Nancy Lacore, a three-star Navy admiral who was fired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year during his Pentagon purge, won the Democratic primary for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. She will face Republican Jenny Honeycutt in November's general election in a district currently held by Nancy Mace. Lacore's victory signals that her firing — part of Hegseth's broader effort to remove military leaders — became a political asset rather than a liability in a Democratic primary.