Rep. Ralph Norman talks with reporters outside the Capitol Hill Club after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Norman first won his House seat in 2016 during the same election that sent Trump to the White House for his first term.
He is a conservative fiscal hawk and a key member of the House Freedom Caucus.
Norman's House website also touts him as a life-long resident of South Carolina's 5th Congressional District, where he serves.
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Rep. Nancy Mace questions U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle as she testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Mace told the Associated Press earlier this year that she was similarly "seriously considering" a run for governor.
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Another name floating within the Palmetto State is South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson.
Norman and Mace are both vocal Trump supporters, though both had their own public breaks from the president. Norman notably supported fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley for president, but switched to backing Trump immediately after Haley dropped out.
Trump himself has not weighed in on the race.
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