Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) teased a major announcement on her political future to come in the “next couple of days,” as she has been weighing a bid to enter the South Carolina gubernatorial race since the beginning of the summer.
Mace revealed her timeline for the announcement in a Fox News appearance on Sunday, in which Mace said she “may be forced” to enter the gubernatorial race because South Carolina has “gone woke.”
“I will be making a decision over the next couple of days about my future. I believe I may be forced to run for governor because I can’t watch my beautiful red state of South Carolina go woke. It’s gone woke over the last couple of years,” Mace said when asked about her appearance over the weekend at a GOP fundraising event in New Hampshire.
Mace also cast the election as a “two-man race” between potentially her and Attorney General Alan Wilson, despite the GOP primary getting more crowded over the weekend with fellow Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) entering the race.
“This is a two-man race, if I get in, between me and Alan Wilson, the South Carolina attorney general, who likes to put pedophiles on trial and give them one day in jail serve,” she said.
As of now, Norman, Wilson, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, and state Sen. Josh Kimbrell have declared their candidacies for the GOP primary set for 2026.
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Norman previously told the Washington Examiner that he is confident he would beat Mace should she enter the race.
President Donald Trump has yet to endorse a candidate, though Evette has touted her close ties to the president, saying she already has his “trust.”