Nancy Mace
Nancy Mace | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Cunningham |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 99th district | |
| In office January 23, 2018 – November 8, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | James Merrill |
| Succeeded by | Mark Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nancy Ruth Mace December 4, 1977 Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Chris Niemiec
(m. 1999; div. 2002)Curtis Jackson
(m. 2004; div. 2019) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | The Citadel (BA) University of Georgia (MA) |
| Website | House website Campaign website |
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 is the first Republican woman elected to Congress from South Carolina. She was re-elected in 2022 and 2024. Mace is a candidate for governor in the 2026 South Carolina gubernatorial election.