[3] In June 2024, Pace was elevated to chair of the South Carolina House Freedom Caucus.

Matthews was running simultaneously for the US Senate seat held by Republican incumbent Tim Scott, who ultimately defeated her in that race.

[9] Pace serves on the Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee.

[12] In 2023, Pace was one of 21 Republican co-sponsors of the South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023.

After several Republicans withdrew their support for the bill, Pace said the media had "overblown the death penalty aspect", called the chances of a woman being given the death penalty "infinitesimally small", and said the opposition was "an absurd fallacy".