Navy Veteran Nancy Lacore Announces Campaign for Congress in SC-01
Press Release | January 20, 2026CONTACT:Amanda Sands | press@nancylacore.com | 617-276-6581
Lacore: “My love of country is why I put the uniform on in the first place. And it’s exactly why I can’t stand by while Americans, and South Carolinians, are struggling.”
MOUNT PLEASANT, SC — Today, Nancy Lacore announced her campaign for Congress in South Carolina’s First District. Nancy served in the Navy for 35 years, beginning as a helicopter pilot and culminating as a three star admiral and the Chief of Navy Reserve, where she was entrusted to lead more than 60,000 sailors.
“Hard work should result in a stable life,” Nancy Lacore said. “Americans deserve a lower cost of living—housing, healthcare, childcare, and daily essentials—so families, seniors, veterans, and young Americans can build secure futures.”
Watch Nancy’s launch video here.
Transcript:
Many people consider service a sacrifice. I consider it a privilege.
For 35 years, I served in the United States Navy with the belief that service, honor, and integrity matter. That these are the qualities that matter. But it’s not what our political leaders believe today.
My name is Nancy Lacore. After decades of service to our country, a career that started as a Navy pilot and finished as a three star admiral, I was removed from my position without cause, along with dozens of other senior military leaders.
After I left the Pentagon that day, I never put the uniform on again. But I am not done serving.
My love of country is why I put the uniform on in the first place. And it’s exactly why I can’t stand by while Americans, and South Carolinians, are struggling.
We have families that do everything right but can’t afford a home; veterans are promised care, and then forced to fight for it; health care costs keep rising while Washington keeps arguing; and too many politicians care too much about party politics than standing up for the Constitution. That should concern every American.
The only thing I love more than serving this great country is my family. After the Navy, my husband Patrick and I chose to be near our grown children, in a community that shares our values: honor, integrity, respect, faith, love of country. These values guided us as we raised our six children.
I care about my kids’ futures. And I care about your kids’ futures. That’s why I’m stepping up.
Our leaders in Congress are not working for us. They have lost the courage to act, to fight for, and to serve the people they represent.
I’ve spent decades serving our country, and I still have more to give, more to fight for, and more work to do. I’m not done yet.
About Nancy Lacore
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.
Service has shaped every chapter of Nancy’s life, and it continues to guide what comes next. Nancy wore the uniform for 35 years, but her commitment to this country and its people didn’t end when she hung it up. In this next chapter, Nancy is ready to put her experience, her values, and her voice to work for this community.