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Palin and Romney endorse Indian American woman for governor
US-INDIAN
Lalit K Jha
Washington, May 21 (PTI) Giving a major boost to the
candidacy of Indian American Nikki Haley for the Governorship
of South Carolina State, top Republican leaders including
Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney have endorsed her campaign.
The impact of her endorsement coming from top two
Republican leaders were evident as the latest opinion poll
released yesterday showed Haley way ahead of her closest
rival.
While Palin was the Vice Presidential candidate for the
Republican Party, Romney is considered to be one of the
leading Republican Party presidential aspirant for the 2012
Presidential elections.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely
Republican Primary voters shows Haley earning 30 per cent
support, followed by State Attorney General Henry McMaster who
picks up 19 per cent, Congressman Gresham Barrett with 17 per
cent and Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer 12 per cent of the
vote.
The new findings mark a dramatic turn of events for Haley
who ran fourth in March with just 12 per cent support,
McMaster earned 21 per cent of the vote at that time, Bauer at
17 per cent and Barrett at 14 per cent.
Daughter of a Punjabi Sikh immigrant from Amritsar,
Namrata "Nikki" Randhawa Haley, is considered by the Indian
Americans another Bobby Jindal in the making. If elected in
the election, later this year, Haley would be only the second
Indian American Governor after Jindal; and the first Indian
American woman to become the Governor for an American State.
"I know, I am going to make this happen. I am going to
win the race," Haley had told PTI in an interview at the
Capitol Hill, a few months after she announced her decision to
enter the race, despite several odds against her.
Nikki, 37, is currently a member of the South Carolina
House of Representatives. "She has a proven conservative
record of fighting wasteful spending and advocating for
smaller, more efficient government. I'm honoured to call her
my friend and prouder still to endorse her campaign for
governor," Romney said endorsing her campaign.
Earlier endorsing Halley for governor of South
Carolina, Palin said, "Nikki is a strong pro-life, pro-Second
Amendment fiscal conservative who served with distinction as a
state lawmaker, a reformer who fought her own party to protect
the interests of the taxpayer, a proud daughter of immigrants
who worked night and day to achieve the American dream, a wife
of an officer in the Army National Guard, a board member at
her family's Methodist church, and - most proudly the loving
mother of two beautiful kids."
Haley said, "It is a tremendous honour to receive
Governor Palin's endorsement. Palin has energised the
conservative movement like few others in our generation. She
has helped millions of Americans find the power of their
voice. I am extremely proud that she has offered her
support to my candidacy." PTI LKJ
DDC
Lalit K Jha
Washington, May 21 (PTI) Giving a major boost to the
candidacy of Indian American Nikki Haley for the Governorship
of South Carolina State, top Republican leaders including
Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney have endorsed her campaign.
The impact of her endorsement coming from top two
Republican leaders were evident as the latest opinion poll
released yesterday showed Haley way ahead of her closest
rival.
While Palin was the Vice Presidential candidate for the
Republican Party, Romney is considered to be one of the
leading Republican Party presidential aspirant for the 2012
Presidential elections.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely
Republican Primary voters shows Haley earning 30 per cent
support, followed by State Attorney General Henry McMaster who
picks up 19 per cent, Congressman Gresham Barrett with 17 per
cent and Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer 12 per cent of the
vote.
The new findings mark a dramatic turn of events for Haley
who ran fourth in March with just 12 per cent support,
McMaster earned 21 per cent of the vote at that time, Bauer at
17 per cent and Barrett at 14 per cent.
Daughter of a Punjabi Sikh immigrant from Amritsar,
Namrata "Nikki" Randhawa Haley, is considered by the Indian
Americans another Bobby Jindal in the making. If elected in
the election, later this year, Haley would be only the second
Indian American Governor after Jindal; and the first Indian
American woman to become the Governor for an American State.
"I know, I am going to make this happen. I am going to
win the race," Haley had told PTI in an interview at the
Capitol Hill, a few months after she announced her decision to
enter the race, despite several odds against her.
Nikki, 37, is currently a member of the South Carolina
House of Representatives. "She has a proven conservative
record of fighting wasteful spending and advocating for
smaller, more efficient government. I'm honoured to call her
my friend and prouder still to endorse her campaign for
governor," Romney said endorsing her campaign.
Earlier endorsing Halley for governor of South
Carolina, Palin said, "Nikki is a strong pro-life, pro-Second
Amendment fiscal conservative who served with distinction as a
state lawmaker, a reformer who fought her own party to protect
the interests of the taxpayer, a proud daughter of immigrants
who worked night and day to achieve the American dream, a wife
of an officer in the Army National Guard, a board member at
her family's Methodist church, and - most proudly the loving
mother of two beautiful kids."
Haley said, "It is a tremendous honour to receive
Governor Palin's endorsement. Palin has energised the
conservative movement like few others in our generation. She
has helped millions of Americans find the power of their
voice. I am extremely proud that she has offered her
support to my candidacy." PTI LKJ
DDC
