The former chief of staff for Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is launching a primary challenge against his ex-boss just a month after leaving her office.
Dan Hanlon filed his statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission Friday and will now challenge Mace for her seat in Congress representing South Carolina’s First Congressional District.
Hanlon and Mace had a falling out last October, after the South Carolina lawmaker voted with seven other Republicans and all Democrats to oust former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
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After the vote, McCarthy referenced Hanlon during a press conference where he called out Mace over her claims that he wasn’t keeping his word .
“So, I call [Mace’s] chief of staff [Hanlon] … I said, ‘Can you please tell me, I don’t understand? Where have I not kept my word?’” McCarthy told reporters the day he was removed from the speakership. “Chief of staff said, ‘You have kept your word 100%.’