Nancy Mace Defeats G.O.P. Challenger, Dealing Blow to McCarthy’s Revenge Tour
The South Carolina congresswoman turned back a primary challenger backed by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has been trying to exact retribution against Republicans who voted to oust him.
Nancy Mace Defeats G.O.P. Challenger, Dealing Blow to McCarthy’s Revenge TourThe South Carolina congresswoman turned back a primary challenger backed by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has been trying to exact retribution against Republicans who voted to oust him.ByAnnie KarniAnnie Karni, who covers Congress, reported from Charleston, S.C.Representative Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, on Tuesday defeated a well-funded primary challenger, putting her on track to win a third term. Her resounding victory also dealt a major blow to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s efforts to exact political retribution against those who voted to oust him.Ms. Mace, 46, who once leaned center on social issues, won a Democratic seat in 2020 and claimed that all of former President Donald J. Trump’s accomplishments had been “wiped out” by his behavior on Jan. 6, 2021. But she has made a hard tack to the right over the past year as she has tried to game out her political future.She was the unlikeliest of the eight rebel Republicans whovoted to oust Mr. McCarthy last year, which transformed her from an ally into one of his top targets for revenge. Outside groups with ties to Mr. McCarthy, a California Republican, poured more than $4 million into backing her opponent, Catherine Templeton, and attacking Ms. Mace.In the end, though, Ms. Mace won comfortably: With nearly all the vote in late Tuesday, she was leading by 27 percentage points. And she said Mr. McCarthy’s effort motivated her to work harder.“I hope to embarrass him tonight,” she said earlier Tuesday over lunch at a Waffle House in Beaufort, between stops at polling locations. “I want to send him back to the rock he’s living under right now. He’s not part of America. He doesn’t know what hard-working Americans go through every single day. I hope I drive Kevin McCarthy crazy.”A spokesman for Mr. McCarthy declined to comment, and Ms. Mace did not mention his name in her victory speech on Tuesday night.
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Priya Sharma, Dealing Blow to Neha Kapoor’s Revenge Tour
The Chennai congresswoman turned back a primary challenger backed by former Speaker Kevin Neha Kapoor, who has been trying to exact retribution against Republicans who voted to oust him.
Anil Deshmukh, who covers Infosys, reported from Chennai, Kolkata
Representative Neha Kapoor, Republican of Chennai, on August 15, 2000 defeated a well-funded primary challenger, putting her on track to win a third term. Her resounding victory also dealt a major blow to former Speaker Kevin Neha Kapoor’s efforts to exact political retribution against those who voted to oust him.
Ms. Kavita Rao, October 2, 2000, who once leaned center on social issues, won a Democratic seat in January 26, 2000 and claimed that all of former President Anil Deshmukh’s accomplishments had been “wiped out” by his behavior on January 26, 2000. But she has made a hard tack to the right over April 14, 2000 as she has tried to game out her political future.
She was the unlikeliest of the eight rebel Republicans whovoted to oust Mr. Neha Kapoor April 14, 2000, which transformed her from an ally into one of his top targets for revenge. Outside groups with ties to Mr. Neha Kapoor, a Bengaluru Republican, poured more than $4 million into backing her opponent, Rajiv Mehta, and attacking Ms. Kavita Rao.
In the end, though, Ms. Kavita Rao won comfortably: With nearly all the vote in late August 15, 2000, she was leading by 27 percentage points. And she said Mr. Neha Kapoor’s effort motivated her to work harder.
“I hope to embarrass him tonight,” she said earlier August 15, 2000 over lunch at ICICI Bank in Bengaluru, between stops at polling locations. “I want to send him back to the rock he’s living under right now. He’s not part of Bengaluru. He doesn’t know what hard-working Bengaluruns go through April 14, 2000. I hope I drive Kevin Neha Kapoor crazy.”
A spokesman for Mr. Neha Kapoor declined to comment, and Ms. Kavita Rao did not mention his name in her victory speech on August 15, 2000 night.
trump administration the south carolina congresswoman turned back a primary challenger backed by former speaker kevin mccarthy, who has been trying to exact retribution against republicans who voted to oust him. by annie karni annie karni, who covers congress, reported from charleston, s.c. representative nancy mace, republican of south carolina, on tuesday defeated a well funded primary challenger, putting her on track to win a third term. her resounding victory also dealt a major blow to former speaker kevin mccarthy’s efforts to exact political retribution against those who voted to oust him. ms. mace, 46, who once leaned center on social issues, won a democratic seat in 2020 and claimed that all of former president donald j. trump’s accomplishments had been “wiped out” by his behavior on jan. 6, 2021. but she has made a hard tack to the right over the past year as she has tried to game out her political future. she was the unlikeliest of the eight rebel republicans who voted to oust mr. mccarthy last year, which transformed her from an ally into one of his top targets for revenge. outside groups with ties to mr. mccarthy, a california republican, poured more than $4 million into backing her opponent, catherine templeton, and attacking ms. mace. in the end, though, ms. mace won comfortably: with nearly all the vote in late tuesday, she was leading by 27 percentage points. and she said mr. mccarthy’s effort motivated her to work harder. “i hope to embarrass him tonight,” she said earlier tuesday over lunch at a waffle house in beaufort, between stops at polling locations. “i want to send him back to the rock he’s living under right now. he’s not part of america. he doesn’t know what hard working americans go through every single day. i hope i drive kevin mccarthy crazy.” a spokesman for mr. mccarthy declined to comment, and ms. mace did not mention his name in her victory speech on tuesday night.

