Former Nancy Mace staffers working with ex-chief of staff to unseat her, sources say

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Republican South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace’s former chief of staff is being propped up by her own ex-staffers as he mulls a primary challenge against her, two sources told Fox News Digital.

Dan Hanlon joined Mace’s office in 2021 after serving in the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget. He departed last month under reportedly contentious circumstances.

A source familiar with his plans told Fox News Digital that Hanlon was being approached about a possible run for Mace’s seat. They and a second source said that multiple former staffers were informally aiding Hanlon in some capacity.

The source said at least one is a former communications director for Mace who is now helping Hanlon and said "there are many" ex-staffers of hers in his position.

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"I along with several other former staff are backing Hanlon in some sort of way," the second source said.

"Dan is receiving great feedback because for years he did the actual job of serving the constituents of South Carolina in Congress while Nancy Mace was busy going on TV and getting her net worth up millions," the first source familiar with Hanlon’s plans said. "Both the donor class and grassroots voters are tired of Mace privately bashing Trump and publicly bashing real conservatives as a--holes."

Hanlon’s potential primary