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Businessman and computer scientist Neeraj Nigam (44) made the ballot in Virginia. Mr. Nigam today learned from the Virginia State Board of Elections that he had 1,000 valid signatures confirmed. Mr. Nigam collected over 2,000 signatures.

Neeraj Nigam made the general election ballot on November 4th for U.S. House of Representatives. Virginia’s 10th district is the northern most part of the state. It borders Maryland to the north and West Virginia to the west. Mr. Nigam’s 10th district includes Winchester, Virginia, home of Harry F. Byrd Jr. (93), Virginia’s first Independent U.S. Senator.

Neeraj Nigam is a husband, father, working as a computer consultant. Mr. Nigam, in honor of Virginia’s Independent tradition will be on the ballot as an Independent. Neeraj Nigam joins other Independent/Independent Greens, and IG endorsed candidates on the November ballot including:

Gail “for Rail” Parker U.S. Senate (IG)
Joe Oddo U.S. House 11th district (IG)
Ron Fisher 8th district (IG)
Janice Lee Allen 6th district (Independent) IG endorsed
Nathan Larson 1st district Libertarian, IG endorsed

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This entry was posted by Carey Campbell on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 at 10:16 pm and is filed under News, Campaign 2008, Candidate Profile, Green Party, Key Third Party Personalities, Federal Races. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.