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.”…

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