1. Nancy Ruth Mace was born on December 4,1977 and is an American politician who has been the US representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2021.
55 Facts About Nancy Mace
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Nancy Mace worked for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, but strongly condemned his actions surrounding the January 6 US Capitol attack.
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Nancy Mace asserted that Trump's legacy had been "wiped out" and that he should be held "accountable" for his actions.
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Nancy Mace later voted against impeaching him, and, in 2024, endorsed him in the Republican presidential primary.
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Nancy Mace wrote In the Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel about the experience.
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Nancy Mace earned a master's degree in journalism and mass communication from the Henry W Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.
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Nancy Mace became co-owner of the website FITSNews, which she began working for in 2007, but sold her stake in 2013.
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In 2012, Nancy Mace volunteered for the campaign of presidential candidate Ron Paul.
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Nancy Mace received 19,560 votes in the primary election on June 10,2014, behind Lindsey Graham, Lee Bright, Richard Cash, and Det Bowers.
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Nancy Mace supported Donald Trump for president in 2016 as a coalitions director and field director for the campaign.
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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 claimed Joe Cunningham was seeking trans equality in the Marine Corps which she claimed would shut down Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island.
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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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In 2024, Nancy Mace endorsed Trump in the 2024 Republican primaries over Nikki Haley, who supported Nancy Mace in the 2022 primary.
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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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On October 3,2023, Nancy Mace voted in favor of removing McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his position as speaker of the House.
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McCarthy, who had been a strong ally of Nancy Mace's, denied her claims.
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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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Many former congressional staffers for Nancy Mace have described her approach to her office as focused on gaining media attention.
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Nancy Mace's staffers have attributed many of her political actions, such as her vote against McCarthy, to a desire to make headlines and appear on TV programs.
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Legislative staffers for Nancy Mace described her efforts to attract media attention as hampering her legislative agenda and working relationships with other members of Congress.
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An internal staff handbook written by Nancy Mace showcased an unusual focus on public image and media attention, with strenuous expectations for communications staff.
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Nancy Mace's office experienced high levels of turnover, including a complete turnover of all staff between November 2023 and February 2024.
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In December 2024, Nancy Mace said that foster youth activist and children's advocate James McIntyre threatened and physically assaulted her during a handshake at a foster care youth advocacy event.
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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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Nancy Mace criticized states enacting abortion bans without exceptions in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade in 2022.
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In June 2021, Nancy Mace was one of 26 Republicans to vote for the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act.
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In January 2023, Nancy Mace introduced the Standing with Moms Act, which would create a website, life.
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On May 31,2023, Nancy Mace was among 71 House Republicans who voted against the final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 to raise the debt ceiling.
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Nancy Mace was one of three Republican members of the Problem Solvers Caucus who voted against raising the debt ceiling that day.
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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 2023, Nancy Mace voted for a ban on a Center of Excellence in Ukraine that enhances NATO activities.
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In 2025, Nancy Mace supported President Trump's proposal to send US troops to take control of Gaza and remove the Gazans from the territory.
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Nancy Mace was one of eight Republicans who voted for the removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House and the only one of those eight not considered a far-right politician by a 538 analysis of the 118th Congress.
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Nancy Mace fell in the "Compromise Conservatives" cluster instead, which the analysis noted tended to vote against hard-right messaging amendments but oppose bipartisan spending bills.
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Nancy Mace said she voted to vacate McCarthy out of distrust.
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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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Nancy Mace specified that newly elected Delaware representative Sarah McBride was "absolutely" the target of her bathroom resolution.
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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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Nancy Mace has stated she believes space aliens have "been interacting with humanity".
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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 became engaged to Patrick Bryant in 2022, but the couple broke up in 2023.
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Nancy Mace reportedly broke off the engagement after finding Bryant on a dating app.
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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.
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Nancy Mace has attended Seacoast Church, a South Carolina-based megachurch.