'I'm not going down without a fight': Nancy Mace is trying to rebuild her political future
Mace is trying to advance in the Republican gubernatorial primary despite Trump’s endorsement of her opponent and a series of campaign challenges.

SOURCE CHECK
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The article provides detailed campaign and spending figures, quotes Mace and a Republican operative, and includes responses to the airport report. It offers limited direct input from her opponents and relies partly on analysis and attributed characterizations of the race.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article includes Mace’s explanations alongside accounts of controversies and criticism from Republican figures. It provides little direct response from her opponents and emphasizes factors that may be hurting her campaign.
- Counterarguments presented — Mace’s explanations and defenses appear alongside critical accounts.
- Source diversity — Sources include Mace, a Republican operative and references to officials, but not substantial direct views from her opponents.
- Loaded language — Some vivid characterizations appear, including attributed descriptions of Mace’s conduct.
- Omitted context — The article gives limited direct perspective from Evette and other candidates.
The article uses a generally reportorial tone and includes both Mace’s explanations and critical accounts of her campaign and conduct. Its focus on controversies does not by itself establish a partisan lean.
- Language tone — Mostly descriptive language, with some critical characterizations attributed to sources.
- Source selection — Includes Mace’s comments, a Republican operative’s assessment and references to opponents and officials.
- Framing — Frames the story around Mace’s campaign difficulties without making an explicit partisan argument.
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Nancy Mace is seeking South Carolina’s governorship while facing a crowded Republican primary and President Donald Trump’s endorsement of her opponent, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette. The article examines how her vote to release the Epstein files, an airport altercation and campaign spending have shaped the race.
Mace says she believes her vote to release the Epstein files cost her Trump’s endorsement, but said she has no regrets. Trump endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette in the crowded Republican primary; the article says the endorsement could help Evette reach a runoff. Mace is also contending with other candidates, including Rep. Ralph Norman and Attorney General Alan Wilson.
The article describes earlier controversies, including an airport incident for which Mace defended her conduct, and her February accusations against her former fiancé and his business partners, which they denied. It also reports that Mace has spent nothing on television ads, while candidates and aligned groups have spent nearly $28 million overall in the primary. Mace says she will not run for Congress again if her gubernatorial campaign falls short.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo 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.
People in this story
SWIPE →South Carolina senator who criticized Mace after the airport incident
President who endorsed Mace’s opponent in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary
Former Kentucky representative associated with the effort to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files
Colorado representative associated with the effort to release the Epstein files
South Carolina representative and gubernatorial candidate
Former Georgia representative who resigned after clashes with Trump
South Carolina senator who criticized Mace’s language and treatment of airport officials
Former Speaker of the House
Kentucky senator whose aligned outside group funded positive ads for Mace
Part of a bigger story
5 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Donald Trump endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette over Rep. Nancy Mace in South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial primary. Left-leaning outlets cast the endorsement as a snub to Mace despite her efforts to align herself with Trump. Center outlets place it among Mace’s campaign challenges and focus on mixed indications of its effect on the race. Right-leaning outlets foreground Mace’s claim that it barely helped Evette and her appeal to voters.
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