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Nancy Mace
State Representative from South Carolina's 99th District
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 23, 2018
Preceded by	James Merrill
Born	December 4, 1977 Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Political party	Republican
Children	Two
Alma mater	The Citadel University of Georgia
Occupation	Businesswoman, author

Nancy Ruth Mace (born December 4, 1977) is a businesswoman, author, and the strongly conservative state representative from South Carolina's 99th district. She successfully ran for U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st congressional district to unseat establishment Democrat Joe Cunningham, and will take office on January 3, 2021.

Mace is a firm supporter of Donald Trump, having worked in his 2016 campaign as a coalitions and field director.^[1] Mace has been the target of leftist misogynists and hate and carries a gun after receiving death threats.^[2]

Early life and education

Mace was born on December 4, 1977 to James Emory Mace, a general in the United States Army, and Anne Mace, a teacher. She graduated from Stratford High School and later from the military college The Citadel, being the first woman to graduate from the latter. Mace also attended the University of Georgia, obtaining a masters degree in journalism.

2014 U.S. Senate election in South Carolina

Mace ran for U.S. Senate in 2014 to challenge the hawkish incumbent RINO Lindsey Graham, but only managed to win 6.2% of the vote in the Republican primary.^[3]

South Carolina House of Representatives

Mace ran for the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 99th district in a special election in 2018, falling just short of 50% of the vote in the Republican primary, though easily won the primary runoff by 25% of the vote and later the special election by over 10% of the vote. She later ran for re-election in the 2018 regular, non-special election, defeating Democrat opponent Jen Gibson by 22% of the votes casted.

Tenure

Mace voted in favor of expanding the use of solar energy in April 2018.^[4]

Mace co-sponsored H 3759, a bill to increase wages for teachers and eliminate four statewide tests.^[5]

Mostly pro-life, Mace voted in favor of legislation to ban abortions after the point a fetal heartbeat can be detected.^[6]

2020 U.S. House election in South Carolina's 1st district

Mace won her party's primary election to challenge partisan Democrat Joe Cunningham in the general election.^[7] In the general election she unseated Cunningham,^[1] who was elected in 2018 by less than 1% of the vote, by a margin of 1.2%.^[8][9] She was endorsed by Kevin McCarthy, the current Republican House Minority Leader.^[10]

Political positions

Mace is a conservative who is pro-life and opposes illegal immigration.^[11]

Mace tweeted in support of Pride Month.^[12]

Mace also voted in favor of a bill promoting LGBT businesses.^[13]

Mace also voted in favor of a pro abortion bill.^[14][15]

References

External links

• Official Website
• Nancy Mace - Ballotpedia