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Nancy Mace Concedes South Carolina Gubernatorial Primary After Failing To Gain Trump's Support

Mace conceded the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary and said her support for releasing the Epstein files was worth the political cost.

Nancy Mace Concedes South Carolina Gubernatorial Primary After Failing To Gain Trump's Support
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Nancy Mace conceded her South Carolina gubernatorial primary after finishing far behind, while Trump-endorsed candidates Pamela Evette and Alan Wilson advanced to a runoff. Mace said her support for releasing the Epstein files cost her support. [not allowed ids prose]

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Nancy Mace
R · SC-1

South Carolina representative and defeated gubernatorial candidate

PRIMARY SUBJECT

Representative from Iowa

Former attorney general

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President and endorser of Pamela Evette

Thomas Massie
R · KY-4

Representative from Kentucky

Representative from Colorado

Marjorie Taylor Greene
Former U.S. Representative (R-GA)

Former representative from Georgia

Bill Cassidy
R · LA · SEN

Senator from Louisiana

Julia Letlow
R · LA-5

Representative from Louisiana

Ken Paxton
R · TX

Texas attorney general and Senate candidate

Republican House candidate in Kentucky

John Cornyn
R · TX · SEN

Senator from Texas

ALSO MENTIONED  Alan Wilson, South Carolina attorney general and gubernatorial candidate; Pamela Evette, South Carolina lieutenant governor and gubernatorial candidate; Zach Lahn, Republican Iowa gubernatorial nominee

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Nancy Mace Loses South Carolina Republican Governor Primary

Outlets 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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