Read previewDan Hanlon, the former chief of staff for Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, has taken the most official step yet in his bid to run his former boss out of Congress.
Related storiesHanlon had worked for Mace since she arrived in Congress in January 2021, before being reportedly fired in December 2023.
It's extremely rare for a lawmaker's former chief of staff to launch a campaign against their one-time boss.
Hanlon (far left) during a staff meeting in Mace's DC office on April 25, 2023.
Despite once being a critic of former President Donald Trump, Mace endorsed him over Nikki Haley — who backed her against a Trump-backed primary challenger in 2022 — earlier this week.
Persons:
—, Dan Hanlon, Nancy Mace, Hanlon, Hanlon's, Mace, Trump, Mick Mulvaney, Ricky Carioti, Kevin McCarthy —, McCarthy, he'd, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley —, Michael B, Moore
Organizations:
Service, Republican Rep, Business, Federal, Commission, GOP, POLITICO, Management, South Carolina Rep, Capitol, Washington, Getty, Washington Post, Trump, Democratic
Locations:
South Carolina's, Charleston