{"id":2160576,"date":"2024-01-26T18:51:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T23:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-maces-former-chief-files-paperwork-to-run-against-her\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T18:52:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T23:52:05","slug":"nancy-maces-former-chief-files-paperwork-to-run-against-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-maces-former-chief-files-paperwork-to-run-against-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Mace&#8217;s ex-chief files to challenge her"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnancy-maces-former-chief-files-paperwork-to-run-against-her%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2160576&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former \u200dChief of\u200c Staff of\u2062 Rep. Nancy Mace\u2063 Files to Run \u200bAgainst Her in 2024 Elections<\/h2>\n<p>In a surprising turn of events, Dan Hanlon, who recently departed from Rep. Nancy Mace&#8217;s office, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manny-pacquiao-files-to-run-for-philippine-president\/\" title=\"Manny Pacquiao files to run for Philippine president\">officially filed paperwork<\/a> to challenge her \u2062in \u2064the 2024 elections. Hanlon submitted his candidacy for the GOP primary in South Carolina&#8217;s 1st Congressional District, as confirmed by records \u2062from \u200bthe Federal Election \u200dCommission.<\/p>\n<p>Hanlon had been working\u2062 closely with \u2062Mace since her inauguration in January 2023. However, their professional relationship\u2062 took a sour\u2062 turn when Hanlon was \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/employee-with-down-syndrome-fired-by-walmart-wins-discrimination-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Employee With Down Syndrome Fired By Walmart Wins Discrimination Lawsuit\">abruptly fired<\/a> on December \u200d1st, joining the\u200c ranks of three other \u200dsenior staffers \u2063who left Mace&#8217;s team within a\u2063 week. Richard Chalkey, her\u2063 deputy chief of \u2062staff, resigned, and Randal Meyer, her legislative\u200c director, also tendered his resignation effective at the end of December.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2064the exact reason for Hanlon&#8217;s dismissal\u2064 remains undisclosed, allegations \u200dof a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-gotta-wear-heels-staffers-describe-the-cuomo-way-of-working-for-nys-governor\/\" title=\"\u2018You Gotta Wear Heels\u2019: Staffers Describe \u2018The Cuomo Way\u2019 Of Working For NY\u2019s Governor\">toxic work environment<\/a> have been circulating around Mace. Interestingly, it \u2063appears that\u2063 Hanlon had been strategizing his campaign against Mace for some time now. Politico \u200creports that he has already begun meeting with potential donors\u200c and assembling a\u2064 team to support\u2064 his bid for Congress.<\/p>\n<p>This unexpected challenge from\u2063 Hanlon poses a significant threat to Mace&#8217;s political future. As her former chief of staff, Hanlon \u200bpossesses intimate knowledge of her \u2062internal workings, making him a formidable opponent who can potentially exploit her vulnerabilities. The Washington Examiner \u200chas reached out to \u2062Mace&#8217;s campaign for a comment on this development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why did Dan Hanlon abruptly leave\u200c Rep. Nancy Mace&#8217;s office and decide to challenge\u2063 her\u200c in the GOP primary?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Former Chief of Staff of\u200c Rep. Nancy Mace Files to Run\u2064 Against Her \u200cin \u20642024 Elections<\/p>\n<p>In a surprising turn of events, Dan Hanlon,\u2064 who \u200brecently departed from \u200cRep.\u200c Nancy Mace&#8217;s office, has officially filed paperwork to challenge her in the 2024 elections. Hanlon submitted his candidacy for the GOP primary in South Carolina&#8217;s 1st Congressional District, as confirmed by records from the Federal Election Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Hanlon had been working\u2064 closely\u2062 with Mace since \u2064her inauguration in January 2023. \u200dHowever, their professional relationship took a sour\u200c turn when Hanlon was abruptly fired on December 1st, joining the ranks of\u2062 three other senior staffers who \u2064left \u200cMace&#8217;s team within a \u2063week.\u200d Richard\u200b Chalkey, her deputy chief of staff, resigned, \u200cand Randal Meyer, \u2064her\u2062 legislative director, also tendered his resignation effective\u200d at the end \u2064of December.<\/p>\n<p>While the exact reason for Hanlon&#8217;s dismissal remains \u200bundisclosed, allegations of a\u200d toxic work environment have been circulating around Mace. Interestingly, it appears that Hanlon had been strategizing his campaign against Mace for \u2064some time now. \u200cPolitico \u2064reports that he has already begun meeting with potential donors and assembling a team \u2062to support his bid for Congress.<\/p>\n<p>This unexpected challenge from Hanlon poses a \u2062significant threat \u2063to Mace&#8217;s political future.\u200b As\u200d her \u2063former chief\u2062 of staff, Hanlon possesses intimate\u200b knowledge of her internal workings, making him \u200ba formidable opponent who\u2063 can potentially \u200dexploit her vulnerabilities. The \u2064Washington\u200c Examiner has reached out to Mace&#8217;s campaign for a comment on\u2062 this\u2063 development.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to read \u200dmore \u200bfrom The \u200dWashington \u200cExaminer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Nancy Mace&#8217;s ex-chief of staff, Dan Hanlon, has filed to challenge her in the 2024 elections. Hanlon, who recently left Mace&#8217;s office, submitted paperwork with the FEC to run in the GOP primary for South Carolina&#8217;s 1st Congressional District. He had been working alongside Mace for a considerable period<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2160577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2160576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2160577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}