midterms

Dispatches

• September 17, 2026 · Dispatch

  Nancy Mace: "We Have the Lowest Ratings Ever in the History," and She Predicts a Midterm "Bloodbath"

  Caught in a Capitol hallway by CNN's Manu Raju on September 16, 2026, Nancy Mace was asked whether the public agrees the House did a great job before Speaker Mike Johnson sent members home for a seven-week pre-midterm recess. Her answer: 'No, actually not. We have the lowest ratings ever in the history.' She also predicted the 2026 midterms would be 'a bloodbath.'

• March 26, 2026 · Dispatch

  'President Trump has won the war, time to exit': Mace breaks with Trump on Iran and signals she'll vote with Democrats

  On March 26, 2026, Rep. Nancy Mace told Axios that 'War with Iran needs to end. President Trump has won the war, time to exit,' and signaled she would 'most likely' vote with House Democrats on the next war powers resolution constraining the Iran war. She told Axios by text she was 'not voting to send South Carolina's sons and daughters into battle to die for the price of oil,' and warned on CNN that continuing the war could cost Republicans in the midterms. Political Wire summed the day up as 'Trump Loses Nancy Mace on the Iran War.'