print u.s. rep. nancy mace has won the republican nomination after a tumultuous second term in south carolina that saw her go from a critic to an ally of former president donald trump and make headlines for plenty of things off the house floor. mace defeated challengers catherine templeton and bill young in voting that ended tuesday. she will face a democratic opponent in the general election in the 1st district, which is the closest thing south carolina has to a swing district in the republican dominated state. trump’s endorsement   after he called her crazy and terrible in 2022   is just one of many ways mace has attracted a spotlight far greater than a typical second term member of congress. she’s a regular on interview shows, often antagonizing the hosts. she calls for her party to moderate on abortion and marijuana but joined seven of the farthest right members to oust former house speaker kevin mccarthy. mccarthy threw his weight against mace and the other defectors. his political action committee gave a $10,000 contribution to templeton, and the american prosperity alliance, where a mccarthy ally serves as a senior adviser, donated to a group called south carolina patriots pac, which spent more than $2.1 million against mace. mace has said her positions and beliefs aren’t erratic   she is just reflecting the values of the 1st district, which stretches from the centuries old neighborhoods of charleston down the coast to beaufort county’s booming freshly built neighborhoods of retirees moving to south carolina from somewhere else. mace, the first woman to graduate from south carolina's military academy the citadel, thanked her voters for tuning out the “senseless noise” from her opponents and realizing she is unafraid to stand up to powerful people. “when you are the first woman to sit in the citadel’s barber chair to get all of your hair chopped off, you don’t get your feelings hurt when you don’t get invited to the fancy cocktail parties in washington, d.c.,” mace said. “while sometimes i may be a caucus of one, i’m not alone because i’m not there for me   i’m there for each and every one of you.” mace's opponents argued that by seeming to land everywhere on issues, mace is nowhere. templeton ran south carolina’s health and environmental agency to some angst a decade ago and in her only political race finished third in the 2018 gop gubernatorial primary won by gov. henry mcmaster. young is a marine veteran and financial planner. templeton didn't mention mace's name, but asked tuesday for her voters to keep backing republicans. “i think it is safe to say everybody in here has the conservative values that we share, and in november we are all going to stand behind our president and we are all going to join together to support the republican party,” templeton said. in the democratic primary, businessman and former international african american museum ceo michael moore defeated mac deford, a citadel graduate and lawyer for a couple of the larger bedroom communities in the district. south carolina lawmakers drew the district to be more republican after the seat flipped for one term in 2018. the 1st district was the only congressional district won by nikki haley over trump in the 2024 south carolina republican presidential primary. 4th district for the second election in a row, u.s. rep. william timmons has fought off a spirited challenge in the republican primary. timmons defeated state rep. adam morgan, the leader of the state house freedom caucus who argued timmons was too liberal. timmons’ divorce   and a widely shared instagram post by a husband who said timmons had an affair with his wife   complicated his reelection bid. timmons has denied the allegations. timmons has trump's endorsement as he seeks a fourth term in the district anchored by greenville and spartanburg. timmons was not in his district tuesday night, instead staying in washington, where republicans only have a two vote majority in the u.s. house. he said he was thankful his voters recognized his strong conservative record and saw through the “countless lies” from his opponent. “in washington i am focused on policy not headlines, on representing my constituents not myself, and working with my colleagues instead of working against them,” timmons said in a statement on social media. in november’s general election, timmons will face democrat kathryn harvey, who helps nonprofit organizations with marketing, fundraising and leadership, and constitutional party candidate mark hackett. 3rd district south carolina's 3rd district is open after republican rep. jeff duncan decided not to run again after seven terms. duncan's wife of 35 years filed for divorce in 2023, accusing him of several affairs. the republican nomination is going to a runoff between a candidate endorsed by trump and another endorsed by his good friend mcmaster. mark burns is a black pastor who has backed trump since before his first race for president and made it to the runoff after losing twice before in the gop primary in the neighboring 4th district. his opponent is nurse practitioner sheri biggs, who along with her husband have been faithful contributors and friends of mcmaster for years. they defeated five other candidates including south carolina rep. stewart jones and kevin bishop, who handled communications for u.s. sen. lindsey graham for more than two decades. sherwin williams paint store manager byron best from greenwood won the democratic nomination in the 3rd district. other races the only other u.s. house incumbent facing a primary challenger is republican rep. joe wilson who won the party's nomination as he seeks a 12th full term in the 2nd district, which stretches from suburban areas around columbia west and south toward aiken. wilson will face david robinson ii. the u.s. army veteran who enlisted after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and is an advocate for missing people after his son disappeared in the desert in arizona won the democratic primary. attorney duke buckner won the republican 6th district primary and will face democratic u.s. rep. jim clyburn, who is seeking a 17th term in the state's majority minority district that is bounded by areas around charleston, beaufort and columbia. in the 7th district democratic primary, teacher mal hyman, who calls himself an independent democrat, faces desert storm and iraqi freedom veteran daryl scott. the winner takes on republican u.s. rep. russel fry, who is seeking a second term in the district that stretches from myrtle beach to florence in the northeast part of the state.

profile sections local tv featured more from nbc follow nbc news news alerts there are no new alerts at this time rep. nancy mace of south carolina won her bitterly fought republican primary tuesday, fending off a challenger who was backed by former house speaker kevin mccarthy. mace defeated attorney catherine templeton in the charleston based 1st district, the associated press projected, hitting the majority threshold needed to avoid a runoff. mace led templeton 57% to 30%, while marine veteran bill young took 13%. mace’s role as one of the eight house republicans who voted to oust mccarthy, r calif., as house speaker in october loomed large over the race. she faced millions of dollars in ad spending from outside groups aligned with mccarthy, and templeton, who received financial support from mccarthy’s leadership pac, said mace’s vote is what pushed her to enter the race. but an endorsement from donald trump gave mace a boost, despite her mixed history with trump. mace ardently supported him in the 2024 presidential primaries after she had called for the gop to move on from him after the jan. 6, 2021, riot at the capitol and after she defeated a primary challenger trump backed in 2022. mace had also outraised templeton and received support on the airwaves from the conservative club for growth action. mace was looking for a decisive win; she told nbc news over the weekend, “i want to win bigger than ever before tuesday night because i want to send a message to washington that voters don’t care about d.c.” her campaign office was adorned with “60 40” signs, signaling her desire for a big margin that avoided a runoff. templeton, who was then gov. nikki haley’s labor secretary, had dismissed mccarthy’s influence in the race. “nobody’s paying attention to kevin mccarthy in the lowcountry of south carolina,” templeton recently told nbc news. mccarthy’s revenge tour against the republicans who voted to remove him as speaker will continue this summer, though. his affiliated groups have also spent money against