Former chief of staff for Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is mounting a primary challenge against her former boss just a month after leaving office.
Dan Hanlon filed his statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Friday and will now challenge Mace for his seat in Congress representing South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District.
Hanlon and Mace clashed last October, after the South Carolina lawmaker voted with seven other Republicans and all Democrats to oust former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
After the vote, McCarthy referenced Hanlon during a press conference where he called out Mace for his claims that he had not kept his word.
“So, I called [Mace’s] Chief of staff [Hanlon] … I said, ‘Can you tell me, I don’t understand? Where did I not keep my word?’” McCarthy told reporters the day he was removed from the speakership. “The chief of staff said, ‘You have kept your word 100%.’
Dan Hanlon filed his statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Friday. Facebook
“His chief of staff told us all we had kept our word. And he said he told him too,” added the former speaker.
McCarthy stated during the press conference that he would give Hanlon a job if Mace fired him.
Mace reportedly began to “ice [Hanlon] out” and became “distrustful” of him after hearing what McCarthy told the press, according to the Daily Mail.
Hanlon will now challenge Mace for his seat in Congress representing South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. Getty Images
Hanlon was reportedly among six former Mace employees who quit recently, and several former Mace employees advised Hanlon on his new campaign, according to the outlet.
The work environment in Mace’s office has been described as “toxic,” according to the Washington Examiner, and an environment in which female congressmen often subject subordinates to inappropriate comments about her sex life.
Hanlon worked for four years in the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget before joining Mace’s staff in 2021.
Mace’s office did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
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