Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina has launched a campaign for the state’s gubernatorial primary in 2026.

Nancy Mace isn’t hiding what kind of campaign she plans to run. On Monday morning, the Republican South Carolina congresswoman stood on the parade ground of The Citadel, where she became the first woman to graduate from the military college’s Corps of Cadets in 1999,

She joins a crowded Republican primary field that includes a rival candidate she has already clashed with sharply this year.