Nikki Haley is believed to be very close to announcing she is joining the race to be the Republican presidential candidate
(Picture: Getty Images)It may be over a year until the ballots are counted and US citizens hold their breath as the next president is revealed, but Republican candidates are getting ready to throw their hats in the ring in an attempt to establish themselves as alternatives to Donald Trump – the only declared major candidate thus far of any political party.
The latest? Nikki Haley, 51, the former United States ambassador to the United Nations who, in her own words, has “never lost a race”. She is also a politician of firsts: when she was the governor of South Carolina, she was the youngest governor in the US at the time and the only female governor in South Carolina history. That’s an awful lot of tradition breaking for a Republican, but it’s something she prides herself on, and it will probably become an integral part of her campaign.
