Nancy Mace didn't just lose South Carolina's GOP primary for governor: She cratered, finishing fifth and failing to carry even her own district—a striking collapse for a Republican once framed as a rising star, reports the Washington Post. Her defeat caps a years-long arc in which the 2020 House recruit went from moderate Trump-skeptic to MAGA ally to near-total isolation, according to former aides, allies, and colleagues who describe a pattern of sharp ideological pivots, attention-grabbing stunts, and broken relationships.
Mace began her congressional career backing same-sex marriage and calling herself supportive of transgender rights, then later mocked transgender people and derided gay relationships online. She turned on Kevin McCarthy after he helped her win office, voted to oust him as speaker, then wore a scarlet "A" at the Capitol to dramatize the backlash. "The only thing I hope is she gets the help she needs," McCarthy says. Public confrontations piled up: a profanity-laced clash with airport police, an expletive-filled video berating a constituent, and onetime allies calling her a "crybully" who picks fights, then plays the victim when there's backlash.
Mace's ties with President Trump were equally volatile—criticism, then embrace, then a break over releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files. Trump ultimately endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette in the gubernatorial race over Mace, and Evette won the night with 29.5% of the vote, reports the Wall Street Journal. Despite that, Mace, in conceding defeat, endorsed second-place finisher Attorney General Alan Wilson, with whom she has publicly sparred. "I don't think Nancy Mace has ever seen a bridge in her life that she hasn't burned down," says a former communications director. Mace called Tuesday's loss "the end of this chapter," insisting the fight isn't over.
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