The Daily Populous Wednesday June 24th, 2026 evening edition
Authored by theguardian.com and submitted by darealunrealspader

A three-star navy rear-admiral fired by Pete Hegseth last year in the defense secretary’s purge of senior US military officials has won the Democratic primary in a closely watched congressional race.

Nancy Lacore secured the party’s nomination for the US House of Representatives in South Carolina’s first congressional district on Tuesday after defeating Mac Deford, a US Coast Guard veteran, in a runoff.

Lacore’s focus will now turn to November, when she will lead an ambitious Democratic bid to flip the Republican seat in the US midterm elections.

The district is currently represented by the Republican Nancy Mace, who chose to forgo seeking re-election to focus on her failed challenge for South Carolina governor. Jenny Costa Honeycutt, a member of Charleston county council, secured the Republican nomination for the election on Tuesday.

Lacore was among dozens of officers fired during Hegseth’s ongoing elimination from senior military roles of those considered to have crossed the Trump administration, or who do not fit the US defense secretary’s vision for the makeup of the armed services.

She is backed by several veterans’ groups, and Emilys List, which supports Democratic pro-choice candidates running for office. She raised $500,000 in her first two weeks as a candidate, and more than $1.4m through late May, according to a New York Times analysis of federal campaign finance records.

She is also one of 12 House candidates backed by the Bench, a Democratic strategy group advising candidates in districts seen as harder to win, the outlet said.

buppiejc on June 24th, 2026 at 09:37 UTC »

She a bit in the centrist side, but she does support overturning Citizens United, and a ban on trading individual stocks. I wish she mentioned reforming the Supreme Court which is the only way the former gets accomplished, but I’m in NY, I don’t have to vote for her in the general.

Here’s a link to her issues page.

https://www.nancylacore.com/priorities

GreedPrisons on June 24th, 2026 at 07:16 UTC »

We can't wait for Hegseth to face Congressional Hearings after the midterms and explain why he walks around like he's got a rod up his behind.

Kakistocracy_0 on June 24th, 2026 at 07:08 UTC »

oh shiiit yeah!

the thing they hate most, merit.