{"id":1472393,"date":"2022-05-12T06:29:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T10:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1472393"},"modified":"2022-05-12T06:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T10:29:44","slug":"exclusive-nikki-haley-to-announce-major-endorsement-in-house-race-gop-has-targeted-for-pickup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-nikki-haley-to-announce-major-endorsement-in-house-race-gop-has-targeted-for-pickup\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Nikki Haley To Announce Major Endorsement In House Race GOP Has Targeted For Pickup"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-nikki-haley-to-announce-major-endorsement-in-house-race-gop-has-targeted-for-pickup%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1472393&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley will endorse Air Force veteran Jennifer-Ruth Green on the heels of her May 3 primary victory in Indiana\u2019s First District, Haley told the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>Green, a first-time candidate for elected office, <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Jennifer-Ruth_Green\">received<\/a> 49% support in the seven candidate primary. She will face freshman Democratic Rep. Frank Mrvan in November. House Republican Conference chairwoman Elise Stefanik <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/09\/stefanik-palin-congress-midterms\/\">endorsed<\/a> Green following her primary victory, and she has also received <a href=\"https:\/\/jennifer-ruthgreen.com\/endorsements\/\">support<\/a> from Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and Indiana Rep. Jim Banks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJennifer-Ruth is a powerhouse and Iraq war veteran who will always fight for America and our values. She will protect the unborn, cut taxes, stop big government, and stand up for what\u2019s right. She is exactly what we need in Congress,\u201d Haley said in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1st term <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IN01?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IN01<\/a> Democratic Rep. Frank Mrvan won his primary election tonight &#038; will face GOP primary winner Jennifer-Ruth Green,a Black US Air Force veteran,in the fall. Mrvan won the northwestern Indiana House seat in 2020, succeeding retiring 18th term Rep. Peter Visclosky (D).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigCaplan\/status\/1521689372977999873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats have held Mrvan\u2019s district since 1931, although the National Republican Congressional Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcc.org\/2021\/11\/03\/nrcc-expands-offensive-map-announces-13-new-targets\/\">announced<\/a> in November 2021 that it would add him to their target list. He <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Frank_Mrvan_(Indiana_congressional_member)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">won<\/a> by 16 points in 2020, but Republicans are betting that a wave election could knock Mrvan out. Redistricting did not substantially <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/27\/behind-scenes-fight-2022-election-gerrymandering-maryland\/\">alter<\/a> the partisan composition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/redistricting-2022-maps\/indiana\/\">First District<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Green currently <a href=\"https:\/\/jennifer-ruthgreen.com\/about\/\">serves<\/a> in the Air Force reserves, and also works as a commercial pilot and flight instructor. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/iraq-veteran-jennifer-ruth-green-indiana-crt-congress\">deployed<\/a> to Baghdad as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/28\/republican-female-candidates-elise-stefanik-elevate-pac\/\">(RELATED: Republicans Turn To Female Candidates In Suburban Battleground Districts)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmbassador Nikki Haley is a strong voice for robust American national security policy and peace through strength. Voices like Haley\u2019s are especially important at a time when America\u2019s enemies are on the march, and America\u2019s failure to lead is emboldening Russia, communist China, North Korea and Iran. I am proud to have Ambassador Haley\u2019s support and looking forward to working with her to advance a strong America First foreign policy,\u201d Green told the Daily Caller in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Haley has <a href=\"https:\/\/standforamericapac.com\/endorsements\/\">endorsed<\/a> 36 Republican candidates during the 2021-22 election cycle through her political action committee, Stand for America. Endorsements grant candidates access to campaign funds as well as small dollar donor lists. Stand for America has raised more than $11 million during the current cycle, and has $3.5 million on hand, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/committee\/C00765982\/?tab=summary\">filings<\/a> with the Federal Election Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley will endorse Air Force veteran Jennifer-Ruth Green on the heels of her May 3 primary victory in Indiana\u2019s First District, Haley told the Daily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1482681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1472393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}