South Carolina conservative congressional candidate and Citadel graduate Nancy Mace is a rising star in the GOP’s electoral firmament. With a sharp team, winning message, and solid momentum going into her upcoming primary and the November election, Mace is focusing on listening to the voters of the SC 1st congressional district and bringing their ideas and concerns to Washington.

LifeZette had a chance to talk to Mace recently and her confident nature was apparent throughout the interview. She described herself as “feeling great” and has garnered “grass roots support across the state and the nation.” She emphasized she is “fed up with partisanship in DC” and is focusing her campaign on the economy, healthcare, economic regulation, and tax relief.

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Mace has a cogent point. Yes, there are normal ideological differences in various political parties in a democratic republic. But DC has come to a point of senseless partisanship, led by the Democrats, even on the most prosaic of issues. Mace, who is a solid conservative but who also seems to have the savvy to think outside narrow parochial interests, is the kind of person who could not only give voice to the aspirations of voters, but also turn her words into practical achievements.

Healthcare is an issue that matters to voters and Mace understands a private system is inherently superior to the kind of state-run system proposed by the Democrats in Washington. But it is on regulation and tax relief that Mace outshines not only her eventual November opponent, but many of her unimaginative contemporaries.

Mace proposes cutting economic regulations to make the economy more competitive and job friendly, especially in these dire times, but also sunsetting regulations at a two-for-one rate. That would mean for every regulation enacted two would have to be jettisoned. The positive effect on the economy would be enormous and would certainly be in keeping with the successful aims of the Trump administration on that score.

On tax relief, she thinks the IRS should let small businesses write off losses this year, she would make permanent the current student interest write-off, and would grant tax credits (1% per every month) to landlords and banks that would enact a rent and mortgage moratorium for the duration of the virus crisis.

Her Democrat opponent, liberal incumbent Democrat Joe Cunningham, is more a creature of DC than he is of the low country of South Carolina. He votes with Nancy Pelosi and ultraliberal House Democrats 85% of the time and is not even close to the independent voice voters of the SC 1st congressional district expect and demand. This battle between a dynamic conservative like Mace and a moribund (but not without resources) liberal like Cunningham is indicative of congressional battles going on all over the nation. However, as South Carolina is a deep red state and the seat leans GOP, this race will be watched as a national bellwether.

Mace will fight hard for the voters of her district and has the smarts, determination, and courage to make a fine member of Congress. We see it. The voters are likely to agree. You can review/support her campaign.