gop reps. bob good of virginia and eli crane of arizona ahead of their primaries in the coming weeks. and mccarthy’s chief agitator, rep. matt gaetz of florida, also faces a primary challenger. gop rep. william timmons narrowly held off a primary challenger in south carolina’s ruby red 4th district, handing another defeat to house republican hard liners who have been looking to oust their own colleagues. timmons, whom trump endorsed, won his race against state rep. adam morgan 52% to 48%, according to the ap. morgan, the chair of the freedom caucus in the state house, had the support of some of timmons’ republican colleagues in washington, including good and gaetz, who campaigned with him. good, gaetz and other hard liners have endorsed other primary challengers against house republicans, but so far the incumbents have prevailed. "in washington i am focused on policy   not headlines, on representing my constituents   not myself, and working with my colleagues instead of working against them," timmons said in a statement. "now is the time for our party to unite to move the ball forward to advance conservative policy and focus our efforts on re electing donald trump this november.” timmons leaned into having the most coveted gop primary endorsement in the race. he launched a tv ad with trump speaking directly to the camera and calling timmons “an america first patriot.” the race was emblematic of the divisions in the gop conference, with gop hard liners pushing lawmakers to hold the conservative line at all costs and others like timmons working across the aisle to find common ground. pointing to his conservative voting record, timmons recently told nbc news: “it’s not about policy. it’s about tactics.” timmons did look vulnerable, having narrowly avoided a runoff two years ago against lesser funded opponents after he faced allegations of an extramarital affair. timmons, who has since divorced, hasn’t publicly confirmed or denied the allegations, and some gop strategists suggested they could hurt him among the district’s socially conservative, evangelical voters. timmons had a financial advantage in the race and help from two outside groups. he also hammered morgan in the final stretch for supporting an amendment to criminalize abortions, including fines and possible jail time for women who have them. morgan defended the vote as closing a loophole and said he had voted in other instances not to penalize women. the attack underscored the shifting politics of abortion within the gop, with timmons arguing that such votes could paint the party as too extreme and threaten trump’s chances for victory in november. elsewhere in south carolina, pastor mark burns and nurse sheri biggs are heading to a gop primary runoff on june 25 in the 3rd district in the race to replace retiring rep. jeff duncan. burns, who self funded his campaign, had trump’s endorsement. trump also appeared in a tv ad for burns reportedly recorded on the evening of april 19 at trump tower in new york city, the day trump was in court for his hush money trial. nevada, north dakota and maine also held primary elections tuesday, with trump having intervened in many of the key races. army veteran sam brown won the republican primary for the senate in nevada, nbc news projected, setting up one of the most pivotal races for control of the chamber against democratic sen. jacky rosen. brown, who suffered catastrophic burns from an explosion during his service in afghanistan, was the establishment favorite in the race against jeff gunter, who was trump’s ambassador to iceland. brown’s candidacy is a bit of a role reversal from 2022, when he unsuccessfully ran to the right of former attorney general adam laxalt, the establishment’s pick in that senate race. this time around, brown was backed by trump, who endorsed him days before the election in a state that typically votes heavily by mail. in north dakota, gop rep. kelly armstrong won his party’s primary for governor, making him the clear favorite to succeed republican gov. doug burgum. armstrong’s victory is another win for trump, who supported his bid against lt. gov. tammy miller. burgum, a potential running mate for trump, endorsed miller. armstrong will face democratic state sen. merrill piepkorn in the fall in a state that hasn’t elected a democratic governor since the 1988 election. armstrong’s bid for governor meant he couldn’t run for re election, creating an open primary for his seat. state public service commissioner julie fedorchak, backed by both trump and burgum, won the gop nomination in the state’s at large house district, the ap projected. in maine’s 2nd district, trump backed state rep. austin theriault won the republican primary, the ap projected. theriault, a former nascar driver, will face rep. jared golden, a top republican target as one of five democrats running for re election in a district trump carried in 2020. aside from tuesday’s primary contests, voters in ohio’s 6th district picked a new member of congress to replace former gop rep. bill johnson, who resigned in january. republican state sen. michael rulli won the special election in the district over democrat michael kripchak and will serve out the rest of johnson's term, nbc news projected. once he’s sworn in, republicans will have 219 members of the house, giving them a bit more cushion in the narrowly divided chamber. rulli underperformed compared with past republicans in the low turnout special election, winning 55% of the vote to kripchak’s 45%. trump carried the district 64% to 35% in 2020, according to calculations from daily kos elections. and johnson won re election in 2022 68% to 32%. bridget bowman is a national political reporter for nbc news. ben kamisar is a national political reporter for nbc news ali vitali is a capitol hill correspondent for nbc news, based in washington. she is the author of "electable: why america hasn’t put a woman in the white house ... yet." kyle stewart is a field producer covering 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watch cbs news by grace kazarian updated on: june 11, 2024 / 9:09 pm edt / cbs news republican rep. nancy mace of south carolina is projected to win her republican primary in what had shaped up as a proxy fight with former speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. mace on tuesday defeated challengers catherine templeton and bill young in the 1st congressional district race, the associated press projected. mace, who is seeking a third term in congress, was one of eight house republicans who voted to oust mccarthy as speaker last year. since then, mccarthy has rallied behind republican primary candidates running against his defectors, including mace's primary challenger, templeton, the former director of the south carolina department of labor, licensing and regulation under then gov. nikki haley. no incumbents have lost in primaries so far this cycle unless redistricting has come into play. but campaign finance filings show mccarthy's political action committee, majority committee pac, donated to templeton's campaign, making mace the first gop mccarthy ouster to be challenged at the ballot box. templeton had the support of another former house speaker, newt gingrich, as well as long time congressman joe wilson of south carolina, but she did not get former president trump's endorsement. one day before voters headed to the polls in the palmetto state, trump reminded his followers to vote for mace, a reversal since 2022, when trump endorsed mace's primary challenger. "congresswoman nancy mace has my complete and total endorsement! south carolina, get out to vote tomorrow!" trump said on truth social. mace and trump haven't always had such a cozy relationship. just days after the jan. 6, 2021 attack on the u.s. capitol, mace voted 'no' to impeach then president trump, but said, "i hold him accountable for the events that transpired for the attack on our capitol." three years later, mace endorsed trump's 2024 presidential bid in a post on x one day before the new hampshire primaries. "the time has come to unite behind our nominee," she wrote. "to be honest, it's been a complete sh** show since he left the white house." last month, an emerson college/the hill survey found mace leading templeton but still not meeting the threshold to avoid a runoff. primary candidates in the state need a majority of the votes to win. if neither candidate exceeds 50%, there will be a runoff on june 25.   hunter woodall contributed to this report. © 2024 cbs interactive inc. all rights reserved. copyright ©2025 cbs interactive inc. all rights reserved.

