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Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., has spent three terms fighting to protect women and children from harm. She has been a strong voice against abuse and dangerous policies that allow men into women’s protected spaces and give illegal immigrants opportunities to harm women and children in the United States. But after losing her gubernatorial bid on Tuesday, she has accepted a return to the private sector and declared, “This isn’t the end of the fight. It’s just the end of this chapter.”
Headed back to the private sector at the end of this term, as the Founders intended.
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) June 10, 2026
When I ran in 2020 I said I'd only serve 3 terms and my time is up. It's truly been an immense honor and I wouldn't trade it for anything else. https://t.co/4mjcGRjcUY
Mace is a supporter of Congressional term limits who planned to serve no more than three terms in Congress. Her gubernatorial bid mirrored her America First congressional record, campaigning to protect the lives of unborn babies (with exceptions for rape and incest), remove local sheriffs who refuse to uphold federal immigration policy, and offer universal school choice, per Fox Carolina.
Although her recent campaign failed, throughout her career, Mace introduced numerous bills that put American women and children first before failing leftist policies that have destroyed protections for females and the nation’s most vulnerable citizens.
She co-sponsored the Human Trafficking Prevention Act of 2022, which expanded trafficking hotline materials to restrooms in airports, bus stations, railway stations, federal buildings, and every port of entry. Mace also co-sponsored the Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2024. Both bills passed and became law.
Her commitment to women’s rights and protecting children has been steadfast. Years before the War in Iran, she introduced legislation to remember Masha Amini, who was allegedly killed by Iranian police for not properly wearing a hijab. She has attempted to prevent Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens, the Invasion of Women’s Spaces by mentally ill men who believe they are women, child genital mutilation disguised as gender affirming care, and child human trafficking via illegal immigration.
Under the Biden administration, 450,000 migrant children went missing. At least 146,000 have been found. Around 300,000 are still unaccounted for.
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) June 11, 2026
We introduced the No More Missing Children Act to make sure this never happens again. The bill creates the Unaccompanied Alien Child… pic.twitter.com/e5hrXmL0nj
Sadly, many of the bills she introduced to protect women and children have not even had their day in the House of Representatives.
Despite this, Mace spent the past year doubling down on her efforts. She sought to expose Congress’s sexual harassment slush fund, where taxpayer money is used to pay off victims of sexual harassment committed by powerful members of Congress.
She supported the release of the notorious Epstein Files and supported the Epstein victims, introduced legislation to ban sex offenders from entering domestic violence and homeless shelters, close the loophole that allows sex offenders to gain child custody through surrogacy, and, most importantly, authorize the death penalty for child rapists.
Mace is a survivor of abuse herself with a truly American story. She dropped out of high school and worked as a waitress at Waffle House before earning her diploma. She went on to attend South Carolina’s prestigious Military College, The Citadel, and became the first woman to graduate from it.
She paved the way for women of all backgrounds and represented her female constituents like no one before. She is leaving deep high heel prints to fill. Congress won’t be the same after she leaves in January, but her influence and that of America First women aren’t going anywhere.
