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'''Nancy Ruth Mace''' (born December 4, 1977) is an American businesswoman, politician, and author who is the Representative-elect for [[South Carolina's 1st congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Mace is the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets at [[The Citadel]].<ref name="first woman graduate celebrates 50th anniversary since graduation">{{cite web |title=Maxine Hudson |url=https://today.citadel.edu/at-91-citadels-first-woman-graduate-celebrates-50th-commencement-anniversary/|publisher=The Citadel |accessdate=23 November 2020}}</ref> Since 2018, Mace has served as a member of the [[South Carolina House of Representatives]] for District 99, covering [[Hanahan, South Carolina|Hanahan]], northeast [[Mount Pleasant, South Carolina|Mount Pleasant]], and [[Daniel Island]], [[South Carolina]]. Mace is the first Republican woman to be elected to Congress from South Carolina.<ref name="FXStabil11092020">Stabile, Angelica. [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/13-gop-women-joining-the-house-to-dominate-congressional-elections 13 GOP women join the House, dominating congressional elections, making history], ''[[FOX News]]'', November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.</ref>
'''Nancy Ruth Mace''' (born December 4, 1977) is an American businesswoman, politician, and author who is the Representative-elect for [[South Carolina's 1st congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Mace is the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets at [[The Citadel]]. Since 2018, Mace has served as a member of the [[South Carolina House of Representatives]] for District 99, covering [[Hanahan, South Carolina|Hanahan]], northeast [[Mount Pleasant, South Carolina|Mount Pleasant]], and [[Daniel Island]], [[South Carolina]]. Mace is the first Republican woman to be elected to Congress from South Carolina.<ref name="FXStabil11092020">Stabile, Angelica. [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/13-gop-women-joining-the-house-to-dominate-congressional-elections 13 GOP women join the House, dominating congressional elections, making history], ''[[FOX News]]'', November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Mace was born at [[Fort Bragg]], [[North Carolina]], to [[United States Army]] officer James Emory Mace and school teacher Anne Mace. In 1999 she became the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets portion of [[The Citadel]], receiving a degree in [[business administration]].<ref name="citadel">{{cite web |title=Nancy Mace |url=https://www.citadel.edu/root/whm2013-features/nancy-mace |publisher=The Citadel |accessdate=19 August 2020}}</ref> Mace went on to earn a master's degree in journalism and mass communication from the [[Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication]] at the [[University of Georgia]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brett |first1=Jennifer |title=Nancy Mace became first woman to graduate from The Citadel |url=https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/nancy-mace-became-first-woman-graduate-from-the-citadel/bDOXIQpi8C4PQKpeYtazvM/ |accessdate=19 August 2020 |publisher=Atlanta Journal Constitution |date=September 4, 2016}}</ref>
Mace was born at [[Fort Bragg]], [[North Carolina]], to [[United States Army]] officer James Emory Mace and school teacher Anne Mace. In 1999 she became the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets portion of [[The Citadel]],<ref name="first woman graduate celebrates 50th anniversary since graduation">{{cite web |title=Maxine Hudson |url=https://today.citadel.edu/at-91-citadels-first-woman-graduate-celebrates-50th-commencement-anniversary/|publisher=The Citadel |accessdate=23 November 2020}}</ref> receiving a degree in [[business administration]].<ref name="citadel">{{cite web |title=Nancy Mace |url=https://www.citadel.edu/root/whm2013-features/nancy-mace |publisher=The Citadel |accessdate=19 August 2020}}</ref> Mace went on to earn a master's degree in journalism and mass communication from the [[Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication]] at the [[University of Georgia]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brett |first1=Jennifer |title=Nancy Mace became first woman to graduate from The Citadel |url=https://www.ajc.com/lifestyles/nancy-mace-became-first-woman-graduate-from-the-citadel/bDOXIQpi8C4PQKpeYtazvM/ |accessdate=19 August 2020 |publisher=Atlanta Journal Constitution |date=September 4, 2016}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==

Revision as of 21:40, 23 November 2020

Nancy Mace
Member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 1st district
Assuming office
January 3, 2021
SucceedingJoe Cunningham
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
from the 99th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 23, 2018
Preceded byJames Merrill
Succeeded byMark Smith (Elect)
Personal details
Born (1977-12-04) December 4, 1977 (age 46)
Fort Bragg, North Carolina,
U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Children2
EducationThe Citadel (BS)
University of Georgia (MS)

