 Upon his return to the United States in 1991, Chaudhary graduated from St. Olaf and then served as a staff member for Senator Edward Kennedy, working in the area of foreign policy.In 1992, Chaudhary took a year off from academics to work on the Tom Harkin presidential campaign and Gerry Sikorski's last 6th Congressional District race.After his time in Washington, D.C., Chaudhary continued his studies in law at the University of Minnesota Law School.