Navy Admiral Lacore advances to SC-1 Democratic runoff to challenge GOP hold

In South Carolina’s 1st District, retired Navy Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore and Mount Pleasant attorney Mac Deford advanced to a June 23 runoff in the Democratic primary to fill Rep. Nancy Mace’s vacancy, after no candidate cleared 50%. Lacore bills herself as an anti-politics civil servant and, per the article, was removed from her post by War Secretary Pete Hegseth; the district remains safely Republican, making a Democratic flip unlikely. Lacore had raised about $1.4 million by late May, vs. Deford’s roughly $548,000.