{"id":2265464,"date":"2024-06-11T20:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T00:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-beats-challengers-in-gop-primary-despite-mccarthy-revenge-tour\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T20:44:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T00:44:51","slug":"nancy-mace-beats-challengers-in-gop-primary-despite-mccarthy-revenge-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-beats-challengers-in-gop-primary-despite-mccarthy-revenge-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Mace wins GOP primary, overcoming McCarthy&#8217;s revenge tour"},"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\">18<\/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-mace-beats-challengers-in-gop-primary-despite-mccarthy-revenge-tour%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=2265464&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--><p>Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) successfully\u200d won her South\u2064 Carolina primary, \u2062overcoming two challengers which positions her well \u2062for\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-transcript-edit-turns-kamala-harris-depopulation-statement-into-something-else-entirely\/\" title=\"White House transcript edit alters Kamala Harris' depopulation statement significantly.\">general \u2062election<\/a> in November, likely aided\u2063 by recent redistricting. The Associated Press declared her\u200c the winner with 57.6% of the vote. Mace&#8217;s \u2064main opponents\u2063 were Catherine Templeton, who secured 28.8% of the vote, and Bill Young, who\u2064 garnered 13.5%. Despite \u200dnot having the support of Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) who endorsed Templeton, Mace still managed to\u2062 win. Remarkably, she also holds an endorsement from former President Donald Trump,\u200d even though \u2063he campaigned against\u200b her in the 2022 midterms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-mace\/\">Nancy Mace <\/a>(R-SC) won her <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>South Carolina<\/a> primary after beating two challengers, ushering her toward a likely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boris-johnson-announces-resignation-as-u-k-prime-minister\/\" title=\"Boris Johnson Announces Resignation as U.K. Prime Minister\">general election victory<\/a> this November thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/redistricting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>redistricting<\/a> in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Associated Press<\/em> called the race in Mace\u2019s favor at 8:40 p.m. after polls had been closed for nearly two hours. Mace won the primary with 57.6% of the vote at the time the race was called.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/primary-2024-elections-live-updates-south-carolina-nevada-vote\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LIVE UPDATES | FOLLOW THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER\u2019S TUESDAY NIGHT PRIMARY COVERAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mace defeated her top opponent, Catherine Templeton, the former director of South Carolina\u2019s Department of Health and former U.S. Brick president, and Marine veteran and financial planner Bill Young. Templeton received 28.8% and Young received 13.5% when the race was called.<\/p>\n<p>The South Carolina congresswoman holds an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3036271\/trump-reaffirms-support-nancy-mace-congressional-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>endorsement from former President Donald Trump<\/a>, a surprise considering the former president campaigned against her in the 2022 midterms.<\/p>\n<p>She won the primary without the support of longtime Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3028097\/joe-wilson-endorses-nancy-mace-challenger-south-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>endorsed Templeton<\/a>, and after she found herself at the center of party infighting for her role in ousting former House Speaker and California Rep. Kevin McCarthy. Her win also comes despite reports of a revolving door of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2439333\/rep-nancy-mace-has-lost-three-senior-staff-members-in-past-week\/\">staff turnover <\/a>at her offices and claims from former employees of a \u201ctoxic\u201d work environment.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mace\u2019s primary race was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3030754\/nancy-mace-first-of-mccarthys-ousters-to-face-primary-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>first stop in McCarthy\u2019s \u201crevenge\u201d tour<\/a>, with his allies funneling in large amounts of money through outside groups and PACs into races like Mace\u2019s and House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good\u2019s (R-VA) primary next week. Four of the eight Republicans who joined Mace and Good in voting out McCarthy \u2014 \u00a0Tim Burchett (R-TN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and Eli Crane (R-AZ) \u2014 face primaries later this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While McCarthy did not explicitly endorse Templeton, he has gotten involved with raising money for her campaign to boost her candidacy. McCarthy criticized Mace heading into the primary election, attacking the congresswoman over her voting record and the recent turnover in her office. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just hope she gets the help to straighten out her life. I mean, she\u2019s got a lot of challenges,\u201d McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4468105-mccarthy-says-mace-needs-help-to-straighten-out-her-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told reporters<\/a> in February. \u201cNo one will stay working for her. You can\u2019t have somebody who just flips and flops based upon what TV station she gets put on. You want someone who\u2019s willing to work, and so I hope she gets that kind of help.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) secured her primary victory in South Carolina, defeating two opponents. Redistricting may ease her path to a November general election win. 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