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Media coverage

• MAGA Nancy Mace's humiliating defeat

  Australia's national broadcaster, the ABC, gives Nancy Mace a two-minute Planet America segment tracing her arc from her post-January-6 clashes with Trump, through a Trump-loyalty reinvention and her anti-transgender and Epstein-files turns, to a fifth-place finish in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary. Planet America is the network's satirical US-politics explainer, so its sharper characterizations are the program's own framing.

  June 16, 2026 · Media

• Jezebel reader-comment feature on Mace's loss

  Jezebel's recurring 'Comment of the Week' feature frames itself as a postmortem on Nancy Mace's political career following her fifth-place finish in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary. The post highlights a reader comment and revisits Mace's anti-transgender resolution targeting Rep. Sarah McBride.

  June 14, 2026 · Media

• Nancy Mace vows to be 'more of a menace than ever' following election loss

  The Hill reports on Nancy Mace's defiant response to her fifth-place finish in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary, in which she pledged to remain politically active. The piece quotes Mace saying she intends to be 'more of a menace than ever' as her House term winds down.

  June 11, 2026 · Media

• Online reaction to Mace's primary loss

  Them rounds up the social-media reaction to Nancy Mace's last-place finish in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary, cataloging the jokes, memes and commentary that followed. The LGBTQ+ outlet ties the online response to Mace's high-profile anti-transgender legislative push during her time in Congress.

  June 11, 2026 · Media

• Mace posts a cryptic throwback after her primary loss

  The Daily Beast reports that Nancy Mace responded to her loss in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary by posting a photo of baked beans on X, a nod to a viral 2024 meme. The piece notes Mace attributed her defeat to her support for releasing the Epstein files over President Trump's objections.

  June 10, 2026 · Media

• MS NOW opinion on Mace's loss and her record

  In an opinion piece for MS NOW, Anthony L. Fisher argues that Nancy Mace's failed gubernatorial bid caps a career he characterizes as defined by reversals. The column contends that Mace briefly broke with Trump after January 6 before realigning with him, and lost his endorsement after supporting release of the Epstein files.

  June 10, 2026 · Media

• National Review post-mortem on Mace's primary loss

  In a National Review 'Corner' post, Matthew X. Wilson argues that Nancy Mace's gubernatorial collapse was self-inflicted, casting her as a politician who courted controversy for attention. The piece likens her trajectory to that of Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose congressional resignation it references.

  June 10, 2026 · Media

• Nancy Mace's Future After Losing the South Carolina Governor's Race

  The New York Times reports on Nancy Mace's standing after her fifth-place finish in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary. Having given up her 1st District House seat to run for governor, Mace faces an uncertain political future as her term ends.

  June 10, 2026 · Media

• After Mace's gubernatorial primary loss: what comes next?

  The Post and Courier reports on Nancy Mace's fifth-place finish in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary and what it means for her political future. The piece notes that Mace gave up her 1st District House seat to run for governor and has said she does not plan to seek reelection to Congress, leaving open questions about her next move.

  June 10, 2026 · Media

• Is Mace's political career over? From Trump ally to SC primary defeat

  A video segment from The Hill examines whether Nancy Mace's political career is over following her fifth-place finish in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary. The discussion traces her arc from Trump ally to her defeat in the governor's race.

  June 10, 2026 · Media