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Long-form, neutral encyclopedia entries assembled from the public record. Entries are organized by category and updated as new information is documented.
Biography
Nancy Mace: Overview
A biographical overview of Nancy Mace, U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district and the first woman to graduate from The Citadel's Corps of Cadets.
Updated June 9, 2026
The Citadel
Nancy Mace's connection to The Citadel, where in 1999 she became the first woman to graduate from the South Carolina Corps of Cadets.
Updated June 9, 2026
Campaigns
2026 Governor Campaign
Nancy Mace's candidacy for Governor of South Carolina in the 2026 election cycle.
Updated June 9, 2026
Career
Congressional Career
Nancy Mace's tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 1st district, beginning with her 2020 election.
Updated June 1, 2026
Litigation
Litigation Overview & Court-Filing Index
A neutral, primary-source index of the South Carolina suits Nancy Mace has filed as plaintiff — a defamation case and a property case — with the public docket of each and links to the dispatches that quote the filings.
Updated June 9, 2026
People
Cory Mills
Republican congressman from Florida who became the subject of a public censure and expulsion campaign by Rep. Nancy Mace amid domestic-violence and stolen-valor allegations.
Updated November 19, 2025
Barrett Brewer
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina civil litigator who represented Patrick Bryant and whom U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace publicly criticized by name in 2025, accusing him of weaponizing the legal system.
Updated October 10, 2025
Muriel Bowser
At a September 2025 House Oversight hearing on D.C. crime, Rep. Mace questioned Mayor Bowser on DEI programs and the definition of 'woman,' sparking a widely reported exchange.
Updated September 18, 2025
Ilhan Omar
In September 2025, Rep. Nancy Mace sponsored a censure resolution against Rep. Ilhan Omar over Omar's remarks following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Updated September 17, 2025
Sara Jacobs
Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) was the target of a House floor screaming episode and an antisemitic online post by Rep. Nancy Mace in September 2025.
Updated September 10, 2025
People in the Public Record
An index of public figures who have featured in Nancy Mace's widely reported political disputes, documented individually with media citations and neutral framing.
Updated September 1, 2025
James Gosnell
James B. Gosnell Jr. is a long-serving Charleston County, South Carolina magistrate judge who, weeks after Rep. Nancy Mace publicly praised his ruling in a case central to her, was arrested on federal child sexual abuse material charges and suspended from the bench.
Updated August 20, 2025
Jerry Theos
Jerry N. Theos is a veteran Charleston criminal defense attorney who represented businessman Eric Bowman — one of the men Rep. Nancy Mace publicly named in her February 2025 House floor speech — and whose prior campaign fundraising for Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson was reported as context in news coverage of the Bowman criminal proceedings.
Updated August 20, 2025
Scarlett Wilson
Scarlett Wilson is the elected Ninth Judicial Circuit Solicitor for Charleston and Berkeley Counties, South Carolina; in 2025 Rep. Nancy Mace publicly accused her office of obstruction and demanded her recusal.
Updated August 18, 2025
Alan Wilson
South Carolina Attorney General and 2026 Republican gubernatorial candidate whose campaign was defined by a prolonged public feud with rival Nancy Mace.
Updated August 5, 2025
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.
Updated June 12, 2025
Wesley Donehue
Wesley Donehue is a South Carolina Republican digital strategist who, in sworn deposition testimony made public in May 2025, stated that Rep. Nancy Mace asked him to help pressure her former fiancé using private images to obtain property; Mace's office publicly disputed the characterization.
Updated May 21, 2025
Eric Bowman
Eric Bowman is a Charleston-area businessman whom Rep. Nancy Mace publicly named in a February 2025 House floor speech and later sued for defamation in May 2025; Bowman has denied the underlying allegations and disputed the suit.
Updated May 12, 2025
Harley Hicks
Harley Hicks, a 20-year-old transgender USC student, was publicly directed anti-trans slurs by Rep. Nancy Mace at a campus event on April 21, 2025.
Updated April 21, 2025
Brian Musgrave
South Carolina private citizen publicly named by Rep. Nancy Mace in a February 2025 House floor speech alleging sexual misconduct; Musgrave denied all allegations and subsequently sued Mace for defamation.
Updated February 10, 2025
John Osborne
Charleston-area venture capitalist publicly named by Rep. Nancy Mace in a February 2025 House floor speech — and on a 'predators' poster displayed in the Capitol — in connection with alleged sexual misconduct; Osborne denied all allegations, and no criminal charges have been filed.
Updated February 10, 2025
Patrick Bryant
Charleston-area entrepreneur and former fiancé of Nancy Mace who was publicly named in her February 10, 2025 House floor speech; Bryant categorically denies all allegations, no charges have been filed.
Updated February 10, 2025
James McIntyre
James McIntyre, a Chicago foster-youth advocate, was arrested in December 2024 after Rep. Nancy Mace alleged he assaulted her; charges were dropped in April 2025.
Updated December 10, 2024
Sarah McBride
U.S. Representative Sarah McBride (D-DE) became the first openly transgender member of Congress in 2024 and was explicitly targeted by a Nancy Mace bathroom-access resolution.
Updated November 18, 2024
Curtis Jackson
Curtis Jackson is the former husband of U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace and the father of their two children; court proceedings following their 2019 divorce resulted in joint custody, while Mace has publicly described herself as a 'single mom' across campaign events, social media, and a 2024 RNC address.
Updated July 17, 2024
Dan Hanlon
Dan Hanlon served as chief of staff to Rep. Nancy Mace from 2021 until he was fired in December 2023, amid widely reported total turnover of her Washington office.
Updated December 5, 2023
Kristin Graziano
Kristin Graziano served one term as Charleston County Sheriff before losing re-election in 2024, drawing repeated criticism from Rep. Nancy Mace over jail transparency and immigration enforcement.
Updated January 5, 2021
Statements
In Her Own Words: Notable Statements
A sourced, dated compendium of notable and controversial public statements by Nancy Mace, each quoted verbatim and linked to its original reporting and an archived copy.
Updated June 8, 2026