Nancy Mace Ends Bid for South Carolina Governor, Endorses Wilson After Fifth-Place Primary Finish

Nancy Mace finished in a distant fifth place in the GOP primary for South Carolina governor. A runoff will now be held between Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and state Attorney General Alan Wilson. President Trump endorsed Lt.

Gov. Pamela Evette for South Carolina governor last month. At one point in the race, Nancy Mace had polled as the frontrunner. Nancy Mace posted on X that she is headed back to the private sector at the end of this term.

“When I ran in 2020, I said I’d only serve 3 terms and my time is up,” she wrote. She had previously accused him of failing to prosecute sexual predators.

Nancy Mace founded a public relations consulting firm in 2008. S. House since 2021. Nancy Mace posted on X that her vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files cost her key votes.

“[A]pparently, I chose wrong if the goal was winning an election,” she wrote. “I’m at peace with that. Because when a candidate is OK with corruption and cover-ups – something is broken. That’s not a political opinion.

Her vote on the Epstein files put her at odds with President Trump. ” Nancy Mace posted on X that she was enjoying her first cup of coffee since getting her “ass kicked last night” while reading about Democrats nominating Graham Platner, described as a scandal-plagued oyster farmer with a nazi tattoo, as their Maine Senate seat nominee.

” It is not immediately clear what kind of private sector role she will pursue.

Some of her former colleagues, such as Matt Gaetz and George Santos, took up media-related roles after leaving Congress. Gaetz became an anchor on One America News Network, and Santos launched a podcast.