Nikki Haley Announces Campaign To Contest For US Presidency

Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations Ambassador, announced her candidacy for president on Tuesday.

She becomes the first major challenger to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination.

Haley, 51, is the first in a long line of Republicans who are expected to launch 2024 campaigns in the coming months.

Haley has regularly boasted about her track record of defying political expectations, saying, “I’ve never lost an election, and I’m not going to start now."

If elected, Haley would be the nation’s first female president and the first US president of Indian descent.

The daughter of Indian immigrants, Haley grew up in South Carolina.

With her 2010 victory, Haley became South Carolina’s first female and minority governor — and the nation’s youngest at 38.

She earned a speaking slot at the 2012 Republican National Convention and gave the GOP response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union in 2016.