1/16/18, "Republican Nancy Mace wins Statehouse District 99 election," Post and Courier, Caitlin Byrd (South Carolina)
"Nancy Mace, the first woman to graduate from The Citadel’s Corps of
Cadets in 1999, can add state lawmaker to her list of accomplishments.
The
Daniel Island Republican defeated her Democratic challenger Cindy
Boatwright on Tuesday in a special election for House District 99.
Early
results show Mace garnered about 57 percent of the vote compared to
Boatwright's 43 percent, according to unofficial results.
On a county-level, Boatwright defeated Mace in Charleston County by a
687-634 tally, with more than 80 percent of precincts reporting. But
Mace won big in Berkeley County by a count of 1,432 to 900, according to
unofficial returns.
Mace was surrounded by friends and family at her Daniel Island home when she learned she had won.
When Mace is soon sworn into office, she will become the 21st female legislator serving in the S.C. House of Representatives.
Four women now serve in the state Senate.
She will also become the first woman to represent the district, one of the more prosperous zip codes in the region.
"I
don’t look at this as a win for me. I look at this as a win for
Berkeley and Charleston counties, for the Lowcountry and for the
taxpayers of South Carolina. More importantly, it’s a win for
substantive solutions aimed at fixing our most pressing issues –
infrastructure, the nuclear power plant mess, education and the
sustainability and safety of our communities," Mace said in a 595-word
statement following her win.
Though neither Mace nor Boatwright has previously served in the Statehouse, Mace is hardly a political novice.
Mace
worked as South Carolina coalitions and social media director for
Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. In 2014 she ran
unsuccessfully against U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
Charleston Democrats say they not deterred by the night's results."...
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