A Democratic Army veteran who rose to national prominence for his role in former President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial will be joining Congress at the same time Trump is set to return to the White House.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Eugene Vindman, the twin brother of one of the main witnesses in Trump's first impeachment who also helped blow the whistle on Trump, defeated Republican Derrick Anderson, a retired Green Beret, to win a House seat in Virginia in one of the most competitive races in the country. The Associated Press called the race Wednesday night.

Vindman and Anderson competed against each other in the race to replace Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., a former CIA officer who opted not to run for reelection for Congress so she can run for Virginia governor in 2025.

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Vindman and his twin brother Alex first entered the national consciousness in 2019 when Trump was impeached for trying to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy into digging up dirt on now-President Joe Biden by withholding military aid from Ukraine.

Both Vindmans were career Army officers on detail with the National Security Council at the time. As part of his job with the NSC, Alex Vindman listened in on the phone call in which Trump pressured Zelenskyy, and he later testified to Congress about the call. Eugene Vindman, who was an ethics lawyer at the NSC, did not play as public a whistleblower role as his brother, but he also...

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