Posted on 06/10/2024 11:30:01 AM PDT by PermaRag
Three high-profile primaries in U.S. House districts will be held tomorrow in South Carolina. In solidly Republican CD-3), seven candidates are vying to replace 7-term conservative Jeff Duncan, who is retiring rather than face a campaign that would feature nasty (and unproven) allegations from his vindictive soon-to-be ex-wife. In solidly Republican CD-4 Trump-supported incumbent William Timmons is facing conservative state legislator Adam Morgan, who is being boosted by outspoken conservative congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida. Timmons had no Democrat opposition in 2022 but he achieved only 52.7% in a four-way primary that year, and this one could be close too.
But the most interesting and important primary is taking place in CD-1, where incumbent Nancy Mace is being opposed by a pair of foes. The race has attracted attention from major players in both wings of the GOP -- Donald Trump and Matt Gaetz support Mace; squishes like Newt Gingrich and vengeful ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy support Catherine Templeton, who labels herself as a conservative and claims a tenuous connection to Donald Trump, in that the former President supposedly once "considered" her for a cabinet position.
Mace's district is certainly not solidly Republican although for now it does tilt in that direction. As recently as 2018, the district elected Joe Cunningham, an extremely well-funded Democrat who squeaked his way into Congress as the result of intra-party squabbling and backstabbing within the GOP. This is the exact same thing certain liberal elements in the Republican party are aiming for in the 2024 campaign here.
This time, Mace is the candidate they despise. Which is the #1 reason that the good people of her district should vote for her.
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Nancy is a snake
Nancy Mace has, uh, “vast tracts a’ land”.
That’s all I know about that race.
Tell me you haven’t read the article, without telling me that you haven’t read the article.
If you’re not in that district then it doesn’t really matter, no matter how well-researched and informative your posted opinion was, but if you ARE in that district it would be a good idea to get a clue within the next few hours, before voting.
“Nancy is a snake”
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But she’s OUR snake.
https://heritageaction.com/scorecard/members/M000194/117
Lifetime 90% score. Cut her some slack because she is in a fairly purple district, per the OP article:
“Mace’s district is certainly not solidly Republican although for now it does tilt in that direction. As recently as 2018, the district elected Joe Cunningham, an extremely well-funded Democrat”
How’s her opponent ?
She sure does, but in all seriousness this is an important primary in which the forces of good are on her side (because SHE is finally on the good side, politically) and the forces of evil, like our old friend Kevin McCarthy are on the other side.
The vindictive McCarthy is spending a ton of money which he has raised in order to make the House a much more RINO place, and it’s plenty RINO already. Mace is target #1.
People who think they know all about Mace from her squishy past, need to get up-to-date.
She’s changed her mind on some things. Big deal, politicians do that - like Reagan for example. Or non-politicians like Trump - both of whom used to be Democrats.
So what. Everyone knows we all change our views over time and that we deserve the benefit of forgiveness when we finally get it right, as Nancy Mace has done.
She has all the right enemies and she got them because of the positions she now holds. She fights. I like her.
“How’s her opponent ?”
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Probably not as, um, photogenic.
Mace voted to hold Bannon in contempt amongst other things, she’s dead to me.
Plenty of photogenic women on the internet to look at
But how many of them have a 90% conservative score serving a very purple district?
This was once the Mark Sanford/Tim Scott seat. No room to gamble.
What’s not to like? Those things count.
Yes. Mace is a psycho. I just added vote against the crazy witch to my to do list for tomorrow
I dunno. The "squishy" story she told about her boyfriend before the National Prayer Breakfast kind of put me off my feed.
Not as well endowed.
It’s election time, time for the RINO squishes and paid democrat trolls on FR to trash a candidate with a 90% conservative score.
Note their names because every one of them will disappear the day after the election. They’re all a**holes.
Timmons had no Democrat opposition in 2022 but he achieved only 52.7% in a four-way primary that year
He took a majority against 3 others two years ago, unless he did something terrible in the meantime, he should have no trouble dispatching one opponent this cycle. I love it when bias media sources try to make races be competitive and the incumbent wins 85% to 15. Makes a mockery of these bias sources.
FYI. Nancy Mace has raised $2.2 million to Catherine Templton’s $600K.
Timmons raised $1.9 million to Morgan’s $600K
As of May 22, 2024.
Timmons seems like a decent conservative (this year, so does his opponent) and I have no idea what he did in 2022 to make himself somewhat unpopular.
The fact that no Democrat ran against him is basically meaningless since no Democrat is even coming close to winning this district under anything but the most extraordinary conditions.
However, any incumbent anywhere whose primary opponents get nearly 50% of the vote has done *something* to piss off a fairly large segment of his own party. People don’t line up to take on an incumbent (and then receive that many votes) for no reason at all.
Mace faced the same thing in 2022 (when she had pissed off the conservatives) and now again in 2024 (when she has pissed off the RINOs), so it’s no mystery in her case. But what was up with Timmons in 2022 and why Matt Gaetz (among others, surely) think he needs to go in 2024 is something I haven’t heard about.
In any case Timmons is probably safe, but he’s not getting anywhere near 85% of the vote tomorrow. If he gets 65-70% he’ll be doing well.
Mace, OTOH, despite her $$$ advantage probably has good reason to be at least a little nervous. Conservatives were not sufficiently inspired to oust her in the 2022 primary; liberals/RINOs (and SC has open primaries too) are normally WAY more motivated by their hatreds than we are. She’s not going to lose tomorrow but she may well be forced into a runoff, which would be bad news.
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