Liz Skalka is a political reporter at HuffPost. She previously covered politics in the Midwest. Follow her on Twitter @lizskalka.
Things seemed to be going well for Nancy Mace two years ago. The South Carolina Republican was a rising star in Congress and had just fended off a primary from a Trump-backed opponent. She was on TV a lot. And that winter, Mace delivered aBut since her unexpected vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker in October, Mace hasn’t been having such a good time. She’s become embroiled in aCongress is a place where lawmakers with big egos take nakedly self-serving risks to become famous.
The former speaker, who retired at the end of last year, hasn’t hidden the fact that he’s working against the members responsible for ending his career.It’s Mace’s second serious primary as an incumbent who flipped a swing seat in 2020 — but her first as an incumbent with’s endorsement. After criticizing the former president, she’s now fully embracing the MAGA movement.
After Mace’s chief of staff got caught trying to negotiate between McCarthy and Mace during what ex-staffers described to HuffPost as an especially tense time, Mace’s vote against McCarthy sent her office into disarray.Mace didn’t respond to a request for comment about the campaign or the turnover in her office.
“At the end of the day, she is my congresswoman. I am a resident of Hilton Head. As a voter, I lost confidence in Nancy Mace,” Hanlon told HuffPost. “The race was never about me. It was always about having a serious person for a serious job.”It’s not clear how much Mace’s D.C. drama matters to voters. Mace was solidly ahead of Templeton by 25 points, and is favored to win reelection if she clinches the nomination.
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