“I sacrificed my military career to expose Trump’s corruption,” Eugene Vindman said in an ad aired as part of his campaign to become the Democratic nominee for the House of Representatives in Virginia’s 7th District. The retired lieutenant colonel was referring to the role he played with his twin brother, Alexander Vindman, in revealing to the public Donald Trump’s phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky that led to the first impeachment proceedings against ex-president. On Tuesday, Vindman won her electoral bet, collecting 49.5% of the vote against 15% for her closest rival.
Like his brother Alexander, Eugene Vindman was working on the White House Security Council when Trump pressured Zelensky to announce an investigation into the Bidens in Ukraine in exchange for U.S. military support. He gave White House legal advisers a copy of the transcript of the telephone exchange given to him by his brother. He was expected to lose his White House post in retaliation at the end of 2020.
Vindman will defend the seat of Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger, who is leaving the House to run for governor of Virginia in 2025. Her victory in November is not assured in this pivotal district.
Another result of interest in Virginia: in a Republican primary to which I devoted a post on Monday, incumbent Representative Bob Good trails State Senator John McGuire, Donald Trump’s preferred candidate, by just 321 votes. , after the counting of 98% of the votes. We will have to wait for the postal votes to be counted to determine the winner, with all due respect to McGuire, who has already declared victory. A recount is possible.
Good, chairman of the Freedom Caucus, a group of ultra-conservative representatives in the House, made Trump an eternal enemy by supporting Ron DeSantis in May 2023 in the race for the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election. If he is re-elected, Bob Good will stab Virginia in the back like he did me,” Trump warned, speaking to McGuire supporters via telephone Monday evening.
Some people are surprised that Good did so well.
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