The file

Nancy Mace

Republican · U.S. Representative, South Carolina-1 · South Carolina · Spectrum score +29

House · 2026 ballot ·

Nancy Mace is U.S. Representative, South Carolina-1 in South Carolina. Political positions and ideology score +29 (Right). Mace is the GOP’s licensed critic.

College: The Citadel, B.A. 1999
Spouse: Divorced (twice)
Children: Two
Résumé: U.S. Representative · South Carolina-1 · 2021–
South Carolina House of Representatives · 2018–2020
Consultant / author · 2000s–2018

Net worth: $2.3M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $600K
2026 raised: $5.8M
Years in office: 5

Where Nancy stands on the spectrum

Nancy Mace scores +29 on Spectrum’s left–right line (right), mixed on economic issues and mixed on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +29 · Right · economic +25 · social +23 · authoritarian +8

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Mace is the GOP’s licensed critic. The file is a member who monetizes independence: a book, a cable slot, a donor list that likes the fight with MTG until it does not. Watch the primary, not the tweet.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$2.3M

+283% since taking office

House disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$600K

Now$2.3M

The Citadel, a consulting shop, then a swing-adjacent Lowcountry seat. Book and cable hits help.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $5.8M
Cash on hand: $1.7M

Top industries

Real estate
Health
Leadership-adjacent PACs

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Lowcountry consulting plus a book. Modest stock file.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$50K–$250K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$15K–$75K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$50K–$250K
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$15K–$75K

Sum of ranges $65K–$325K · midpoint $195K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

Sexual-assault advocacy vs a party that uses her as a shield and a target in the same week.
Trump-distance as a donor product that flips with the primary calendar.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +25
Social: +23
Authoritarian: +8
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending+30
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care+18
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
Climate & energy+22
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
Business regulation+28
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+24
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+42
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion-6
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns+44
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+32
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+24
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances+34
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties+2
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): 0.36

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

House record
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.