Rep. Nancy Mace officially enters SC governor's race

[Celerity]

https://scdailygazette.com/2025/08/04/rep-nancy-mace-officially-enters-sc-governors-race/



Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina’s coastal 1st Congressional District became the fifth GOP candidate to enter the 2026 governor’s race Monday. Mace, the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel, officially launched her campaign during an early morning event at her alma mater.

She has been teasing an impending bid for months on social media and talking to voters across the state to prepare for a launch. “I’m running for governor because South Carolina doesn’t need another empty suit,” Mace told supporters. “I’ve walked into firestorms and come out swinging. … I came to draw the line today and hold it.”

Mace joins an already crowded field for the primary. Republicans who have already announced bids over the last month are Attorney General Alan Wilson, state Sen. Josh Kimbrell of Spartanburg County, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, and most recently, U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman of Rock Hill.

Attacks and accusations

While the 47-year-old single mother only just made it official, she has been sniping at the competition, both on social media and in front of voters. Mace has taken shots at Evette as a “glorified ribbon cutter” who only smiles and waves. “She’s a nice lady,” Mace wrote on social media in June. “No edge. No guts. No shot.”



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[underpants]

1. Oh this should be fun to watch.

She won her district with 58% in 2024 so that appears to be a foregone conclusion

[surfered]

2. Crazy Lady announces bid for governor

[PunkinPi]

5. Indeed

[surfered]

12. 😳

[Ping Tung]

3. "I've walked into firestorms and come out swinging...." How dramatic!

Was she wearing body armor or a magic cape at the time?

Is she running for governor or Super Hero?

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. aWe have a saying about people like her in Tennessee

We'd say "She's got above her raisin'." If you know, you know.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Another repub that thinks they can't win re-election next fall? nt

[Brainfodder]

7. I wish her well.

Falling into....
Deep deep deep where no one could hear the laughing at them while no one looks for them?
THAT is some serious distain she earned right there!
Muhahaha!

[Beaverhausen]

8. While Maxine Hudson was the first woman to graduate from The Citadel's Graduate College in 1969...

The first woman to graduate from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, was Nancy Mace, who graduated in 1999 with a degree in Business Administration. She was also the first female cadet to graduate from the Corps of Cadets program. While Maxine Hudson was the first woman to graduate from The Citadel's Graduate College in 1969, it was Mace who broke the barrier for women in the main, military college.

Just to clear this up. She was the first to graduate from the Military College but not the first to graduate from the Citadel.

[Totally Tunsie]

13. If my local "Next Door" forum is a barometer of the State,

the long-standing , "all Republican all the time" SC MAGA conservatives are screaming "HELL NO"!

[DoBW]

9. yeah, Mace disgrace has taken shots alright

see for yourselves

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[Celerity]

11. wtf

[Initech]

10. BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[RT Atlanta]

14. yuck

"Nepo baby and the beneficiary of DEI policies (which she of course decries at the top of her lungs) is entering the race to the bottom as a gubernatorial candidate in south carolina."

"The twice-divorced candidate of the purported "party of family values" expects to tour the state shrieking homophobia and other tired tropes in the hopes of mustering enough votes to win."

May God help all the good South Carolinians (and there are many!) that have to live through that shit over and above having donnie as 'president.'

[Attilatheblond]

15. She seems to be some sort of hybrid

Don Quixote/Wile E. Coyote package of chaos and delusions as political theory.