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Nikki Haley

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U.S. Governor

The Resume

    (January 20, 1972- )
    Born in Bamberg, South Carolina
    Republican Governor of South Carolina, elected November 2, 2010
    Served in the South Carolina House of Representatives (2005-10)
    Birth name was Nimrata Randhawa

Why she might be annoying:

    She's proud to be part of the Tea Party movement.
    She's Indian, but, created a stir by listing her race as 'white' on her voter registration form.
    During a heated GOP Gubernatorial primary, allegations of two extra marital affairs surfaced.
    She supported the flying of the Confederate Flag near the South Carolina Statehouse.
    Democrats and Republicans alike describe her governing style as 'adversarial.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She graduated Clemson with an accounting degree.
    She started working for her family's business when she was just 13 years old.
    She was the first woman to be elected Governor of South Carolina.
    She doesn't make an issue of her race, though, the combination of her race, gender and youth earned her the distinction of being considered a 'rising GOP star.'
    In her first year as Governor, she vetoed several bills passed by the GOP controlled state legislature because she disagreed with the amount of money being spent (some of those vetoes were later overridden by GOP lawmakers); an example of how she stood by her Tea Party principles.

Credit: D


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 64 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 317 Votes: 55.84% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 103 Votes: 49.51% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 118 Votes: 55.93% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 326 Votes: 53.37% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 120 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 410 Votes: 49.76% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 389 Votes: 78.41% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 73 Votes: 83.56% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 87 Votes: 50.57% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 383 Votes: 48.83% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 2022 Votes: 45.65% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 526 Votes: 44.87% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 254 Votes: 49.21% Annoying