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Father Dr. Ajit and mother Raj Randhawa, are Sikh immigrants from Amritsar, India
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On September 6, 1996, she married Michael Haley who is a federal employee with the United States Department of the Army and an officer in the South Carolina Army National Guard.
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Gov.-elect Nikki Haley today announced the appointment of Catherine Templeton to be the next Director of the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (LLR). Mrs. Templeton, who lives in Mount Pleasant, is an attorney at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., where she has worked since 2000.
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- Washington, June 23, 2010: Nikki Haley wins South Carolina runoff after drama-filled race : Indian American lawmaker Nikki Haley made history as South Carolina Republicans made her their first female gubernatorial nominee, handing her an easy victory in her primary runoff race against US representative Gresham Barrett.........Read
- Washington, June 17, 2010: Republicans split over backing Nikki Haley : While national Republicans are busy advancing Indian American lawmaker Nikki Haley's bid for governor of South Carolina, much of the state party establishment seems to be working furiously to torpedo her chances in the June 22 runoff.....Read
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- Washington, June 9, 2010: Nikki Haley forced into runoff in South Carolina primary : Overcoming accusations of marital infidelity, Indian American lawmaker Nikki Haley just missed the 50-percent threshold in a four-way primary...Read
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- New York, June 6, 2010: Indian-American Haley is racially attacked : Indian-American Nikki Haley, who is contesting governorship in South Carolina, was attacked racially by a state lawmaker who called her a "raghead", media ....Read
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- Washington, May 26, 2010: Indian American Nikki Haley bounces back in governor's race: Hit hard by a prominent Republican blogger's
allegation that he had an "inappropriate physical relationship" with Nikki (Randhawa) Haley....Read
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- South Carolina,
Nov. 03, 2004: Nikki
Randhawa, a Republican from District 87, will
become the first Indian American to hold elected
office in South Carolina......Read
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- Washington
June 10, 2004: Nikki
Randhawa, NRI, Sikh Busimess woman won the run-off
election to the South Carolina State Assembly.
Nikki Randhawa Haley, 32-year-old
Sikh woman has won the run-off election to the
South Carolina State Assembly, 87th District defeating
Larry Koon, American member of 30 years. Nikki
Randhawa Haley will be the first Sikh and fifth
Indian American to enter a US state legislature.
Nikki Randhawa got 54.69 per cent votes (2,928
votes), while Koon got 45.31 per cent (2426 votes)
Haley ran for the election after
Koon said he would not contest again. But later
he changed his mind and returned to the fray.
He said that the state''s budget problem was the
reason for his change of heart. In the election
held on June 8 Koon got 2,354 votes (42.27 per
cent) while Haley got 2,247 votes (40.35 per cent).
A third candidate, David Perry, an insurance broker,
got 968 votes, (17.38 per cent). Since nobody
got more than 50 per cent, a runoff was necessitated.
There is no Democratic candidate and Haley automatically
becomes the assemblywoman. After the election
in June 8, Haley said she was sure of victory
at the runoff in June 22. As a Sikh, there were
questions about her faith. "But everybody
knows us. She is born and brought up here only.
Her husband is an American. Their two children
go to the church as well as the temple. We explained
these to the sceptics," Ajit Randhawa, her
father said. Haley promises to be a spokesperson
for the Indian Americans, women, and the business
community. The 87th district is a very southern
district in the southern state of South Carolina.
People are mostly conservative and 98 per cent
of the voters are Republican. She said she is
Republican because it supports business and stands
for many of the ideals she cherishes. She is pro-life
also. "Does it matter for the Indian community
whether the candidate is Republican or Democrat?
What we need is people in political office. Party
affiliation is irrelevant for us at this time,"
she said earlier. The district has 22,000 voters
and the number of Indians is very few.
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