Nancy Ruth Mace (born December 4, 1977) is an American businesswoman, politician, and author who is the Representative-elect for South Carolina's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Mace is the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets at The Citadel. Since 2018, Mace has served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives for District 99, covering Hanahan, northeast Mount Pleasant, and Daniel Island, South Carolina. Mace is the first Republican woman to be elected to Congress from South Carolina.[1]

Early life and education

Mace was born at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to United States Army officer James Emory Mace and school teacher Anne Mace. In 1999 she became the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets portion of The Citadel,[2] receiving a degree in business administration.[3] Mace went on to earn a master's degree in journalism and mass communication from the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.[4]

Career

In 2008, Mace started a consulting business called The Mace Group.[3]

She worked for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign in South Carolina.[5]

Mace is the author of In the Company of Men: A Woman at The Citadel, published by Simon & Schuster in 2001, about her experience in becoming the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets at The Citadel.

Political career

2014 United States Senate campaign

Further information: 2014 United States Senate election in South Carolina

On August 3, 2013, Mace announced that she would seek the GOP nomination for the United States Senate in South Carolina for the 2014 election.[6] Mace won 6.2 percent of the vote with 19,560 votes cast in her name in the Republican primary.[7]

South Carolina State House

2017 election

On September 18, 2017, Mace announced and filed as a Republican to run in a special election for the South Carolina State House District 99 seat being vacated by Jimmy Merrill, who resigned earlier that month following an indictment and plea deal for several ethics violations. She received 49.5% of the votes in the November 14 Republican primary, 13 votes short of winning the nomination outright. She defeated the second place challenger, Mount Pleasant town councilman Mark Smith on November 28 in a runoff, 63-37%.

Mace defeated Democrat Cindy Boatright in the January 16, 2018, general election by a margin of 2,066 to 1,587 votes or 57-43%.[8] Mace assumed office on January 23, 2018.

2018 campaign

Mace won re-election against Democratic nominee and Mount Pleasant resident Jen Gibson in the general election on November 6.

Tenure

In 2019, Mace successfully advocated for the inclusion of exceptions for rape and incest in a fetal heartbeat abortion ban bill that passed in the South Carolina state House. In a speech on the state house floor, Mace revealed that she had been raped at age 16. She has stated that she opposes abortion but does not believe the government has the right to tell a victim of rape or incest they do not have the right to an abortion.[9]

Mace co-sponsored a bill to oppose offshore drilling off of South Carolina's coast.[10] She broke sharply with President Trump's plan to offer oil drilling leases off of South Carolina beaches.[11]

Mace earned a 100% Lifetime rating from the Conservation Voters of South Carolina for her voting record against offshore drilling and seismic testing.[12][13] Mace received the 2019 Tax Payer Hero Award from the South Carolina Club for Growth.[14][15]

In May 2020, Mace's prison reform bill, which ends the shackling of pregnant mothers in prison, was signed into law by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster.[16][17]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2020 general election

See also: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina § District 1

Mace announced in June 2019 that she would seek the Republican nomination for South Carolina's 1st congressional district, centered in Charleston and currently represented by Joe Cunningham (D-West Ashley). Cunningham won in an upset in a district Donald Trump won by 13 percentage points in 2016. Mace faced Mount Pleasant City Councilwoman Kathy Landing and Bikers for Trump founder Chris Cox in the Republican primary on June 9, 2020. Mace won the primary with 57.5% of the vote.[18]

In the November general election, Mace defeated incumbent Democrat Joe Cunningham. She will assume office on January 3, 2021.[19] Mace focused her campaign on off-shore drilling and restoring South Carolina low country's economy.[1]

Tenure

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Political positions

During her 2020 campaign for Congress, Mace highlighted her ties with Donald Trump.[20] [21] She opposes the Affordable Care Act, saying, "We must use any means possible to repeal, defund and ultimately stop Obamacare."[22]

Personal life

She resides in Charleston, South Carolina, on Daniel Island.[23]

