A Sikh-born state legislator overcame rumors of infidelity and questions about her ethnic background to win South Carolina’s bruising GOP gubernatorial primary yesterday.
Early in the campaign, Nikki Haley had to fend off unsubstantiated charges from two men who claimed they had affairs with her. The mother of two denied both accusations.
The victory moves her closer to becoming South Carolina’s first woman chief executive and America’s first Sikh-born governor.