2026-governor-race
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Dispatches
- June 10, 2026 · Dispatch
"Getting my ass kicked": Mace's post-loss X tear, from beans to vowing "revenge" on Trump
After finishing fifth (~12.1%) in the June 9, 2026 South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary, Mace posted a days-long run of defiant messages on X that outlets including Townhall, The Blaze and HuffPost described as a 'crash out.' She wrote she was 'getting my ass kicked,' posted a bowl of beans, vowed to be 'more of a menace than ever,' and said that the answer to whether she would get 'revenge on Trump for ending your political career' was 'yes.'
- June 9, 2026 · Dispatch
Mace concedes fifth place: "I voted to release the Epstein files and lost some support for that"
On June 9, 2026, after finishing fifth with roughly 12.1 percent of the vote in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary, Mace said she lost support because of her vote to release the Epstein files and called it a choice made on principle.
- June 7, 2026 · Dispatch
Mace on CNN: releasing the Epstein files was "a price I am unwilling to pay" for an endorsement
On CNN on June 7, 2026, days before the South Carolina governor primary, Mace said that if Trump's endorsement required her not to vote to release the Epstein files, it was "a price I am unwilling to pay."
- May 29, 2026 · Dispatch
"NO REGRETS": Trump endorses Evette over Mace; Mace ties the snub to her Epstein vote
On May 29, 2026, President Trump endorsed Mace's primary rival Pam Evette for South Carolina governor. Mace responded on X with "NO REGRETS," directly linking the endorsement snub to her vote to release the Epstein files.
- December 10, 2025 · Dispatch
Wilson on Mace's 'hit job' claim: 'a categorical lie'
The night after Rep. Nancy Mace told CNN that AG Alan Wilson had orchestrated the airport police report against her, Wilson appeared on CNN and called the accusation 'a categorical lie' and 'delusional,' describing Mace as 'an entitled, spoiled brat.'
Wiki & people
Donald Trump
The 45th and 47th U.S. President, whose on-again, off-again relationship with Nancy Mace (from 2016 campaign staffer, through her January 6 break and his 'crazy Nancy Mace' attacks, to her self-branding as 'Trump in high heels' and his 2026 snub) runs the length of her political career.
June 11, 2026 · Wiki
Alan Wilson
South Carolina Attorney General and 2026 Republican gubernatorial candidate whose campaign was defined by a prolonged public feud with rival Nancy Mace.
June 10, 2026 · Wiki
Epstein & the Files Vote
Mace's multi-year push to force release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, from the discharge petition through the 427-1 House vote, her in-person DOJ reviews, the Bondi subpoena, and the collision with Trump that ended her 2026 SC governor bid.
June 10, 2026 · Wiki
Pam Evette
South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in 2026, became a primary rival to Nancy Mace marked by pointed public exchanges.
June 12, 2025 · Wiki
Media coverage
Latest Republican Out of a Job After Forcing Epstein Release
CNN characterized Mace's fifth-place finish in the June 9, 2026 South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary as the latest example of a Republican losing their seat after forcing the Epstein files release, a framing that placed her alongside Reps. Massie, Boebert, and Greene as petition signers who paid an electoral price. The analysis is CNN's own characterization of the political outcome.
June 10, 2026 · Media
Epstein Files Crusade Takes Down Nancy Mace
The Washington Times characterized Mace's primary loss as the Epstein files 'crusade' taking her down, a framing the outlet applied to her fifth-place finish in the June 9, 2026 South Carolina GOP governor race. The piece covers her concession remarks, in which she said she 'voted to release the Epstein files and lost some support for that,' and her statement that it was 'not a political opinion' but 'a moral emergency.'
June 10, 2026 · Media
Trump Endorses Pam Evette Over Nancy Mace for South Carolina Governor
The Hill reported on May 29, 2026 that Trump endorsed Mace's primary rival, Lt. Gov. Pam Evette, for the South Carolina governorship, a snub Mace publicly attributed to her vote to release the Epstein files. The endorsement was widely covered as the direct consequence of the months-long standoff between Mace and the Trump administration over the file release.
May 29, 2026 · Media
Clips
“NO REGRETS”, Mace ties Trump’s snub to her Epstein vote
After President Trump endorsed her primary rival Pam Evette on May 29, 2026, Mace posted on X: ‘I voted to release the Epstein files. NO REGRETS.’
May 29, 2026 · Clip