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Mace vows to be 'more of a menace than ever' after the primary loss
Days after her fifth-place finish in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary, Nancy Mace struck a defiant tone, signaling she would stay politically active and saying she intends to be 'more of a menace than ever' as her House term winds down.
Following her loss in the June 2026 South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary, Rep. Nancy Mace signaled she has no plans to step back. As reported by The Hill, Mace struck a defiant tone and said she intends to be:
"more of a menace than ever"
as her House term winds down. The vow is consistent with her framing of the defeat as a deliberate trade-off rather than a setback, see her statement that "I chose wrong if the goal was winning an election".
Sources & related coverage. The Hill (June 11, 2026) · catalog entry: In the Media → The Hill