Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina at the Capitol on December 7, 2023.
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina at the Capitol on December 7, 2023.
  • Nancy Mace has a new GOP primary challenger: her recently departed chief of staff.
  • Dan Hanlon, who had worked for Mace since she got to Congress, filed paperwork to run against her.
  • Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly encouraged him to do it.

Dan Hanlon, the former chief of staff for Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, has taken the most official step yet in his bid to run his former boss out of Congress.