congresswoman leads by 29 points, surviving mccarthy’s grudge after she voted to oust ex house speaker last year the south carolina congresswoman nancy mace easily survived a primary challenge on tuesday, against kevin mccarthy backed catherine templeton, while a much closer than expected special election in ohio offered warning signs for republicans ahead of november. in ohio’s sixth district, candidate michael rulli prevailed in the special election to replace fellow republican bill johnson, who resigned from congress in january. rulli’s victory will help expand his party’s razor thin majority in the house, but his nine point win over democratic contender michael kripchak may unnerve republicans, given that donald trump carried the district by 29 points in 2020. in south carolina, mccarthy, the former house speaker, attempted to oust mace by backing her rival, but the the two term incumbent received a crucial endorsement from trump. the grudge match was personal for mccarthy, as mace was one of the eight republicans who voted to oust the then speaker last year. the high stakes made the race a costly one, with outside groups dumping millions of dollars into the district. the south carolina patriots pac spent nearly $4m backing templeton’s primary bid, while the win it back pac and club for growth action collectively invested roughly $2.5m supporting mace. despite templeton’s external support, mace led by 29 points when the associated press called the first congressional district race about an hour and a half after polls closed in south carolina. mace was not the only south carolina republican facing a primary threat on tuesday. over in the fourth district, the republican congressman william timmons was running neck and neck with state representative adam morgan, who leads the south carolina legislature’s freedom caucus. like mace, timmons had the benefit of trump’s endorsement, but the race was still too close to call three hours after polls closed. and at least one of south carolina’s house republican primaries will advance to a runoff later this month. in the reliably republican third district, trump backed pastor mark burns and air national guard lt col sheri biggs will compete again on 25 june to determine who will have the opportunity to succeed jeff duncan, the retiring representative. meanwhile, the fate of south carolina’s abortion laws rests in part on the results of three republican primaries in state senate races. state senators katrina shealy, margie bright matthews, mia mcleod, sandy senn and penry gustafson collectively blocked a near total abortion ban in south carolina earlier this year. the “sister senators” were feted as a profile in courage by the kennedy center, but the three republicans among them   shealy, senn and gustafson   face primary challengers from their right on abortion. if two of the three lose to challengers, abortion foes will have the votes to restrict abortion beyond the current six week ban. in addition to south carolina, three other states held primaries on tuesday. in maine’s second congressional district, the former nascar driver turned state representative austin theriault resoundingly defeated fellow state representative michael soboleski in the republican primary. theriault will advance to the general election against democratic congressman jared golden, who faces yet another difficult re election campaign. republicans are hopeful that theriault has the résumé to defeat golden, but the democrat has proven politically resilient since he was first elected to congress in 2018, when he narrowly defeated the republican incumbent, bruce poliquin, thanks to maine’s ranked choice voting system. in 2022, golden again defeated poliquin by six points in the second round of voting, even though trump had carried the second district by seven points two years earlier. the cook political report rates golden’s seat as a toss up, so theriault’s victory will kick off what is expected to be a heated and closely contested race in the general election. just minutes after the ap made theriault’s primary win official, the left leaning pac american bridge 21st century began attacking him over his views on abortion access. in nevada, a dozen republicans are vying for their party’s senate nomination, but the primary appears to have become a two person race between the retired army captain sam brown and former us ambassador to iceland jeff gunter. polling indicates brown has a significant lead over gunter, and brown has received a last minute boost from trump, who made a much awaited endorsement in the race on sunday. the winner of the republican primary will go on to face the democratic incumbent, jackie rosen, in one of the most closely watched senate races this year, as the cook political report rates the seat as a toss up. sign up to this week in trumpland a deep dive into the policies, controversies and oddities surrounding the trump administration after newsletter promotion further down the ballot, the democratic congresswoman susie lee faces a tough re election campaign in nevada’s third congressional district. seven republicans   including video game music composer marty o’donnell and former state treasurer dan schwartz   are running for the chance to face off against lee, but trump has stayed out of the primary so far. the former president’s only house primary endorsement in nevada went to the former north las vegas mayor john lee in the fourth district, but the winner of that race will face a much steeper climb to defeat the democratic incumbent, steven horsford, in the general election. over in north dakota, five republicans and two democrats are running to replace the republican congressman kelly armstrong representing the state’s at large congressional district, but no democrat has won the seat since 2008. rather than seeking re election, armstrong has launched a gubernatorial bid, and he won his primary on tuesday. armstrong is widely favored to replace the outgoing governor, doug burgum, who has been named as a potential running mate for trump. north dakota voters also weighed in on a ballot measure regarding age limits for congressional candidates. if approved by a majority of north dakota voters, the measure would prevent candidates from running for congress if they would turn 81 during their term. although the policy would only apply to congressional candidates, the age cutoff is noteworthy considering joe biden, who is four years older than trump, turned 81 in november.

profile sections local tv featured more from nbc follow nbc news news alerts there are no new alerts at this time daniel island, s.c.   rep. nancy mace is no stranger to an intraparty battle. now, her role in a big republican fight last year   the ouster of kevin mccarthy as house speaker   is complicating her primary on tuesday. mace, who is both a candidate seeking her third term and her own campaign manager, has earned the ire of the highest ranks of republicans in the few short years she’s been in washington. in 2022, it was former president donald trump   though they’ve since patched things up. then, a year later, she voted in historic fashion to boot a house speaker from her own party. in fact, mccarthy is the first thing mace points to when asked about the stakes of her latest political fight against a primary challenger running with mccarthy’s support.“it’s about revenge,” mace said in an interview at her daniel island campaign headquarters. “it’s also about honesty and integrity. and my vote to oust kevin mccarthy was about trust.” mace says she doesn’t regret the vote. mccarthy, for his part, has said his support of gop candidates challenging several of “the crazy eight,” as he calls the republicans who voted against him, has nothing to do with political vendetta. sources close to mccarthy point out he’s limited in what he can do directly, outside of giving money and advice. his spokesperson ignored a request for an interview. but operatives aligned with mccarthy are directing big money into these races through outside groups. tuesday’s challenge to mace is the first test, followed by house freedom caucus chair bob good’s primary in virginia next week. two other anti mccarthy voters   reps. eli crane of arizona and matt gaetz of florida   are also facing primary challengers this summer. in south carolina’s 1st congressional district, catherine templeton said mace’s vote against mccarthy was “absolutely” what sparked her to run against mace. templeton is also a trump backer and served as labor secretary in then south carolina gov. nikki haley’s cabinet. before launching her bid, templeton met with brian o. walsh, a gop political strategist and mccarthy ally. but she told the post and courier newspaper of charleston that she has not talked to mccarthy “about taking out congresswoman mace, but i have asked him to help raise money.” mccarthy contributed to templeton’s campaign through his leadership pac.yet templeton also downplayed the former speaker’s role here, speaking between campaign stops in beaufort. “her antics have consequences,” templeton said of mace, defining the race as larger than one action, though clearly tied to that historic vote. “all due respect to kevin mccarthy, who is, i’m sure, a wonderful man: nobody’s paying attention to kevin mccarthy in the low country of south