From Politico: Democrat Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council aide who helped trigger President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, announced his Senate campaign in Florida on Tuesday to challenge GOP Sen. Ashley Moody.
Vindman’s entrance into the race pulls Trump’s agenda and record to the forefront of the Senate contest in Florida, bringing a national focus to a race in the president’s home state — one now widely seen as Republican-leaning. Democrats have a narrow path to wrest control of the Senate in November, in which they’d have to keep all the seats they currently hold and flip four others.
Vindman, born in Ukraine when it was still part of the Soviet Union, was an aide on the NSC during Trump’s first term. He testified before Congress about Trump’s 2019 call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the president floated an investigation of then-presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Trump appeared to tie future U.S. aid to Ukraine’s willingness to launch and announce a probe that would be damaging to Biden.
The Senate acquitted Trump in that case, and Vindman, an Army combat veteran and lieutenant colonel, was fired from his position with the NSC. Vindman went on to become a vocal Trump critic, published two books and worked as a senior adviser for VoteVets, which helps to elect veterans to public office. He first floated a run for Senate in May 2025 on CBS Miami. He said at the time that he thought the 2026 midterms would be a referendum on Trump.
Vindman announced his campaign in a 2-minute video Tuesday morning. The video starts off by touting Vindman’s testimony against Trump during the 2019 impeachment hearings.
“I’m Alex Vindman and I’m running for the U.S. Senate. Chaos, corruption and sky-rocketing costs are crushing ordinary people, while the billionaires and career politicians profit. I stepped up when my country needed a soldier, I reported corruption at the highest levels of government, and now I’m stepping up again to fight for Floridians,” Vindman boasted, announcing his campaign.
I’m Alex Vindman and I’m running for the U.S. Senate. Chaos, corruption and sky-rocketing costs are crushing ordinary people, while the billionaires and career politicians profit.
I stepped up when my country needed a soldier, I reported corruption at the highest levels of… pic.twitter.com/AJhk13B6ZA
— Alexander S. Vindman 🇺🇸 (@AVindman) January 27, 2026
In a post targeting Moody, Vindman sneered, “Ashley Moody is just another career politician in the pockets of elites and special interests. Over a million dollars in Moody’s corporate stock was traded – while she had access to insider information only Congress gets. And she’s an automatic yes vote for all of MAGA’s extreme agenda.”
Ashley Moody is just another career politician in the pockets of elites and special interests.
Over a million dollars in Moody’s corporate stock was traded – while she had access to insider information only Congress gets.
And she’s an automatic yes vote for all of MAGA’s…
— Alexander S. Vindman 🇺🇸 (@AVindman) January 27, 2026
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Trump impeachment whistleblower Alexander Vindman launches Democratic Senate campaign in Florida https://t.co/VpNtUksTKM
— POLITICO (@politico) January 27, 2026
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