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governor race

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Dispatches

January 15, 2026 · Dispatch
Mace attacks AG Alan Wilson: 'If you're a pedophile, you definitely want Alan Wilson to prosecute your case'
On January 15, 2026, Mace attacked her chief governor's-race rival, AG Alan Wilson, with a 'pedophile paradise' line after a child sex offender was arrested and released the same day; Wilson's office said Mace had 'drastically mischaracterized' the data she cited.
November 3, 2025 · Dispatch
'How many times are you going to call your daddy, Alan?', Mace's Nov. 3 barrage at AG Alan Wilson and his father, Rep. Joe Wilson
On November 3, 2025, Mace fired a string of X posts at her chief Republican gubernatorial rival, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, mocking him as 'not man enough' and suffering from 'Low T,' accusing him of running to 'your daddy' (his father, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson) to 'go after me,' and calling Alan Wilson, in her words, a 'p*dophile protector.' Wilson has accused Mace of 'ranting and raving' and his office has said she mischaracterized prosecution data; the two later reconciled, and after Mace finished fifth in the June 2026 primary she endorsed Wilson.
August 7, 2025 · Dispatch
Mace at Myrtle Beach town hall: 'I'm a victim of the justice system like you all are'
At her gubernatorial campaign kickoff town hall on August 7, 2025, Mace cast herself alongside constituents as a victim of the justice system and pledged to bring 'law and order' to South Carolina.

Austin McCubbin
Republican political operative who managed Nancy Mace's 2022 congressional re-election campaign and later served as a senior consultant for her 2025-2026 gubernatorial campaign before publicly resigning.
June 10, 2026 · Wiki
2026 Governor Campaign
Nancy Mace's candidacy for Governor of South Carolina in the 2026 election cycle.
June 9, 2026 · Wiki

Nancy Mace and Alan Wilson take their feud national as SC governor's race intensifies
The Post and Courier framed the dueling CNN appearances by Rep. Nancy Mace and Attorney General Alan Wilson as a nationally televised escalation of their rivalry in the 2026 South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary. The two candidates appeared on the same CNN program on consecutive nights to trade accusations about the Charleston Airport incident.
December 10, 2025 · Media
Nancy Mace's senior adviser resigns, urges voters to 'scratch her from list' in SC governor's race
Austin McCubbin, a longtime political strategist and senior adviser on Nancy Mace's South Carolina gubernatorial campaign, resigned in December 2025 and publicly urged voters to reject her candidacy. McCubbin characterized Mace as having become 'a proxy for Rand Paul's 2028 presidential campaign' due to funding from Paul-affiliated groups, framing his departure as a principled objection to outside influence over her campaign. The resignation marked a significant internal fracture as Mace sought Donald Trump's endorsement in the 2026 governor's race.
December 1, 2025 · Media
Legal threats, an airport rant and a routine meeting turned odd as SC governor spat escalates
The SC Daily Gazette placed the airport incident in the broader context of Mace's escalating feud with Gov. Henry McMaster and the South Carolina governor's race, connecting the tirade to legal threats and political maneuvering.
November 6, 2025 · Media

"Once I get my teeth stuck in you" -> "endorse Alan Wilson for governor": Mace's flip on Alan Wilson
A real-footage then-vs-now supercut: Nancy Mace's June 9, 2026 endorsement of Attorney General Alan Wilson (C-SPAN) cut against her own March 4, 2025 House floor speech, where she vowed to make sure 'every South Carolinian knows your name forever' and that 'once I get my teeth stuck in you, I am not letting go.' Wilson rejected her attacks; nothing here is a finding about either man.
June 9, 2026 · Clip
“A pedophile paradise”, Mace attacks AG Alan Wilson
On January 15, 2026, after a man Mace’s office described as a child sex offender was arrested and released the same day, Mace attacked her governor’s-race rival, AG Alan Wilson. Wilson’s office said she had ‘drastically mischaracterized’ the data she cited.
January 15, 2026 · Clip