Jenny Honeycutt, a business owner, and Mark Smith, a state legislator, advanced in a crowded GOP primary to replace outgoing Rep.Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on Tuesday evening.Because no candidate garnered more than 50% of the vote needed to win outright, the primary now heads to a runoff that’s slated to take place on June 23.The vacancy arose when Mace, a firebrand conservative, announced her decision to run for governor of the Palmetto State.During her time in Congress, Mace has attracted attention for being one of the eight Republicans who voted with Democrats to remove former U.S.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in 2023, for championing legislation on cybersecurity and forcing a vote on releasing the Epstein Files earlier this year.FIRST ON FOX: RETIRED AIR FORCE COLONEL WHO PILOTED LAST FLIGHT OUT OF AFGHANISTAN REVEALS NEW MISSIONRep.Nancy Mace, R-S.C., leaves the U.S.
Capitol after the House reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on April 12, 2024.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)Mace, who has taken on a national profile, said she would look to continue her work at the state level."South Carolina needs a governor who will drag the truth into sunlight and flip the tables," Mace said during her announcement speech.S.C.
01, a safely Republican district, has been held by the GOP for much of the past forty years.Aside from Rep.
Joe Cunningham, D-S.C., who held the seat from 2019 to 2021, Republicans have controlled the district since 1981.FIRST ON FOX: REPUBLICAN FIREBRAND NANCY MACE LAUNCHES BID FOR SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNORDemocratic primary candidate Joe Cunningham introduces Chris Barron of the band The Spin Doctors during his primary election watch party at the Music Farm in Charleston, South Carolina on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.(Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Mace last won reelection in 2024 in a 58.2% to 41.6% victory over Democratic challenger Michel Moore, a businessman.Honeycutt, who runs a law firm ...