Johanna Maska checks in on the presidential campaign of the only woman seeking the GOP nomination so far: Nikki Haley. She was South Carolina’s first female Governor, a daughter of immigrants from India, and someone who has been hailed as a potential leader of the next generation of the Republican party. She served as Donald Trump’s US Ambassador to the United Nations but is taking on her former boss in the competition. To get to know her better, Johanna talks with Mehek Cooke, a Republican lawyer who reached out to Haley when she ran for office in Ohio. Plus, we speak with Meg Kinnard, a reporter with The Associated Press in South Carolina who has covered Haley for 18 years.

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