Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina says she plans to start a statewide series of town halls this week in Myrtle Beach now that she's running for governor.

"It's obviously going to make the race very fractious, very interesting with the potential to have a lot of unflattering portraits," a pollster told Newsweek.

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace kicked off her campaign for South Carolina governor Monday, reveling in her reputation as a politically mercurial outsider willing to take on the establishment and go to battle for conservative causes.