Nancy Mace

Freshman Rep. Nancy Mace defended her territory in a Republican primary Tuesday, beating Katie Arrington, a challenger supported by former President Donald ...

Arrington took down an incumbent once before, in 2018, when she defeated former Rep. Mark Sanford in a GOP primary with Trump’s endorsement. She has since attempted to redeem herself, even after Trump endorsed Arrington, who also believes the 2020 election was rigged. Mace outpaced Arrington in fundraising by a wide margin, with $4.1 million to roughly $910,000.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) was projected to have defeated former South Carolina state Rep. Katie Arrington on Tuesday, handing former President Donald Trump ...

Campaign We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. Ultimately, Trump’s endorsement was not enough to push Arrington over the finish line.

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., harshly criticized Donald Trump but she won a primary against a challenger he backed, Nancy Arrington.

Mace argued that Arrington was too extreme for the 1st District, which stretches along the state’s southern coastline. Frankly, she is despised by almost everyone, and who needs that in Congress, or in the Republican Party?” Mace, the first female graduate of the Corps of Cadets at The Citadel, became a go-to guest on Fox News, burnishing her profile with the program’s right-leaning viewers with interviews on Republicans’ biggest talking points. On Monday, for example, she joined the “Fox & Friends” morning show to blame the Biden administration for what she predicted would be violent protests in response to an anticipated Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Mace is one of dozens of Republicans whose loyalty to Trump has been challenged in primaries this cycle. But other forces in the Republican Party gave her a platform.

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, who drew Donald Trump's ire after openly criticizing the former president in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack, ...

Henry Taylor/Staff Henry Taylor/Staff Henry Taylor/Staff Henry Taylor/Staff Henry Taylor/Staff In her victory speech, Mace repeatedly thanked Arrington for stepping into the political arena. Henry Taylor/Staff It’s much more fun to watch two people who don’t like each other — and politics is the same way.” “There is a lot of emotion in this race. It became the subject of multiple attack ads, a Mace-funded website called “Crooked Katie” and political mailers. Mace found herself on the outs with Trump in the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack after she voted to certify the 2020 election and became one of Trump’s most vocal Republican critics. Henry Taylor/Staff

Donald Trump told South Carolina primary voters that Nancy Mace is a “grandstanding loser” who deserved to be “dumped” on Primary Day. She won anyway.

One of the Republican’s spokespersons told The New York Times, “The reality is, President Trump is already 82-3 with his endorsements, and there’s nothing stopping him from saving America in 2022 and beyond.” Regardless, the former president’s boasts continue to face setbacks. She soon after complained, “We have allowed QAnon conspiracy theorists to lead us.” Months later, Mace also voted with the majority to enforce a subpoena against Steve Bannon. As for how and why Mace became a Trump World villain, the congresswoman has been more idiosyncratic than most House Republicans, especially those in red states. Four years ago, then Rep. Mark “ Appalachian Trail“ Sanford was deemed insufficiently loyal to Trump, and he lost to Arrington in a Republican primary. Republican Nancy Mace defeated Katie Arrington in one of South Carolina’s most hotly-contested primary congressional races Tuesday night, delivering another setback to Donald Trump’s primary endorsement record....

Former President Trump congratulated Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) Wednesday after her victory in Tuesday night's primary against state Rep.

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