Mace is the representative for South Carolina’s 1st congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. She has served since Jan 3, 2021. Mace is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. She is 45 years old.
![Photo of Rep. Nancy Mace [R-SC1]](/static/legislator-photos/456843-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2022 Report Card for Mace.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Mace is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Mace has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 23, 2023. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Nancy Mace sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Mace was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Mace sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (44%) Armed Forces and National Security (22%) Health (22%) International Affairs (11%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Mace recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 1683: To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make certain changes …
- H.R. 1512: To allow women to greater access to a wider range of self-administered contraceptives …
- H.R. 1465: Violet’s Law
- H.R. 1249: Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act of 2023
- H.J.Res. 34: Expressing the sense of Congress that a woman’s ability to travel out of …
- H.R. 517: Standing with Moms Act
- H.R. 473: Parris Island Protection Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2021 to Mar 2023, Mace missed 11 of 1,160 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 1.5% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Office of Rep. Mace for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
