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'''Aneesh Paul Chopra''' (July 13, 1972 -) was the first American Federal [[Chief Technology Officer of the United States]] (CTO). Before that, Chopra was [[Virginia]]’s fourth Secretary of Technology.
During the controversy over [[SOPA]] and [[PIPA]], Chopra aligned himself with [[Wikipedia]] and its decision to shut-down as part of the lobbying against that legislation.
Chopra left the White House in early 2012, to run for office in Virginia.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Keefe|first=Ed|title=Aneesh Chopra leaving the White House, likely to run for Virginia lieutenant governor|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/aneesh-chopra-leaving-the-white-house/2012/01/27/gIQAMB2VVQ_blog.html|accessdate=September 16, 2012|newspaper=Washington Post|date=January 27, 2012}}</ref> On July 12, 2012, Chopra formally announced he was running in 2013 for Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/aneesh-chopra-to-run-for-virginia-lieutenant-governor/2012/07/12/gJQAOnSMfW_blog.html|title= Aneesh Chopra to run for Virginia lieutenant governor
|author= Kumar, Anita|date=July 12, 2012|work= The Washington Post|publisher= |accessdate=September 16, 2012}}</ref> He is expected to run against [[Jeannemarie Devolites Davis]], the wife of former Congressman [[Thomas M. Davis]].
==References==
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[[Category:Democrats]]
During the controversy over [[SOPA]] and [[PIPA]], Chopra aligned himself with [[Wikipedia]] and its decision to shut-down as part of the lobbying against that legislation.
Chopra left the White House in early 2012, to run for office in Virginia.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Keefe|first=Ed|title=Aneesh Chopra leaving the White House, likely to run for Virginia lieutenant governor|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/aneesh-chopra-leaving-the-white-house/2012/01/27/gIQAMB2VVQ_blog.html|accessdate=September 16, 2012|newspaper=Washington Post|date=January 27, 2012}}</ref> On July 12, 2012, Chopra formally announced he was running in 2013 for Lieutenant Governor for the Commonwealth of Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/aneesh-chopra-to-run-for-virginia-lieutenant-governor/2012/07/12/gJQAOnSMfW_blog.html|title= Aneesh Chopra to run for Virginia lieutenant governor
|author= Kumar, Anita|date=July 12, 2012|work= The Washington Post|publisher= |accessdate=September 16, 2012}}</ref> He is expected to run against [[Jeannemarie Devolites Davis]], the wife of former Congressman [[Thomas M. Davis]].
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Democrats]]