HUFFPOST
Eugene Vindman, a Democrat and the brother of a key figure in the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump in 2019, is projected to win his race for a congressional seat in Virginia against Republican Derrick Anderson.
The contest had been closely watched, as the district extends from south of Washington almost to Richmond, and is currently represented by moderate Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who is running for governor in 2025.
Both Vindman and Anderson played up their respective military records as part of their campaigns. Anderson, a former Army Green Beret, was deployed as part of the “surge” of soldiers to stabilize Iraq under President George W. Bush. He also served in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon as a special forces officer.
Vindman was a paratrooper, infantry officer and eventually a lawyer for the judge advocate general’s office while in the Army. He later moved to the National Security Council, where, as a senior ethics official, he was…
