Greetings everyone. Sharing a new conversation we had earlier today with Nancy Lacore, another one of the proven servant-leaders fighting hard to flip a red House district blue. Running in what she’s made a very competitive open seat race Nancy Lacore is simply a remarkable candidate and someone who will make a true difference in Congress in a time of great challenge for the country. Simply, we need more leaders like her in Washington and we need to be doing everything we can to help her win.
From our conversation:
“The story really is my background of service. 35 years in the Navy, ultimately served as a three-star Admiral, Chief of Navy Reserve, led almost 60,000 sailors. So I really have a track record of integrity, delivering results, and taking care of people. And I think that is what people are looking for right now. You know, they're tired of what they're seeing at the highest level of government.”
“We're really focused on just talking to voters at this point. We spent a lot of time over the past several months with persuasion –– doors, talking to people who might not be inclined to vote for a Democrat. And we saw great results there. Whether it was on the phone or at the doors, we were seeing about a 25% conversion rate. So, people who initially were not interested in voting for a Democrat, 25% of them came around by the end of the conversation, were willing to vote for me. And again, this goes back to, I think, that nonpartisan leadership where I'm focused on taking care of people.”
You can help Nancy close strong by making a contribution to Hopium’s Growing Our House Majority Fund. To learn more, visit NancyLacore.com where you can also sign up to volunteer.
Here’s one of our favorite ads from the Lacore campaign:
Friends, enjoy today’s update from Nancy Lacore, another one of our inspiring candidates leaving it all out there on the playing field for us this cycle. 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.
