The speaker at the first meeting of the year of the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club will be Col. Eugene Vindman, who is running for the Democratic nomination for the House of Representatives from the 7th District.
The meeting will take place on Thursday, Feb. 8 at 1 p.m. in Classroom 1 of the LOW Community Center.
Vindman was born in Soviet Ukraine and immigrated to the United States at the age of three in 1979. After attending public school in the U.S, he joined the military after graduation from Binghamton University, where he was enrolled in ROTC. He has spent 25 years in the military in positions which had increasing responsibilities. He has served all over the world as a paratrooper, an infantry man, and after graduating from law school, as an officer in the JAG Corps.
In 2016, he was assigned to the Pentagon and later joined the national security council as a legal advisor. Eventually, he became the NSC senior ethics official in the White House. He, along with his brother Alexander, reported Donald Trump‘s attempt to extort Ukraine, resulting in part to Trump‘s first impeachment. Repercussions from this cost him his military career.
Vindman’s new mission is to represent the people of Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. Come hear his vision and be prepared to ask questions.
Other candidates for the 7th District Democratic nomination are Margaret Franklin, Elizabeth Guzman, Clifford Heinzer, and Briana Sewell. The party’s nominee will be chosen in the June 18 primary.