Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) got here out on high in Tuesday’s South Carolina 1st Congressional District main election, the primary contest of the 12 months to characteristic one of many eight Republicans that voted to oust former Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
Mace acquired 57.6% of the vote within the Palmetto State and can transfer on to the November normal election, the place she will probably be searching for a 3rd time period in Congress.
The 46-year-old congresswoman narrowly averted a runoff election, which might have been triggered if she had acquired lower than 50% of the vote.
Mace’s high challenger was former state official Catherine Templeton, who served underneath former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
Templeton, who acquired 28.8% of the vote Tuesday, had been buoyed by spending from tremendous PACs with hyperlinks to McCarthy.
The previous Home speaker’s Majority Committee PAC contributed $10,000 to Templeton’s marketing campaign in April, Federal Election Fee data present.
The American Prosperity Alliance, which has ties to McCarthy, contributed $15,000 to South Carolina Patriots PAC, a bunch that spent greater than $2.1 million to counter Mace and greater than $400,000 in help of Templeton, in response to the Washington Post.
Marine veteran and monetary planner Invoice Younger completed third within the 1st District GOP main race, garnering 13.6% help.
McCarthy, who resigned from Congress within the weeks after he was dethroned from the speakership, slammed Mace main as much as the election.
“I hope Nancy will get the assistance she wants, I actually do,” McCarthy told reporters in February. “I simply hope she will get the assistance to straighten out her life. I imply, she’s obtained quite a lot of challenges.”
“Nobody will keep working for her,” he added, referencing her downside retaining staffers. “You’ll be able to’t have someone who simply flips and flops based mostly upon what TV station she will get placed on. You need somebody who’s prepared to work, and so I hope she will get that form of assist.”
Mace was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
She and 7 different GOP reps – Bob Good (R-Va.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) and Eli Crane (R-Ariz.) – banded along with a united Democrat convention to declare the workplace of speaker vacant by a vote of 216-210 final October.
Buck resigned in March, earlier than the tip of his time period. The remainder of the eight are up for re-election in 2024 and a few are dealing with stiff GOP primary challenges.
