Retired admiral jumps in crowded S.C.-1 race

Retired Navy Rear Admiral Nancy Lacore of Mount Pleasant, a former chief of the Navy Reserve, is joining at least 14 other candidates running for South Carolina’s coastal 1st Congressional District.

Lacore, a relatively new South Carolina resident, is now one of a slew of Democratic candidates running to replace GOP incumbent and gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, including Mac Deford, Max Diaz, Matthew Fulmer and Mayra Rivera-Vazquez.

“I think our military is being politicized,” Lacore told the S.C. Daily Gazette. “I think our democracy’s at risk, to be honest, and I want to be a part of the solution.”

In her launch video, Lacore said that she was removed from her leadership role last August by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and was given no reason why she was fired.

“I’ve spent decades serving our country, and I still have more to give, more to fight for and more work to do,” Lacore said in a voiceover before pledging, “I’m not done yet.”

For more on the race to replace Mace, see Statehouse Report’s 1st District campaign preview.

McMaster to deliver his final State of the State

Gov. Henry McMaster will deliver his 2026 State of the State Address at the Statehouse at 7 p.m. Wednesday. It will be the term-limited incumbent’s final State of the State before turning over the reins to the winner of this November’s gubernatorial election.

McMaster’s speech will be live-streamed on the SCETV website.