Ex-Navy Admiral Nancy Lacore flipped a South Carolina House seat after being fired by Pete Hegseth. The three-star admiral was let go without cause, but Lacore channeled her experience into a congressional seat. In an October 2026 New York Times interview, Lacore said she decided to run for office after witnessing…

Nancy Lacore, a Democrat, led Jenny Costa Honeycutt, a Republican, according to initial results in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District.