“Catherine Templeton (R) next week will announce her plans to run for Congress against Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), setting up what is expected to be a crowded, contentious and dramatic clash in the GOP primary for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District,” the Charleston Post & Courier reports.
“The dynamic unfolding in the primary contest lays bare what had been rumored for months: That Mace would face political consequences — and challengers for her seat — after joining a GOP-led revolt to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House.
”“Before McCarthy left Congress, he unloaded on Mace — one of eight House Republicans to reject him as speaker — in an interview with CNN, saying she had not ‘earned the right’ to be reelected.”