Nancy Ruth Mace was born on December 4,1977 and is an American politician serving as the US representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2021.
34 Facts About Nancy Mace
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Nancy Mace's district includes much of the state's share of the East Coast, from Charleston to Hilton Head Island.
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In 1999, Mace was the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets program at The Citadel.
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Nancy Mace is the first Republican woman to be elected to Congress from South Carolina.
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Nancy Mace voted to hold Trump aide Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to testify before the House Select Committee investigating the attack.
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Nancy Mace wrote In the Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel about that experience.
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In 2008, Nancy Mace started a consulting business called The Nancy Mace Group.
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Nancy Mace campaigned for the Republican Party nomination for the United States Senate in South Carolina in the 2014 election.
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Nancy Mace worked for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign in South Carolina.
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On September 18,2017, Nancy Mace filed as a Republican to run in a special election for the South Carolina State House District 99 seat being vacated by Jimmy Merrill, who resigned earlier that month after an indictment and plea deal for several ethics violations.
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Nancy Mace defeated Democrat Cindy Boatwright in the January 16,2018, general election, 2,066 votes to 1,587.
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Nancy Mace defeated the Democratic nominee, Mount Pleasant resident Jen Gibson, in the November 6,2018 general election.
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Nancy Mace co-sponsored a bill to oppose offshore drilling off South Carolina's coast.
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Nancy Mace opposed President Donald Trump's plan to offer oil drilling leases off South Carolina beaches.
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In June 2019, Nancy Mace announced that she would seek the Republican nomination for South Carolina's 1st congressional district, centered in Charleston, and at the time represented by Democrat Joe Cunningham.
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Nancy Mace focused her campaign on banning offshore drilling off South Carolina's coast and restoring South Carolina's low country's economy.
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Nancy Mace did not vote to impeach President Trump, but she criticized him for his role in the January 6,2021 attack on the US Capitol.
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Nancy Mace was one of seven Republicans who publicly refused to support their colleagues' efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election on January 6,2021.
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Nancy Mace was so concerned by the hostile atmosphere Trump was generating in the District of Columbia that she sent her children home to South Carolina before the congressional vote to accept the Electoral College votes.
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On May 18,2021, Nancy Mace joined 61 other House Republicans to vote against the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which condemned acts of hate against Asian-Americans and streamlined data collection and reporting about such occurrences.
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Nancy Mace said she opposed the bill because it did not address discrimination against Asian-Americans in higher education.
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In November 2021 Nancy Mace criticized fellow Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert for her anti-Muslim comments about Democrat Ilhan Omar.
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An October 2021 profile in Politico magazine noted that Nancy Mace had worked on Donald Trump's 2016 campaign before disavowing him in the wake of the 2021 United States Capitol attack.
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Nancy Mace was one of 31 Republicans to vote for the LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act.
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In July 2022, Nancy Mace was among 47 Republican representatives who voted in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act, which protects existing same-sex and interracial marriages under federal law.
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On January 26,2023, Nancy Mace introduced the Standing with Moms Act, which would create a website, life.
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Nancy Mace was one of 26 Republicans to vote for the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act.
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In 2021, Mace was among a handful of Republican representatives who did not sign onto an amicus brief to overturn Roe v Wade.
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In 2021, Nancy Mace introduced the States Reform Act to remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and regulate it similarly to alcohol.
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In June 2021, Nancy Mace was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
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In September 2021, Nancy Mace was among 135 House Republicans to vote in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022, which contains a provision that would require women to register for the draft.
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On October 21,2021, Nancy Mace was one of nine House Republicans who voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to appear before the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.
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Nancy Mace has two children with her ex-husband Curtis Jackson, whom she divorced in 2019.
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On June 1,2021, the Charleston Police Department opened an investigation after Nancy Mace's home was vandalized with profanity, three anarchy symbols, and graffiti in support of the PRO Act.