Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman lose bids for governor in South Carolina
Mace finished behind the leading candidates in South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial primary.
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Reps. Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman lost the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary, sending Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson to a June 23 runoff. The article also recaps results in congressional and Senate primaries across several states.
Mace and Norman finished behind Evette and Alan Wilson in the South Carolina primary to succeed term-limited Gov. Henry McMaster. Evette led with 29 percent and Wilson had 26 percent; Norman had about 16 percent and Mace 12 percent, according to The Associated Press. Mace said her advocacy for victims of sexual misconduct was a matter of principle and that it cost her the election.
The article also reports primary results and contests in South Carolina, South Dakota, Iowa, Texas, Georgia, North Dakota and Nevada. In South Carolina, Sen. Lindsey Graham was leading Mark Lynch by 58 percent to 28 percent, while Rep. Julie Fedorchak turned back Alex Balazs in North Dakota. Several House races remained undecided or advanced to runoffs.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSED
No good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Mace in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Mace’s record.
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Representative and unsuccessful Republican candidate for South Carolina governor
Norman's version of this story ↗
Nevada state senator and Republican candidate for the 1st Congressional District
Representative from Iowa and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate
Senator from South Carolina and Republican primary candidate
Republican candidate for Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District
Democratic candidate for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District
Republican candidate for Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District
Representative from Nevada and incumbent in the 4th District
Republican Senate primary challenger to Lindsey Graham
Former director of the National Counterterrorism Center and Lynch supporter
Representative from Nevada and incumbent in the 1st District
President; his endorsements and comments are cited in several primary contests
South Carolina state senator and Republican candidate for the 5th Congressional District
Defense secretary
Democratic candidate for North Dakota’s at-large House seat
Representative from Kentucky, referenced as a model for Lynch’s foreign-policy stance
Charleston County councilwoman and Republican candidate for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District
Republican candidate for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District
Representative from Nevada, retiring from the 2nd District seat
Representative from Nevada and incumbent in the 3rd District
Representative from North Dakota and Republican primary candidate
Representative from South Dakota and unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate
Representative from South Carolina; Alan Wilson’s father
Representative from Texas and unsuccessful candidate for state attorney general
South Carolina state representative and Republican candidate for the 1st District
Retired Foreign Service officer and Republican primary challenger to Julie Fedorchak
Representative from Texas and candidate in the Texas Senate primary
Representative from Georgia and unsuccessful Senate candidate
Former Nevada state senator and Republican candidate for the 2nd District
Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in South Carolina
Part of a bigger story
18 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Nancy Mace lost South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial primary and did not advance to the runoff. Left-leaning outlets present the loss as a political rebuke, connecting it to Mace’s relationship with Trump and, in some coverage, her standing in MAGA politics. Center outlets mainly report her finish and the runoff, sometimes placing the result in broader primary coverage or in the context of Trump’s influence. Right-leaning outlets emphasize the significance of Trump’s endorsement and Mace’s failure to secure it.
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