Nancy Mace defeated two primary challengers on Tuesday, all but guaranteeing a general election win in November thanks to redistricting.
called the race in Mace’s 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.Mace defeated her top opponent, Catherine Templeton, the former director of South Carolina’s 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.
“I just hope she gets the help to straighten out her life. I mean, she’s got a lot of challenges,” McCarthy in February. “No one will stay working for her. You can’t have somebody who just flips and flops based upon what TV station she gets put on. You want someone who’s willing to work, and so I hope she gets that kind of help.”
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