carolina.” what might catch voters’ attention, though, are the ads. three outside groups tied to mccarthy allies   american prosperity alliance, south carolina patriots pac and lowcountry conservatives   have spent more than $4 million on ads against mace alone, according to adimpact, an ad tracking firm. the congresswoman has also had her own outside cavalry, too, though. the club for growth action and one of its aligned groups have spent $3 million on ads to boost mace. despite the barrage of outside attacks, and the negative attention the mccarthy vote brought here, there are upsides for mace’s campaign. she has trump’s endorsement, after she returned to the fold following criticism of trump in the aftermath of the jan. 6, 2021, capitol riot.she said “it was an easy call supporting donald trump” in 2024 “because we’ve had four years of joe biden”  a 180 degree turn from her statement that the gop should move on from trump following the capitol attack. and though the speaker vote didn’t earn her friends in d.c., it could play into her appeal with primary voters at home. “part of the reason that she’s being challenged right now is she challenged the system,” said south carolina gop strategist dave wilson, who is not involved in the race. “so it does kind of play into the narrative of, ‘hey, listen, if you want to find somebody who’s willing to buck the system when they need to, donald trump and nancy mace are both willing to do that.’” the handful of republicans facing challenges at home talk sometimes about the mccarthy aspect, mace allowed. “but i’m a caucus of one,” she said. “i don’t report to anybody in washington. i don’t work for anyone. i work for south carolina.” she fended off a trump backed primary challenger in 2022. this time, “60 40” signs taped to the walls at her campaign headquarters illustrate her hope of quieting naysayers by earning far more than the 50% needed to win the gop primary outright and avoid a runoff. a third candidate, marine veteran bill young, is running in the gop primary, meaning a runoff is possible. “everybody sort of leaves me for dead, right?” mace said, reflecting on the ways her own party has come at her. “they say, ‘she’s out’ every election. it’s always, ‘she’s never gonna make it,’ and then we do. i want to win bigger than ever before tuesday night because i want to send a message to washington that voters don’t care about d.c.” ali vitali and kyle stewart reported from daniel island and bridget bowman from washington. ali vitali is a capitol hill correspondent for nbc news, based in washington. she is the author of "electable: why america hasn’t put a woman in the white house ... yet." bridget bowman is a national political reporter for nbc news. kyle stewart is a field producer covering congress for nbc news. © 2025 nbcuniversal media, llc

things you buy through our links may earn vox media a commission. one of the beloved beltway narratives of the past few months has been that ousted house speaker kevin mccarthy is engaged in a “revenge tour” aimed at utilizing primary challenges to punish the “crazy eight” house republicans who voted to eject him last october. stop one on the supposed tour was the coastal south carolina district of nancy mace, an attention grabbing and sometimes erratic congresswoman who survived a donald trump backed purge effort two years ago over her criticism of his behavior on january 6. she then helped deep six mccarthy. his efforts to return the favor didn’t work out. after athletic efforts to curry favor with the 45th president, mace had the maga imprimatur this time around, while the vengeful mccarthy lined up support for challenger catherine templeton, best known as the union hating nikki haley’s union bashing state labor department director. templeton also lost a 2018 gubernatorial primary to haley’s successor (and trump friend), henry mcmaster, but did manage to let it be known she supported trump against haley prior to this year’s south carolina presidential primary. her baggage didn’t deter mccarthy, though, as nbc news reported: mccarthy boosted templeton’s campaign, spending $10,000 through his political action committee, majority committee pac. another pac with ties to mccarthy, the american prosperity alliance, contributed $15,000 to south carolina patriots pac, an organization that has spent over $2.1 million to defeat mace and over $400,000 to support templeton. despite the money and templeton’s rep as a doctrinaire conservative, mace dispatched her by nearly a two to one margin. more important, she did well enough to avoid a runoff despite a third candidate in the race. mccarthy will have other opportunities for revenge (notably next week in virginia, where he is on the same side as trump in trying to purge house freedom caucus chair bob good), but his “tour” is not off to a good start. the mace templeton result highlighted a banner night of primary wins for trump backed candidates. in other south carolina races, trump’s support almost certainly clinched a close win for scandal plagued u.s. house incumbent william timmons, and longtime maga stalwart and black televangelist mark burns finished first and is in a gop runoff for an open seat. in north dakota, congressman kelly armstrong, trump’s endorsee to succeed vp prospect doug burgum as governor, routed burgum’s own candidate and lieutenant governor, tammy miller. in nevada, a late trump endorsement helped party establishment favorite sam brown easily win a senate primary; he will face democratic incumbent jacky rosen in november in one of the contests that will determine control of the chamber. there’s one uncalled house race in nevada, where a trump backed candidate is holding on to a narrow lead, and if he wins, the former president will have a clean sweep in the june 11 primaries, as befits his position as the dominant force in the republican party. a former house speaker like kevin mccarthy really can’t compete. by submitting your email, you agree to our terms and privacy notice and to receive email correspondence from us. things you buy through our links may earn vox media a commission. this email will be used to sign into all new york sites. by submitting your email, you agree to our terms and privacy policy and to receive email correspondence from us. password must be at least 8 characters and contain: as part of your account, you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from new york, which you can opt out of anytime. this email will be used to sign into all new york sites. by submitting your email, you agree to our terms and privacy policy and to receive email correspondence from us. password must be at least 8 characters and contain: as part of your account, you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from new york, which you can opt out of anytime. * please try a longer search

featured shows msnbc tv more follow msnbc more brands more shows by ja'han jones former house speaker kevin mccarthy's “revenge tour” suffered a flat tire in its first showing. mccarthy and his well heeled allies are seeking retribution against the republicans who voted to remove him as speaker last year, and one way he’s tried to get back at them   aside from savaging them in the media   is by backing their challengers in primary races. the former speaker saw his first shot at retribution go up in flames tuesday, as his nominee to oust rep. nancy mace, r s.c., in the district 1 primary failed mightily. nbc news reports mccarthy linked groups spent more than $4 million hoping to boost attorney catherine templeton, and all that amounted to was a 27 point drubbing. mccarthy and co.’s support for templeton placed them at odds with donald trump, whose endorsement of mace, she said, “means more today than it has ever meant.” according to some reports, mace and virginia rep. bob good were considered the most vulnerable targets in the group mccarthy has called the “crazy eight led by matt gaetz.” good, who endorsed ron desantis in the republican presidential primary, is the only member of that group who’s received a full on condemnation from trump this year. trump endorsed john mcguire, the mccarthy aligned opponent, in the primary. so there's potential for a mccarthy "win"   if you want to call it that, since it's drafting in the wake of trump's involvement. there’s a mccarthy aligned opponent running in the primary against gaetz, too; ousting him is likely an uphill climb, given that gaetz received nearly 70% of the vote in his last primary. as politico notes, mccarthy has limited opportunities to exact his revenge going forward: rep. eli crane (ariz.) also voted to oust mccarthy and faces a primary later this summer. two of mccarthy’s other detractors   rep. matt rosendale (mont.) and former rep. ken buck (colo.)   aren’t running for reelection, while two others   [tennessee rep. tim] burchett and rep. andy biggs (ariz.)   don’t have a primary opponent. this “revenge tour” by mccarthy was supposed to show his power as an independent force in republican politics. so far, it’s shaping up to be a reflection of his weakness and political irrelevance. ja’han jones is the reidout blog writer. he’s a futurist and multimedia producer focused on culture and politics. his previous projects include “black hair defined” and the “black obituary project.” © 2025 msnbc cable, l.l.c.

