Nancy Mace didn't set out to make history. She merely wanted to succeed.
"I was looking to go in quietly, do my thing," said Mace, a former Atlanta resident now living with her husband and two children in the Charleston, S.C. area, where she is from.
Credit: Jennifer Brett
Credit: Jennifer Brett
She had worked in real estate and as a crisis communications consultant before pivoting into politics to run against U.S. Sen. Lindsay Graham. He was re-elected in 2014. A year later, the former Citadel knob announced she was plunging into campaign life once again.
Today her experience is a part of Citadel history, and the institution features this quote from her on its web site: "My time spent at The Citadel was the most valuable preparation for the real world I could have ever received. As with anything worth having, the hard work, dedication, drive, tears and perseverance have to come before you are able to reap the rewards."
