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Supriya Christopher

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Supriya Christopher, a member of the Commonwealth of Virginia Veterans Services Foundation, is running for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. She is not only the first Indian American to run for a seat in the General Assembly, but also the first Asian American.
Supriya holds a Bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Seton Hall University. While there, she received military leadership training in the R.O.T.C program and was proud to be commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. She then went on to receive her Master’s degree in Media Writing from Johns Hopkins University.
Supriya started broadcasting as a news anchor with USA Today in Washington, D.C. and then was an anchorwoman for an ABC affiliate in Mississippi. She worked in the field of public relations and was a media and communications coordinator for the City of Virginia Beach. She currently is President of Christopher Corporate Communication, a professional writing and editing business.

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Tim Kaine

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Tim Kaine is running in a November 2005 election for Governor of Virginia after serving as Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor and as member of the City Council and Mayor of Richmond. He serves on the Secure Virginia Panel, the state’s anti-terrorism task force, where he successfully championed improvements to Virginia’s Emergency Alert System. He is also chair of Virginia’s Disability Commission and serves on Virginia’s Military Advisory Council. Prior to his election as Lieutenant Governor, Tim was an award-winning lawyer, whose legal career focused on fair housing advocacy, advising local governments and small business representation.
Tim graduated from the University of Missouri and Harvard Law School. During law school, he took a one-year leave of absence to work with Catholic missionaries as the principal of the Instituto Tecnico Loyola, a vocational school teaching carpentry and welding to teenagers in El Progreso, Honduras. Although not Asian American himself, he is strongly supportive of Asian American issues, and has hired Asian Americans to significant campaign posts.

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