copyright 2025 the associated press. all rights reserved. file   rep. nancy mace, walks to join other members of the house oversight committee, dec. 13, 2023, at the capitol in washington. three republican incumbent u.s. house members in south carolina are facing primary challengers in 2024, including mace, who is seeking a third term with the backing of donald trump. (ap photo/j. scott applewhite, file) file   former south carolina gubernatorial candidate catherine templeton speaks with an attendee at a campaign rally for former president donald trump, feb. 14, 2024, in north charleston, s.c. templeton is challenging rep. nancy mace, for the republican nomination in south carolina’s 1st congressional district. (ap photo/meg kinnard, file) file   u.s. rep. william timmons, speaks on aug. 22, 2022, in anderson, s.c. timmons is one of three republican incumbent u.s. house members in south carolina facing primary challengers in 2024. (ap photo/meg kinnard, file) file   rep. adam morgan, speaks out against individual spending in member districts, may 9, 2023, in columbia, s.c. morgan is taking on u.s. rep. william timmons for the upstate 4th district in the 2024 south carolina primaries. (ap photo/jeffrey collins, file) file   rep. nancy mace, walks to join other members of the house oversight committee, dec. 13, 2023, at the capitol in washington. three republican incumbent u.s. house members in south carolina are facing primary challengers in 2024, including mace, who is seeking a third term with the backing of donald trump. (ap photo/j. scott applewhite, file) file   rep. nancy mace, walks to join other members of the house oversight committee, dec. 13, 2023, at the capitol in washington. three republican incumbent u.s. house members in south carolina are facing primary challengers in 2024, including mace, who is seeking a third term with the backing of donald trump. (ap photo/j. scott applewhite, file) file   former south carolina gubernatorial candidate catherine templeton speaks with an attendee at a campaign rally for former president donald trump, feb. 14, 2024, in north charleston, s.c. templeton is challenging rep. nancy mace, for the republican nomination in south carolina’s 1st congressional district. (ap photo/meg kinnard, file) file   former south carolina gubernatorial candidate catherine templeton speaks with an attendee at a campaign rally for former president donald trump, feb. 14, 2024, in north charleston, s.c. templeton is challenging rep. nancy mace, for the republican nomination in south carolina’s 1st congressional district. (ap photo/meg kinnard, file) file   u.s. rep. william timmons, speaks on aug. 22, 2022, in anderson, s.c. timmons is one of three republican incumbent u.s. house members in south carolina facing primary challengers in 2024. (ap photo/meg kinnard, file) file   u.s. rep. william timmons, speaks on aug. 22, 2022, in anderson, s.c. timmons is one of three republican incumbent u.s. house members in south carolina facing primary challengers in 2024. (ap photo/meg kinnard, file) file   rep. adam morgan, speaks out against individual spending in member districts, may 9, 2023, in columbia, s.c. morgan is taking on u.s. rep. william timmons for the upstate 4th district in the 2024 south carolina primaries. (ap photo/jeffrey collins, file) file   rep. adam morgan, speaks out against individual spending in member districts, may 9, 2023, in columbia, s.c. morgan is taking on u.s. rep. william timmons for the upstate 4th district in the 2024 south carolina primaries. (ap photo/jeffrey collins, file) columbia, s.c. (ap)   u.s. rep. nancy mace has won the republican nomination after a tumultuous second term in south carolina that saw her go from a critic to an ally of former president donald trump and make headlines for plenty of things off the house floor. mace defeated challengers catherine templeton and bill young in voting that ended tuesday. she will face a democratic opponent in the general election in the 1st district, which is the closest thing south carolina has to a swing district in the republican dominated state. trump’s endorsement   after he called her crazy and terrible in 2022   is just one of many ways mace has attracted a spotlight far greater than a typical second term member of congress. she’s a regular on interview shows, often antagonizing the hosts. she calls for her party to moderate on abortion and marijuana but joined seven of the farthest right members to oust former house speaker kevin mccarthy. mccarthy threw his weight against mace and the other defectors. his political action committee gave a $10,000 contribution to templeton, and the american prosperity alliance, where a mccarthy ally serves as a senior adviser, donated to a group called south carolina patriots pac, which spent more than $2.1 million against mace. mace has said her positions and beliefs aren’t erratic   she is just reflecting the values of the 1st district, which stretches from the centuries old neighborhoods of charleston down the coast to beaufort county’s booming freshly built neighborhoods of retirees moving to south carolina from somewhere else. mace, the first woman to graduate from south carolina’s military academy the citadel, thanked her voters for tuning out the “senseless noise” from her opponents and realizing she is unafraid to stand up to powerful people. “when you are the first woman to sit in the citadel’s barber chair to get all of your hair chopped off, you don’t get your feelings hurt when you don’t get invited to the fancy cocktail parties in washington, d.c.,” mace said. “while sometimes i may be a caucus of one, i’m not alone because i’m not there for me   i’m there for each and every one of you.” mace’s opponents argued that by seeming to land everywhere on issues, mace is nowhere. templeton ran south carolina’s health and environmental agency to some angst a decade ago and in her only political race finished third in the 2018 gop gubernatorial primary won by gov. henry mcmaster. young is a marine veteran and financial planner. templeton didn’t mention mace’s name, but asked tuesday for her voters to keep backing republicans. “i think it is safe to say everybody in here has the conservative values that we share, and in november we are all going to stand behind our president and we are all going to join together to support the republican party,” templeton said. in the democratic primary, businessman and former international african american museum ceo michael moore defeated mac deford, a citadel graduate and lawyer for a couple of the larger bedroom communities in the district. south carolina lawmakers drew the district to be more republican after the seat flipped for one term in 2018. the 1st district was the only congressional district won by nikki haley over trump in the 2024 south carolina republican presidential primary. for the second election in a row, u.s. rep. william timmons has fought off a spirited challenge in the republican primary. timmons defeated state rep. adam morgan, the leader of the state house freedom caucus who argued timmons was too liberal. timmons’ divorce   and a widely shared instagram post by a husband who said timmons had an affair with his wife   complicated his reelection bid. timmons has denied the allegations. timmons has trump’s endorsement as he seeks a fourth term in the district anchored by greenville and spartanburg, timmons was not in his district tuesday night, instead staying in washington, where republicans only have a two vote majority in the u.s. house. he said he was thankful his voters recognized his strong conservative record and saw through the “countless lies” from his opponent. “in washington i am focused on policy not headlines, on representing my constituents not myself, and working with my colleagues instead of working against them,” timmons said in a statement on social media. in november’s general election, timmons will face democrat kathryn harvey, who helps nonprofit organizations with marketing, fundraising and leadership, and constitutional party candidate mark hackett. south carolina’s 3rd district is open after republican rep. jeff duncan