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    9 days ago

    A whistle-blower central to Trump’s first impeachment wins a House primary in Virginia. Image

    Yevgeny Vindman, wearing a dark suit and dark-red tie, sits during a House hearing, looking straight ahead. Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times Yevgeny Vindman, who along with his twin brother helped expose then-President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to strong-arm Ukraine into digging up dirt on Joseph R. Biden Jr., won his Democratic primary on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. He will run in the fall to represent the Virginia district of Representative Abigail Spanberger, who is retiring.

    Mr. Vindman, who goes by Eugene, had no governing experience, a point his Democratic competitors made in the primary for Virginia’s Seventh Congressional District. But his name recognition, along with that of his identical twin, Alexander Vindman, helped him raise over $5 million, more than the rest of the field combined.

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