In the 2020 Rhode Island Senate elections, Mack challenged incumbent state senator Harold Metts in the Democratic primary.[5] Metts had a pro-life record and was opposed to the LGBTQ movement, and Mack's campaign proved effective at winning over younger, more socially liberal voters.[6] Mack defeated Metts, winning with 60% of the vote.
The TikTok clip, which has been viewed more than 60,000 times, later made its way to Twitter and had been viewed nearly 2 million times by Wednesday morning after it was shared by the controversial profile "Libs of TikTok".