Rep. Nancy Mace (R., S.C.) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 4, 2026.(Ken Cedeno/Reuters)
The winds of change have now swept her away from elected office entirely — and hopefully politics as well.
The South Carolina primary — which I bet most of you forgot was even happening, unless you particularly love or loathe Senator Lindsey Graham — has come and gone. And there’s a good reason you forgot: It’s a blessedly sleepy primary season in the Palmetto State, one where nothing much of note really happened. The state’s Republican primary voters rewarded Graham for years of service as a faithful political ally to President Donald Trump, despite his internal enemies within South Carolina politics, while the governor’s race (equally predictably) went to a runoff between Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette and state Attorney ...
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