The following is the full transcript of the interview with Rep.-elect Nancy Lacore, a portion of which aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Nov. 8, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Retired Vice Admiral and Congresswoman-Elect Nancy Lacore, a Democrat in South Carolina. REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT NANCY LACORE (SC-01): Good morning.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So, you flipped a seat that Republicans have held for 43 of the last 45 years, and you won by just about 3,000 votes. What is the message that you are taking to Washington from your voters? REP.-ELECT LACORE: Well, we knew this was going to be a hard race to win, and we knew it was going to take really reaching past the Democratic Party into the Independents and moderate Republicans.
And that was our focus early on. It started with getting an endorsement from a Republican mayor here in Mount Pleasant, which is the largest municipality in the district. And that sort of set us on that path to start building that very broad coalition that we knew would win.
And I really think my background of 35 years nonpartisan military leadership is one that really helped bring voters over from those other parties and make sure that we had the- the votes that we needed to win this district. MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, I understand you were a registered Republican until 2016, and you said that you had left the party because of Donald Trump. He's the president you will have to work with to get things done in the next two years.
What opportunities do you see? REP.-ELECT LACORE: I see a lot of opportunities because of what the new Congress is going to look like. You know, there's a significant majority this time.
There are a lot of veterans who are now, you know, elected, you know, soon to be official congressmen and women. And as veterans, we don't really care what your political affiliation is. We just focus on achieving the mission.
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