Fired Navy Admiral Lacore wins House seat
The gist
Retired Navy Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore, fired by Pete Hegseth in 2025, is projected to win South Carolina's 1st District.
Her win flips a Republican-held seat and adds to Democrats' push for the House majority.
How it unfolded
- Aug 2024Lacore becomes the 16th chief of the Navy Reserve, overseeing about 59,000 reserve personnel.
- Aug 2025Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removes Lacore as chief of the Navy Reserve about a year after she took the job; no reason is publicly given.
- Jan 2026Lacore launches her campaign for Congress.
Key terms
- runoff
- A second election between the top two vote-getters when no candidate wins a majority in the first round.
- flips a Republican-held seat
- The tendency of a popular party leader to draw votes for other candidates of the same party.
- automatic recount
- A repeat tabulation of votes, often triggered when the initial tally is extremely close.
Source: Wikipedia