Elections

South Carolina State House District 99 Republican Primary, 2017 (Special)[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nancy Mace* 1,290 49.5
Republican Mark Smith* 714 27.4
Republican Shawn Pinkston 373 14.3
Republican Jarrod Brooks 228 8.8
Total votes 2,605 100
South Carolina House District 99 Special Election, 2018
South Carolina State House District 99 Republican Primary Runoff, 2017 (Special)[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nancy Mace 1,695 63
Republican Mark Smith 1,012 37
Total votes 2,707 100
South Carolina State House District 99 General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nancy Mace 8,778 62.2%
Democratic Jen Gibson 4,640 35.8%
Working Families Jen Gibson 278 2.0%
Total votes 14,106 100
Republican hold
Nancy Mace vs. Jen Gibson general election in South Carolina 99th House District Nov. 6th 2018.
South Carolina State House District 99 Election, 2018 (Special)[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nancy Mace 2,066 57
Democratic Cindy Boatwright 1,587 43
Total votes 3,653 100
Republican hold
[27]
U.S. House District SC-1 Republican Primary, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nancy Mace 48,411 57.48%
Republican Kathy Landing 21,835 25.92%
Republican Chris Cox 8,179 9.71%
Republican Brad Mole 5,800 6.89%
South Carolina's 1st congressional district, 2020[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Nancy Mace 216,042 50.6
Democratic Joe Cunningham (incumbent) 210,627 49.3
Write-in 442 0.1
Total votes 427,111 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

References

  1. ^ a b Stabile, Angelica. 13 GOP women join the House, dominating congressional elections, making history, FOX News, November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Maxine Hudson". The Citadel. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Nancy Mace". The Citadel. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Brett, Jennifer (September 4, 2016). "Nancy Mace became first woman to graduate from The Citadel". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  5. ^ "Nancy Mace gives South Carolina Legislature its first state lawmaker with clear ties to Trump | Palmetto Politics". postandcourier.com. January 20, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  6. ^ "Nancy Mace Will Seek Nomination for US Senate". August 3, 2013.
  7. ^ "In South Carolina, Graham Prevails Without a Runoff". New York Times. New York Times Company. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  8. ^ "Republican Nancy Mace wins Statehouse District 99 election". WCBD News 2. January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  9. ^ Byrd, Caitlin (May 14, 2019). "It took SC Rep. Nancy Mace 25 years to share she was raped. She never expected this". The Post & Courier. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  10. ^ Tripp, Drew (September 8, 2020). "Trump puts 10-year ban on offshore oil drilling off SC coast". WCIV. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  11. ^ Fears, Darryl (February 28, 2018). "For many Republicans, Trump's offshore drilling plan and beaches don't mix". Washington Post. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  12. ^ "Nancy Mace". Conservation Voters of South Carolina. Conservation Voters of South Carolina. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  13. ^ Novelly, Thomas (September 13, 2020). "SC 1st Congressional District: Cunningham and Mace differ on climate change science views". Post and Courier. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  14. ^ Antle II, W. James (June 11, 2020). "Winner in GOP South Carolina House primary shows Trump imprimatur still a big advantage". Washington Examiner. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  15. ^ News 4, A. B. C. (October 6, 2020). "Cunningham, Mace spar over taxes, Parris Island, voting record in Congressional debate". WCIV. Retrieved October 20, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Benson, Adam (May 21, 2020). "SC becomes 43rd state to outlaw shackling of pregnant inmates". Post and Courier. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  17. ^ "Governor McMaster signs bill banning shackling of pregnant inmates". ABC Columbia. Associated Press. May 22, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  18. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/09/us/elections/results-south-carolina-primary-elections.html
  19. ^ Donahue, Ray Rivera, Patrick Phillips, Harve Jacobs, Lillian. "Nancy Mace wins U.S. House race beating Joe Cunningham". https://www.live5news.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ cbyrd@postandcourier.com, Caitlin Byrd. "SC congressional candidate Nancy Mace touts Trump ties in new TV ad". Post and Courier. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  21. ^ tnovelly@postandcourier.com, Thomas Novelly. "Partisan hits fly as Cunningham and Mace share stage in SC congressional race debate". Post and Courier. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  22. ^ News, Scott Harper For South Strand. "Graham faces tough opponents". Post and Courier. Retrieved September 29, 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  23. ^ "Nancy Mace For US Senate, Biography". August 3, 2013.
  24. ^ Beahm, Grace (November 14, 2017). "S.C. House District 99 candidates Nancy Mace and Mark Smith heading to runoff | Palmetto Politics". postandcourier.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  25. ^ Byrd, Caitlin (November 28, 2017). "Nancy Mace takes win in Republican runoff for Statehouse District 99 | Palmetto Politics". postandcourier.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  26. ^ Byrd, Caitlin (January 16, 2018). "Republican Nancy Mace wins Statehouse District 99 election | Palmetto Politics". postandcourier.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  27. ^ "2020 Primary Results". South Carolina Election Commission. 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  28. ^ "2020 Statewide General Election Night Reporting - Results". South Carolina Election Commission. November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
South Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
from the 99th district
2018–present 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 1st congressional district
Taking office 2021 		Elect
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