(Reuters) – Democrat Eugene Vindman, whose twin brother Alexander Vindman played a role in the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, Edison Research projected.
Eugene Vindman, who served as a legal advisor to the White House National Security Council during Trump’s presidency, defeated Republican Derrick Anderson to represent Virginia’s 7th district, a seat currently held by Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who is not seeking reelection and instead running for governor of Virginia next year.
His brother Alexander Vindman, a former Ukraine expert for the NSC, testified to Congress in 2019 on Trump’s controversial telephone phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that led to the first of two Trump impeachments.
(Reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by Scott Malone and Daniel Wallis)
