{"id":2365313,"date":"2024-11-06T18:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T23:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-eugene-vindman-wins-virginias-7th-house-district\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T18:50:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T23:50:31","slug":"democrat-eugene-vindman-wins-virginias-7th-house-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-eugene-vindman-wins-virginias-7th-house-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Eugene Vindman wins Virginia&#8217;s 7th House district"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-eugene-vindman-wins-virginias-7th-house-district%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2365313&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic candidate Eugene Vindman, a retired \u200cArmy Lieutenant Colonel known for being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-laptop-whistleblower-tells-tucker-carlson-fbi-ghosted-him-before-2020-election\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Laptop Whistleblower Tells Tucker Carlson FBI Ghosted Him Before 2020 Election\">key whistleblower<\/a> against former President\u2064 Trump, has\u2062 won the race for Virginia\u2019s 7th Congressional District. He narrowly defeated his Republican opponent, Derrick Anderson, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">final results taking<\/a> nearly a day to confirm. The Associated Press announced Vindman&#8217;s victory,\u200d highlighting the competitiveness of the election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrat Eugene Vindman, known as key Trump whistleblower, wins Virginia&rsquo;s 7th District<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video\">\n<div id=\"Brid_22502\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Democratic retired Army Lt. Col. Eugene Vindman defeated Republican Derrick Anderson in the open race for <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Virginia&rsquo;s<\/a> 7th Congressional District in a close race that took nearly a day to determine the winner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <em>Associated Press<\/em> called the race for Vindman at 6:24 p.m. EST on Wednesday with 98% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-on-pennsylvania-another-statistical-analysis-shows-roughly-300000-biden-votes-are-questionable\/\" title=\"More on Pennsylvania - Another Statistical Analysis Shows Roughly 300,000 Biden Votes Are Questionable\">vote counted<\/a>. Vindman led Anderson 51.1% to 48.9%.<\/p>\n<p>Vindman, a retired army lieutenant colonel, and his brother Alexander Vindman are known for being the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-gary-shapley-and-whistleblower-x-to-testify-before-oversight-committee\/\" title=\"Gary Shapley and Whistleblower X to testify on Hunter Biden investigation\">key whistleblowers<\/a> who led to former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s first impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>The vacant seat was held by Democrats since 2019, but Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) opted not to run for reelection and instead will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2578160\/democratic-rep-abigail-spanberger-announces-run-for-virginia-governor-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">run for governor<\/a> in 2025. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>2024 ELECTIONS LATEST NEWS: CAMPAIGN UPDATES, POLLS, AND LIVE RESULTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The race was considered one of Republicans&rsquo; prime pickup opportunities for the 2024 election, but Vindman&rsquo;s name recognition likely helped boost the Democrat&rsquo;s win.<\/p>\n<p>With Republicans winning the White House and flipping the Senate, Vindman&rsquo;s win is a relief to Democrats as they hold out very narrow hope they can retake the House majority. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_22502\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"playlist\":\"22502\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eugene Vindman, a Democrat and Trump whistleblower, wins Virginia&#8217;s 7th District<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2365315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/derrick-anderson-eugene-vindman-house-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4912,32321,44513,32603,44514],"class_list":["post-2365313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrat","tag-election-results","tag-eugene-vindman","tag-political-news","tag-virginia-7th-house-district"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/derrick-anderson-eugene-vindman-house-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365313"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365317,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365313\/revisions\/2365317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}