Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace has opened up a sizable lead on her top rival for the Republican gubernatorial nomination – besting four-term attorney general Alan Wilson by 8% in a new survey released by her campaign. The poll – conducted by Charleston, S.C.-based…
South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace has opened up a sizable lead on her top rival for the Republican gubernatorial nomination – besting four-term attorney general Alan Wilson by in a new survey released by her campaign.
Previous polls taken prior to Mace’s official entry into the race showed her and Wilson running neck and neck. If accurate, this new survey (.pdf) would indicate Mace is experiencing a post-announcement bounce.
“These results prove that our record and our plan for South Carolina is resonating with Republican voters across the state,” Mace said in a statement accompanying the release of the poll. “We’ll keep fighting every day to protect our South Carolina values, push conservative common sense policies forward, and deliver the best results. South Carolina first and always.”
When pollsters pushed the of undecided respondents to indicate a preference, Mace’s support ticked up to compared to for Wilson, for Norman, for Evette and for Kimbrell.
Meeting Street’s survey was conduced between August 11-12, 2025. A total of likely GOP primary voters in South Carolina were surveyed via cellphone, landline and text-to-web interviews. The survey’s margin of error is plus or minus .
This is a developing story… please check back for updates.
Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and eight children.
