Greetings everyone. Excited to introduce you all today to Nancy Lacore, another one of our candidates of character in a very strong position to flip a red House district blue this cycle. Here’s some of what Nancy told us in our discussion:
“People are tired of politics, right? And I am not politics. I’m a career military officer. I think it’s something that people can get behind, as somebody who’s not part of the establishment, who knows how to lead, who has served with integrity –– a lot of the things that are missing from our government right now.”
Here’s a remarkable passage from official bio, below:
Nancy Lacore served our nation for 35 years in the Navy, a career that began as a helicopter pilot and culminated as a three star admiral and the Chief of Navy Reserve where she was entrusted to lead more than 60,000 sailors.
Nancy’s career took her around the world, but it was always anchored by family and a deep love of country.
In Nancy’s family, service runs deep. Following in her dad’s footsteps, Nancy accepted a ROTC scholarship to the College of the Holy Cross, and was commissioned into the Navy after graduation. Shortly after completing flight school, Nancy met and married her husband Pat, also a Navy helicopter pilot, who served for 29 years. Pat and Nancy have been married for 30 years and are the proud parents of six children — including a Marine, police officer, two tech professionals, and two nursing students — who have all grown up with a deep sense of service and community.
This is a Cook +6 GOP open seat, well within the range of the kind of seats we’re targeting this cycle. It is currently represented by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, who lost her race for Governor and is leaving the House. As our Nancy tells us it is a district well suited for a candidate with her profile and experience:
It's about 20% military or veteran, which is great, and about 20% identify as Independents. I think all of that means there’s an opening for somebody with my background. I'm a 35-year Navy veteran.
…………I stayed on active duty for ten years flying helicopters, then transitioned into the Reserve. Got mobilized twice. I went to Afghanistan for almost a year, then Djibouti for a year and left my husband and our six kids behind. Ultimately I made admiral, and eventually became a three-star admiral, Chief of the Navy Reserve. In that role I worked in the Pentagon, responsible for almost 60,000 sailors around the world. I spent a lot of time on the road visiting them, understanding their challenges, celebrating their successes, and bringing that information back to D.C. so we could make the kinds of changes needed both to take care of my sailors and to meet the mission.
Normally that job is a four-year job. It’s a big scope of responsibility. I took it in August of '24, and then in August of '25 I was removed by Pete Hegseth — three years earlier than I'd anticipated I was out of the Navy.And I had an opportunity, and decided you know what, I can serve differently now. That's why I launched my campaign in January of this year.
To support this remarkable leader and her campaign to flip SC-01 please consider chipping into our new Winning the House Third Wave Fund for candidates who’ve emerged after late primaries and run-offs. You can learn more about Nancy by visiting her website, where you can also sign up to volunteer.
Here’s a map of her district:
Enjoy getting to know this inspiring leader, and let’s help her come to Congress next year. Please share this interview with others, hit like so more will see it, throw a contribution her way, and keep working hard all. We have a country to save, and elections like this one in SC-01 to win this November, together! - Simon
Nancy Lacore served our nation for 35 years in the Navy, a career that began as a helicopter pilot and culminated as a three star admiral and the Chief of Navy Reserve where she was entrusted to lead more than 60,000 sailors.
Nancy’s career took her around the world, but it was always anchored by family and a deep love of country.
In Nancy’s family, service runs deep. Following in her dad’s footsteps, Nancy accepted a ROTC scholarship to the College of the Holy Cross, and was commissioned into the Navy after graduation. Shortly after completing flight school, Nancy met and married her husband Pat, also a Navy helicopter pilot, who served for 29 years. Pat and Nancy have been married for 30 years and are the proud parents of six children — including a Marine, police officer, two tech professionals, and two nursing students — who have all grown up with a deep sense of service and community.
Nancy was on active duty for the first 10 years of her Navy career. But in order to make life with six kids work, she eventually joined the Navy Reserve.
As a reservist, Nancy was deployed twice: the first time in 2011 to Afghanistan when her youngest child was just four years old, and again in 2017 to Djibouti. During both of these deployments, Pat juggled his active duty career while managing the homefront with support from their family and friends, proving that it really does take a village.
In addition to the Navy, Nancy was also a business leader in the private sector and served her community in the non-profit sector. After leaving active duty, she worked as a defense contractor for 10 years. This was a remote job that enabled her to balance full-time work with raising her young kids.
Later, after her year in Afghanistan, Nancy was moved to launch a non-profit. Valor Run, which just closed its doors after 10 years, honored the service women killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Finally, after decades of moves, deployments, and duty stations, and like so many others in our community, Nancy and Pat chose to make their home in Mount Pleasant, where they’re building their next chapter together. They are fortunate to have their daughter Mary and her husband Jonathan nearby on Sullivan’s Island.
Learn more about Nancy Lacore here.
