South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace endorses Trump over Haley ahead of New Hampshire primary

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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on Monday joined the list of South Carolina Republicans backing former President Trump over Nikki Haley ahead of the New Hampshire primaries.

Mace, who notably ruffled feathers in the House GOP as one of the eight Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as House speaker last year, told The Associated Press that she was backing Trump over Haley, who lives in her congressional district and supported her in 2022 against a Trump-backed challenger.

"I don’t see eye to eye perfectly with any candidate. And until now I’ve stayed out of it," Mace told the AP. "But the time has come to unite behind our nominee."

Mace had stayed out of the 2024 Republican primary as two fellow South Carolinians – Haley, the former governor, and Sen. Tim Scott – entered the race last year. Scott, who ended his own 2024 bid in November and was appointed to the Senate by Haley in 2012, endorsed Trump over Haley on Friday in a rousing call-and-response speech in New Hampshire.

On Saturday, Trump was joined on stage at another New Hampshire rally by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, the state's lieutenant governor and other senior statewide officials, including the state's attorney general, treasurer and House speaker, as well as U.S. Reps. Joe Wilson, William Timmons and Russell Fry.

REP. NANCY MACE'S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF CONSIDERING SOUTH CAROLINA