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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.

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

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=https://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= https://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 was expecting to run against [[Jeannemarie Devolites Davis]], the wife of former Congressman [[Thomas M. Davis]].  Instead, the Republicans selected a more conservative candidate, [[E.W. Jackson]], and in turn the June 11 Democratic primary seleced centrist Sen. Ralph Northam M.D. to run against Jackson.  The vote was 78,337 (54.24%) for Northam and 66,098 (45.76%) for Chopra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=SWR&map=CTY|title=Unofficial Results - Primary Election - June 11, 2013|accessdate=July 13, 2013}}</ref> Northam drew support from the Tidewater area, but Chopra did not gain the support he expected from Northern Virginia, in part due to his controversial Wikipedia ties.

|author= Kumar, Anita|date=July 12, 2012|work= The Washington Post|publisher= |accessdate=September 16, 2012}}</ref> He was expecting to run against [[Jeannemarie Devolites Davis]], the wife of former Congressman [[Thomas M. Davis]].  Instead, the Republicans selected a more conservative candidate, [[E.W. Jackson]], and in turn the June 11 Democratic primary seleced centrist Sen. Ralph Northam M.D. to run against Jackson.  The vote was 78,337 (54.24%) for Northam and 66,098 (45.76%) for Chopra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionresults.virginia.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=SWR&map=CTY|title=Unofficial Results - Primary Election - June 11, 2013|accessdate=July 13, 2013}}</ref> Northam drew support from the Tidewater area, but Chopra did not gain the support he expected from Northern Virginia, in part due to his controversial Wikipedia ties.

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