Three Leaders. Six Stars.
Proven Command for Congress
Nancy Lacore
★★★
Rear Admiral [Retired]
United States Navy
Eileen Laubacher
★★
Rear Admiral [Retired]
United States Navy
Leela gray
★
Brigadier General [Retired]
United States Army
Making History
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Since 1789, more than 12,500 Americans have been elected to the United States Congress.
Not a single one has been a female general or admiral. From either party. Ever.
The Time is Now
This statistic isn’t due to a lack of talent or ambition—it’s a matter of timing. Earning a star in the United States military takes decades of unyielding sacrifice, absolute operational excellence, and navigating the highest levels of global strategy. For generations, the path to these top ranks was functionally closed to women.
Today, the timeline has finally caught up.
Congress has plenty of politicians. What it lacks are leaders who have spent their careers solving problems, leading through crises, and putting mission ahead of politics.
Meet the Commanders
Nancy Lacore
for Congress in South Carolina’s 1st District
Nancy Lacore served our nation for 35 years in the Navy, a career that began as a helicopter pilot and culminated as a three star admiral and the Chief of Navy Reserve where she was entrusted to lead more than 60,000 sailors.
In Nancy’s family, service runs deep. Following in her dad’s footsteps, Nancy accepted a ROTC scholarship to the College of the Holy Cross, and was commissioned into the Navy after graduation.
Shortly after completing flight school, Nancy met and married her husband Pat, also a Navy helicopter pilot, who served for 29 years. Pat and Nancy have been married for 30 years and are the proud parents of six children.
Nancy was on active duty for the first 10 years of her Navy career and eventually joined the Navy Reserve. As a reservist, Nancy was deployed twice: the first time in 2011 to Afghanistan when her youngest child was just four years old, and again in 2017 to Djibouti.
Nancy was also a business leader in the private sector and served her community in the non-profit sector. After leaving active duty, she worked as a defense contractor for 10 years.
Later, Nancy launched a nonprofit, Valor Run, which honored the service women killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Service has shaped every chapter of Nancy’s life, and it continues to guide what comes next. In this next chapter, Nancy is ready to put her experience, her values, and her voice to work for the SC-01 community.
Eileen Laubacher
for Congress in Colorado’s 4th District
Eileen Laubacher served in the United States Navy for 34 years. She is the daughter and granddaughter of Navy veterans. Her father retired from the Navy after 37 years of service to our nation, and her grandfather was a frogman in World War II. It was always her desire to follow in their footsteps. She became determined to go to the United States Naval Academy when she was in preschool, well before women could even attend. She was delighted in 1976 when the first women were admitted, and she joined the 11th class with women in July of 1986.
She graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1990 and began the great adventure of naval service. After more than seven years as an intelligence officer serving in the United States and abroad, she left active duty and joined the Navy Reserve. Her sister had already settled in Colorado, and so Eileen and her husband Chris decided to make it their home as well.
By the time she deployed to Afghanistan in 2009, her parents had moved into a house down the street, and that family support was a Godsend for her husband. The kids were 10, 8, 6, 4, and 1 when she left.
When she became an Admiral in 2018, the Navy asked her to undertake their biggest adventure yet and they moved to New Delhi, India. She was the Senior Defense Official and Defense Attache there from 2019 to 2022. After finishing that tour, they wanted to return home to Colorado, but duty called again, and she was asked to join the National Security Council to serve as the Senior Director for South Asia. Chris and her two youngest children moved back home, where they graduated from their local public school. Meanwhile, she fulfilled her mission in Washington, DC.
She retired from the Navy in October 2024 and returned to her home in Colorado, looking forward to more time with her husband, children, and their three grandchildren. And then she felt the pull of service once more.
Leela gray
for Congress in Florida’s 13th District
A third-generation veteran, attorney, business leader, and mother, Brigadier General (Ret) Leela Gray has never backed down from a tough fight. Raised with humble beginnings, Leela learned early on what it means to earn your way—working hard in middle and high school, from babysitting and lifeguarding to fast food service and waiting tables. Her father opened a small auto shop, and while her family relied on food stamps at times, they never stopped working to make ends meet.
Driven by a call to serve, Leela became an ROTC cadet and rose steadily through the ranks of the U.S. Army, working relentlessly to earn every opportunity and receiving recognition for her grit, determination, and character. Leela served more than 30 years in uniform, including two combat deployments and a peacekeeping mission. She represented the United States overseas and strengthened combat readiness for our forces in the Middle East.
She commanded at every level: company, battalion, brigade, and division, and led more than 20,000 service members as the 86th Training Division commander. Early in her career, she was across the river from the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 with a three-month-old at home.
Years later she led strategic initiatives for information warfare at U.S. Central Command, served as a strategic advisor at the U.S. Department of State countering terrorist propaganda, and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a Brigadier General in 2015.
After retiring in 2018, Leela continied to serve, mentoring startup founders, co-creating a Tampa Bay TV show called Veteran Strong to help local businesses recognize the talent veterans bring to the workforce, and earning her law degree from Stetson University College of Law to help veterans access healthcare and benefits.
Be a Part of History
Breaking this final political barrier requires a coordinated national effort. This isn’t just a campaign—it’s a movement to bring unparalleled national security and operational expertise to Capitol Hill.
We cannot change the face of leadership alone. We need your tactical support to fuel this historic launch.