Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said she will decide in the coming days whether she will enter the South Carolina governor's race.
“I will be making a decision over the next couple of days about my future,” Mace said during an interview on Fox News’s “Fox Report Weekend.”
“I believe I may be forced to run for governor because I can’t watch my beautiful red state of South Carolina go woke,” she continued. “It’s gone woke over the last couple of years.”
Despite the crowded field, with candidates including state Attorney General Alan Wilson, state Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), and Republican state Sen. Josh Kimbrell, Mace said it was a “two-man race” between her, if she enters, and Wilson, “who likes to put pedophiles on trial and give them one day in jail serve.”
The Republican lawmaker said she doesn’t believe the people of South Carolina “will go for that,” and reiterated that her decision will come in “over the next couple of days, and we’re excited about it.”
A recent survey from the South Carolina Policy Council shows Mace ahead of the other candidates, though 52 percent are undecided.
SCOOP: A new poll in the 2026 South Carolina governor's race is out from @scpolicycouncil
— Sophie Brams (@sophiebrams) July 28, 2025
GOP primary:
Mace - 16%
Wilson - 15%
Evette - 8%
Norman - 6%
Kimbrell - 3%
Undecided - 52%
Democratic primary:
Graham - 5%
Johnson - 5%
Ott - 2%
Norrell - 2%
Sutton - 2%
Undecided - 83% pic.twitter.com/S5etE5r9Bn
Mace referred to the survey in an interview on Monday, where she encouraged "those that want to come after" her to "bring it."
"To those that want to come after me, I say: bring it.” — @NancyMace
— The Faulkner Focus (@FaulknerFocus) July 28, 2025
Rep. Nancy Mace is teasing a decision “in the coming days” on a potential run for SC governor, touting strong poll numbers and growing momentum. pic.twitter.com/PKwfnr74ym