After placing fifth in her bid to be South Carolina‘s next governor, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) conceded and endorsed state Attorney General Alan Wilson, her political foe, for the seat. Mace and Wilson have gone head-to-head as political rivals over the past few years, with Wilson calling Mace an “entitled, spoiled brat” and Mace blasting Wilson for executing a political “hit job” against her gubernatorial campaign. But the two enemies have apparently let bygones be bygones as of Tuesday evening, as Mace conceded her gubernatorial bid loss and backed Wilson in his runoff against Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R-SC), predicting Wilson will “mop the floor” with Evette.“What many of you do not know is that in the last couple of weeks, Alan Wilson and I have buried the hatchet,” Mace said on Tuesday evening. “I want a law-and-order governor, and that law-and-order governor is going to be Alan Wilson.”
Mace, who came in fifth place with just over 12% of the vote as of Tuesday evening, fell 14.1 percentage points behind Wilson and 17.2 percentage points behind Evette in the general primary. President Donald Trump-endorsed Evette placed first in the primary.
Mace’s endorsement of Wilson comes after she was snubbed by Trump’s backing of Evette, as the sitting congresswoman highlighted old, endorsement-like imagery of herself with Trump, even after the President backed Evette over her. The friction between Mace and Trump was evident when he backed Evette, but it largely began over her championing the release of the Epstein files in the House. Mace acknowledged that this decision may have cost her votes on Tuesday night, but stood by the decision.