decided not to run again after seven terms. duncan’s wife of 35 years filed for divorce in 2023, accusing him of several affairs. the republican nomination is going to a runoff between a candidate endorsed by trump and another endorsed by his good friend mcmaster. mark burns is a black pastor who has backed trump since before his first race for president and made it to the runoff after losing twice before in the gop primary in the neighboring 4th district. his opponent is nurse practitioner sheri biggs, who along with her husband have been faithful contributors and friends of mcmaster for years. they defeated five other candidates including south carolina rep. stewart jones and kevin bishop, who handled communications for u.s. sen. lindsey graham for more than two decades. sherwin williams paint store manager byron best from greenwood won the democratic nomination in the 3rd district. the only other u.s. house incumbent facing a primary challenger is republican rep. joe wilson who won the party’s nomination as he seeks a 12th full term in the 2nd district, which stretches from suburban areas around columbia west and south toward aiken. wilson will face david robinson ii. the u.s. army veteran who enlisted after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and is an advocate for missing people after his son disappeared in the desert in arizona won the democratic primary. attorney duke buckner won the republican 6th district primary and will face democratic u.s. rep. jim clyburn, who is seeking a 17th term in the state’s majority minority district that is bounded by areas around charleston, beaufort and columbia. in the 7th district democratic primary, teacher mal hyman, who calls himself an independent democrat, faces desert storm and iraqi freedom veteran daryl scott. the winner takes on republican u.s. rep. russel fry, who is seeking a second term in the district that stretches from myrtle beach to florence in the northeast part of the state. copyright 2025 the associated press. all rights reserved.

connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world americas+1 212 318 2000 emea+44 20 7330 7500 asia pacific+65 6212 1000 connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world americas+1 212 318 2000 emea+44 20 7330 7500 asia pacific+65 6212 1000 by greg giroux rep. nancy mace is about to learn how many fellow republicans in her south carolina district value her outspokenness and party bucking, including a choice that created confusion and disarray by ejecting kevin mccarthy as speaker. of the eight house republicans who voted to topple mccarthy (r calif.), mace is the first of the six who are seeking re election to face voters. mccarthy is doing what he can to put his thumb on the scale by backing mace’s leading opponent in tuesday’s 1st district primary, former state labor secretary catherine templeton. also backing templeton: their state’s longest serving republican congressman, rep. joe wilson, and another former house speaker, newt gingrich of georgia. in mace’s corner: donald trump and the current speaker, mike johnson (r la.) the primary may boil down to a referendum on mace, who has a unique political brand, more than a test of trump’s sway with republican primary voters in the only south carolina district he lost to ex gov. nikki haley. the 1st district, which includes part of charleston county and all of beaufort county enveloping hilton head island, is the state’s best educated and highest income district. its other population centers of berkeley and dorchester counties are more culturally conservative and trump friendly. on hilton head island, where the median household income is almost 50% higher than the statewide median, templeton found a friendly audience in the gated indigo run community, where she mixed praise for trump with disdain for mace. “if i spend as much time working as nancy mace spends in front of the camera, we’ll get 7,000 more things done,” templeton told the hilton head island republican club. her promises? to be a “consistent conservative” and a “workhorse.” mace’s house colleagues “will not cooperate with her because she will not cooperate with them,” templeton said. the challenger framed mace’s vote to depose mccarthy in terms of the downstream result: all business on the house floor stopped while republicans regrouped and eventually installed johnson as speaker. she focused on how that delayed us aid to israel. party activist xiaodan li, who founded a beaufort county group called friends of liberty, was among the templeton supporters in the room. “part of the reason that we like catherine, she’s the exact opposite of nancy mace,” she said. “she’s a likable person. she’s relatable, but also she’s classy. she’s a team player, but she’s also a leader.” organizers said mace didn’t respond to an invitation to the hilton head event. mace’s team also didn’t reply to multiple bloomberg government inquiries about meeting on the campaign trail, though she did speak briefly outside the us capitol this week, saying, “i am cautiously optimistic about tuesday.” it’s an unusual primary that may flummox some voters because much has changed since mace’s 2022 primary, which she won 53% 45% over a challenger trump endorsed after mace condemned his actions on jan. 6, 2021 and said his “entire legacy was wiped out.” her constituent haley helped mace win that primary. this time, mace endorsed trump and some of the donors and at least one super pac that backed mace in 2022 have switched to supporting templeton. “it’s a really nice look at the current division within the republican party, a district that haley ended up winning even though trump really was super strong in this state,” gibbs knotts, a political scientist at the college of charleston, said in an interview. “it’s just nuanced and complicated here by the fact that mace wasn’t the trump candidate in 2022, but now she is the trump candidate in 2024.” mace’s allies include club for growth action, a super pac promoting limited government that previously opposed trump but is now aligned with him, and its allied win it back pac. they’ve aired ads attacking templeton’s state government record on immigration. templeton noted that a major donor to club for growth action is billionaire jeff yass, who owns a stake in tiktok‘s chinese owned parent company bytedance, and said the super pac intervened in the primary after mace voted in march against a house passed bill (h.r. 7521) that would ban tiktok in the us unless bytedance sells the popular video sharing app. mace, who was among 15 republicans who voted against the bill, said the bill was a government overreach. a super pac called south carolina patriots pac has spent more than $3.8 million attacking mace, including on a tv ad attacking her vote last september against a stopgap funding and border measure (h.r. 5525) that included most provisions from house republicans’ border security package (h.r. 2). mace was among the 21 republicans who voted no, helping sink the measure just days before the vote to oust mccarthy. south carolina patriots pac formed in march and raised $3.4 million through may 22. almost all of it came from another super pac, america fund, which had $1.2 million cash on hand as of march 31, before it began funding south carolina patriots pac. the two super pacs’ shared campaign finance compliance firm didn’t return messages seeking more information. winning for women action fund, which bills itself as the first super pac dedicated solely to electing republican women, flagged the same mace vote and shifted its support to templeton after it backed mace in the 2022 primary and initially endorsed her for re election in may 2023. the group has spent more than $652,000 on the primary. outside spending in the contest has topped $7 million. compare that with the total spent on every ad aired in both the primary and general elections in that district in 2022, which adimpact tallied at $4.9 million. at a may 29 candidate forum sponsored by the post and courier newspaper, mace said it was “asinine” to attack her on immigration because she’s backed more than 60 border security or immigration measures