CHARLESTON — South Carolina Republicans have spent the last decade watching Nancy Mace reinvent herself: state lawmaker, congresswoman, Trump ally, Trump critic, Trump ally again, independent voice, conservative firebrand.But when the votes were counted June 9, her political trajectory seemed to bend back toward where it began.Twelve years after finishing fifth in her first bid for statewide office, Mace finished fifth in her second, her 2026 primary for governor. The result left one of the Palmetto State’s most recognizable Republicans confronting a question that has followed her before: What comes next?"This isn't the end of the fight, but it is...