Former Governor Nikki Haley has appointed a team to run her campaign in Virginia prior to the March 5th Super Tuesday primary. Former First Lady of Virginia, Susan will lead the team of 22 Halley supporters.
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
“I’ve known Nikki Haley since she was a conservative leader in South Carolina and watched her lead that state as an outstanding governor,” Susan Allen said in an announcement of the Virginia team on Friday.
“From there, it was with admiration that I saw her handling world leaders and world affairs with strength and grace while serving as a Trump appointee as ambassador to the U.N.”
“She has all of the characteristics needed to lead America as our next president,” she said.
Others serving on the Halley support team in the commonwealth are:
“former Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-10th, who represented the Northern Virginia district from 2015 to 2019; former Rep. Tom Davis, R-11th, who represented his Northern Virginia district from 1995 to 2008; and Del. Carrie Coyner, R-Chesterfield, a former member of the county’s School Board who has served in the House of Delegates since 2020.”
The Republican primary ballot in Virginia will have 6 candidates but three of them have dropped out, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis; former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie; and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Remaining on the ballot are Former President Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, and Texas pastor Ryan Binkley.
More from RTD:
“Trump’s key Virginia backers include state Sen. John McGuire, R-Goochland; Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-9th; Rep. Ben Cline, R-6th; and Rep. Bob Good, R-5th, who initially backed DeSantis. McGuire is challenging Good for the 5th District congressional nomination.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he will not endorse a presidential candidate ahead of the Virginia GOP primary.”
Haley’s team also includes:
- Ben Dessart, former chair, Young Republicans;
- Steve Dougherty, former official in President Ronald Reagan’s administration;
- Lee Dunn, co-chair of Women for Nikki and general counsel to former Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.;
- Frank Fannon, former Alexandria mayor and councilman;
- Terri Hauser, vice chair of the Alexandria City Republican Committee;
- Jamil Jaffer, founder and executive director of the National Security Institute at George Mason University;
- Col. Jim Klingmeyer, chair of Vets for Nikki;
- Lester Munson, former staff director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations;
- Elroy Sailor, business executive in Washington, D.C.;
- Morgan Vina, state chair of Women for Nikki and former chief of staff to Haley at the United Nations; and
- Kristi Way, executive director of Moelis & Co. in Washington and chief of staff to former Rep. Eric Cantor, R-7th.
3 comments
Haley only received 30% of primary ballots cast.
Out of the other 70% how many know as Governor she failed to combat illegal immigration in SC’s employment sector?
If she did become President;
How many American Tax Payer Billions would she funnel to the United Nations to support NGO’s to facilitate the worldly travels of illegal aliens to Virginia?
If after Haley loses will they join the gop base or go off in a huff. Seems like more of a uniparty thing that ends up undercutting the gop base.
They will retreat to their wine spritzer and crustless cucumber sandwich country club affairs and complain about the unwashed deplorables.
A better question is do we want them back. Actually they never were with the base to begin with. Then a better question is how fast can we revoke their citizenship and expel them from our country.