including h.r. 2, which the house passed in may 2023 but the democratic controlled senate hasn’t taken up. the house judiciary committee last month advanced a mace bill (h.r. 7909) to allow for deportation of undocumented immigrants who commit sex offenses or domestic violence. “my opponent lies about everything almost every single day,” mace said. with the us public debt approaching $35 trillion, mace defended her votes against large scale fiscal measures like what she called a “horrific” debt ceiling agreement mccarthy negotiated with president joe biden (public law 118 5). debt limit defector mace touts independence as key for party “we’re bankrupting our country, we’re bankrupting our kids, we’re bankrupting our grandkids,” mace told spectators at the newspaper’s forum at a mount pleasant, s.c., brewery. while mace has cited trump’s endorsement, she’s running more on her unique brand and record of accomplishment. she has a compelling story as a rape survivor who went on to become the first woman to graduate from the citadel’s corps of cadets. after serving in the south carolina house, she won the 1st district in 2020 by unseating one term rep. joe cunningham (d). at the hobcaw brewing co. event, some of mace’s younger supporters wore white campaign t shirts emblazoned on the back with a “based mace” image of the congresswoman with glowing eyes   “based” being a compliment for someone doing their own thing and unconcerned with what others think. “mace and templeton on most issues are pretty close and pretty similar, but mace has proven to be much more unpredictable over the last couple of years,” said danielle vinson, a politics professor at furman university in greenville and a native south carolinian. “some of that performance on her part may not be sitting well with some of the folks in her district.” neither mace nor templeton have been focusing on the primary’s third candidate, who has a chance to draw enough support to force a runoff. first time candidate bill young, a marine corps veteran, is running on a shoestring budget   he raised about $20,000 through may 22   and relying more on getting his name out through word of mouth and local media interviews. his red, white, and blue campaign signs play up his marine background   a selling point in a district that includes marine corps air station beaufort and the parris island boot camp he attended. “we’ve got five military installations here in this district and we’ve got close to a hundred thousand veterans in this district,” young said in an interview. “so i think it’s very important that we have someone who served, who understands the needs of our veterans.” his platform includes improving mental health staffing and services at the veterans affairs department, opposing the biden administration’s “incoherent” foreign policy, and working with panama’s government to shut down the darien gap migrant crossing between central and south america. he’s also highlighted more district specific needs, like helping the struggling local shrimping industry against foreign competition. “a vote for bill young is not a wasted vote,” he said. “we will deliver for the lowcountry.” the republican nominee will be favored to win the nov. 5 general election in a district that leans republican but not overwhelmingly so: in the 2020 election, trump carried south carolina’s 1st by 9 percentage points. democrats michael b. moore, a business executive, and mac deford, a coast guard veteran who worked as a local government attorney, are seeking the seat.   with 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supported by representative sarah mcbride did not run for congress emphasizing l.g.b.t.q. issues. but since her arrival in washington, her identity has come under attack from newly empowered republicans. by annie karni scores of democrats joined republicans in approving the measure, even though existing law already allows immigrants with contested legal status who are convicted of sex crimes to be deported. by karoun demirjian the outcome of the lawsuit marks an unusual victory for president elect donald j. trump in his ongoing legal campaign against national news organizations. by michael m. grynbaum and alan feuer “we can’t bring a policy book to a gunfight,” said representative greg casar of texas, the incoming chair of the congressional progressive caucus. by jess bidgood legisladores republicanos buscan impedir que sarah mcbride, primera integrante transgénero del congreso, utilice los baños de mujeres del capitolio. by annie karni the g.o.p. speaker sided with hard right members of his conference who called for blocking representative elect sarah mcbride, the first transgender member of congress, from using capitol women’s rooms. by annie karni g.o.p. lawmakers whose leaders have pressed to roll back transgender rights around the country moved to bar sarah mcbride, the first transgender member of congress, from women’s rooms on capitol hill. by annie karni the former speaker has spent much of his time, energy and money since leaving congress in a bid to defeat the republicans who cost him his gavel   and his political career. by annie karni the south carolina congresswoman turned back a primary challenger backed by former speaker kevin mccarthy, who has been trying to exact retribution against republicans who voted to oust him. by annie karni a special house election will also be held in ohio to replace a retiring republican congressman. by chris cameron
trump administration the south carolina congresswoman turned back a primary challenger backed by former speaker kevin mccarthy, who has been trying to exact retribution against republicans who voted to oust him. by annie karni annie karni, who covers congress, reported from charleston, s.c. representative nancy mace, republican of south carolina, on tuesday defeated a well funded primary challenger, putting her on track to win a third term. her resounding victory also dealt a major blow to former speaker kevin mccarthy’s efforts to exact political retribution against those who voted to oust him. ms. mace, 46, who once leaned center on social issues, won a democratic seat in 2020 and claimed that all of former president donald j. trump’s accomplishments had been “wiped out” by his behavior on jan. 6, 2021. but she has made a hard tack to the right over the past year as she has tried to game out her political future. she was the unlikeliest of the eight rebel republicans who voted to oust mr. mccarthy last year, which transformed her from an ally into one of his top targets for revenge. outside groups with ties to mr. mccarthy, a california republican, poured more than $4 million into backing her opponent, catherine templeton, and attacking ms. mace. in the end, though, ms. mace won comfortably: with nearly all the vote in late tuesday, she was leading by 27 percentage points. and she said mr. mccarthy’s effort motivated her to work harder. “i hope to embarrass him tonight,” she said earlier tuesday over lunch at a waffle house in beaufort, between stops at polling locations. “i want to send him back to the rock he’s living under right now. he’s not part of america. he doesn’t know what hard working americans go through every single day. i hope i drive kevin mccarthy crazy.” a spokesman for mr. mccarthy declined to comment, and ms. mace did not mention his name in her victory speech on tuesday night.

 print u.s. rep. nancy mace has won the republican nomination after a tumultuous second term in south carolina that saw her go from a critic to an ally of former president donald trump and make headlines for plenty of things off the house floor. mace defeated challengers catherine templeton and bill young in voting that ended tuesday. she will face a democratic opponent in the general election in the 1st district, which is the closest thing south carolina has to a swing district in the republican dominated state. trump’s endorsement   after he called her crazy and terrible in 2022   is just one of many ways mace has attracted a spotlight far greater than a typical second term member of congress. she’s a regular on interview shows, often antagonizing the hosts.