Nikki Haley Announces Presidential Campaign

Nikki Haley, the former Trump administration US ambassador to the U.N., announced her campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination in a video message released a day before a planned kick-off event in Charleston, SC. In the message, she focused on her experience growing up in South Carolina, and serving as the Republican governor the state from 2011-17. She said the Republican party was losing too many elections and needed a “new generation” to lead the party. Mrs. Haley was the second Republican to announce an official 2024 presidential bid. close