Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley (born January 20, 1972) is an American politician and the 116th and current Governor of South Carolina. She is currently serving in her second term. A member of the Republican Party, Haley represented Lexington County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2005 to 2010.When she entered the 2010 gubernatorial race, Haley gained endorsements for the Republican nomination from former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, and the Tea Party movement, to finish first in the four-way Republican primary election on June 8, 2010 with 49% of the vote. Haley won the subsequent June 22 runoff with 65%, and proceeded to win the general election by a 51–47% margin.Haley is the first woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina. At the age of 43, Haley is the youngest current governor in the United States. She is one of two sitting Indian American governors in the United States, the other being fellow Republican Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. She might also be considered the third non-white person to have been elected as governor of a Southern state, after Virginia's L. Douglas Wilder and Louisiana's Jindal depending on whether she is considered "non-white" or not. (Notably, Nikki Haley identified herself as “white” on her voter registration card in 2001.) She also serves as an ex-officio chair of the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina during her term in office. In May 2015, she received an honorary doctorate in public service from the University.On November 4, 2014, Haley was re-elected to a second term as the Governor of South Carolina, a term that will expire on January 9, 2019."@en }
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- Nikki_Haley abstract "Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley (born January 20, 1972) is an American politician and the 116th and current Governor of South Carolina. She is currently serving in her second term. A member of the Republican Party, Haley represented Lexington County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2005 to 2010.When she entered the 2010 gubernatorial race, Haley gained endorsements for the Republican nomination from former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, and the Tea Party movement, to finish first in the four-way Republican primary election on June 8, 2010 with 49% of the vote. Haley won the subsequent June 22 runoff with 65%, and proceeded to win the general election by a 51–47% margin.Haley is the first woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina. At the age of 43, Haley is the youngest current governor in the United States. She is one of two sitting Indian American governors in the United States, the other being fellow Republican Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. She might also be considered the third non-white person to have been elected as governor of a Southern state, after Virginia's L. Douglas Wilder and Louisiana's Jindal depending on whether she is considered "non-white" or not. (Notably, Nikki Haley identified herself as “white” on her voter registration card in 2001.) She also serves as an ex-officio chair of the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina during her term in office. In May 2015, she received an honorary doctorate in public service from the University.On November 4, 2014, Haley was re-elected to a second term as the Governor of South Carolina, a term that will expire on January 9, 2019.".