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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Nancy Mace loses GOP primary in South Carolina after blaming lack of Trump support on Epstein

South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace has lost her bid to become her home state’s next governor, finishing a lowly fifth in Tuesday’s primary and saying her call for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files cost her MAGA support.

The Palmetto State’s current lieutenant-governor, Pamela Evette, who was belatedly endorsed by President Donald Trump, and its attorney general, Alan Wilson, advance to the run-off ahead of November’s election, picking up 28.9 percent and 26.2 percent of the vote respectively. Mace won just 12.1 percent.

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