Mace, Nancy
person
Biography
Nancy Ruth Mace (born December 4, 1977) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served in the South Carolina General Assembly from 2018 to 2020. In 1999, Mace became the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets program at the Citadel Military College of South Carolina, which was led at the time by her father, Emory Mace, the commandant of cadets. From 2018 to 2020, she represented the 99th district in the South Carolina House of Representatives, covering Hanahan, northeast Mount Pleasant, and Daniel Island. Mace was elected to Congress in 2020, defeating incumbent Democrat Joe Cunningham. She was re-elected in 2022 and 2024. She is the first Republican woman elected to Congress from South Carolina. She was a candidate for governor of South Carolina in 2026, but was eliminated in the primary election.
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- Canonical name
- Mace, Nancy
- First name
- Nancy
- Last name
- Mace
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Last pulled: 4 days ago (2026-07-10)
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US Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:M000194
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- bioguide_id
- M000194
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- H0SC01394
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- H0SC01394
- govtrack_id
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- wikidata_id
- Q6962831