Overview

• Mace formally launched her gubernatorial bid on August 4 at her alma mater, The Citadel, where she became the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets.
• Her campaign platform calls for cutting the state income tax to zero by 2031, enforcing a zero‐tolerance crime policy and banning “woke ideology” and “gender ideology” in schools.
• She highlighted President Trump’s past praise, featuring him calling her “a fighter” in her launch video and pledging to work for his endorsement.
• Mace joins Republicans Ralph Norman, Pamela Evette, Alan Wilson and Josh Kimbrell in what many view as a decisive GOP primary for South Carolina’s 2026 governorship.
• With SLED investigating her February floor speech allegations, she defended her combative approach during a Monday night interview on NewsNation.