you look at two things," Haley added. 15 in Charleston, according to two South Carolina Republicans familiar with her plans.

La course est (presque) lancée : l'ancienne ambassadrice à l'ONU Nikki Haley a promis mercredi une « annonce spéciale » à ses partisans, préfigurant une ...

de nombreux républicains envisagent une possible candidature. Englué dans une série d’affaires, l’ex-locataire de la Maison-Blanche peine aussi pour l’instant à récolter des fonds. « Ma famille et moi avons une annonce spéciale à vous faire », a déclaré la quinquagénaire sur Twitter, invitant ses militants à se réunir à cette date dans l’État de Caroline du Sud, dont elle fut gouverneure.

La course est (presque) lancée: la républicaine Nikki Haley a promis mercredi une «annonce spéciale» à ses partisans, préfigurant une candidature à ...

Donald Trump a publié une vidéo sur son réseau social en guise de réaction, dans laquelle Nikki Haley affirme qu’elle ne se présentera pas si le milliardaire républicain est candidat. Hasard de calendrier? de nombreux républicains envisagent une possible candidature.

The former UN ambassador will reportedly announce a presidential run at an event on 15 February.

According to Mr Trump, Ms Haley called him recently to inform him of her interest in running. Ms Haley did, however, criticise Mr Trump's behaviour up to and during the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters. During her time as South Carolina governor, Ms Haley developed a reputation as a business-friendly leader who focused on attracting major companies to the state.