Bobby Jindal

Infobox Governor
name=Piyush "Bobby" Jindal


imagesize=200px
caption=Jindal in 2005
order=55th
office=Governor of Louisiana
term_start=January 14, 2008
lieutenant=Mitch Landrieu
predecessor=Kathleen Blanco
successor=Incumbent
state2=Louisiana
district2=1st
term_start2=January 3, 2005
term_end2=January 14, 2008
preceded2=David Vitter
succeeded2=Steve Scalise
birth_date=birth date and age|mf=yes|1971|06|10
birth_place= Baton Rouge, Louisiana
death_date=
death_place=
spouse=Supriya Jolly Jindal
children=Selia Elizabeth
Shaan Robert
Slade Ryan
profession=Governor
party=Republican
religion=Roman Catholic
alma_mater= Brown University,
Oxford University
residence= Kenner, Louisiana
occupation= Business Consultant

Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971) is the current Republican governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. [Nossiter, Adam. [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/22/america/22louisiana.php “In a Southern U.S. state, immigrants' son takes over”] , "International Herald Tribune" (2007-10-22).] Prior to his election as governor, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st congressional district, to which he was elected in 2004 to succeed current U.S. Senator David Vitter. Jindal was re-elected to Congress in the 2006 election with 88 percent of the vote.

On October 20, 2007, Jindal was elected governor of Louisiana, winning a four-way race with 54% of the vote. At age 36, Jindal became the youngest current governor in the United States. He also became the first non-white to serve as governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction, and the first elected Indian American governor in U.S. history.

Personal life

Piyush Jindal (pronEng|ˈdʒɪndəl) was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to recently arrived Punjabi Indian immigrants Amar and Raj Jindal, who were attending [http://appl003.lsu.edu/grad/gradschool.nsf/index graduate school] . His father left India and his ancestral family village of Khanpura in 1970. [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2478529.cms Jindal's ancestral village celebrates his victory-Chandigarh-Cities-The Times of India ] ] His mother, Raj Jindal, is an information technology director for the Louisiana Department of Labor. [ [http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/16805881.html 2theadvocate.com | News | Jindal’s mother still with statendash Baton Rouge, LA ] ] According to family lore, Jindal adopted the name "Bobby" from the character Bobby Brady after watching "The Brady Bunch" television series at age four. He has been known by that name ever since—as a civil servant, politician, student, and writer—though legally his name remains Piyush Jindal. [ [http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/nov/16jindal1.htm] "He is Piyush, not Bobby," "Rediff India Abroad," November 16, 2003]

Jindal was a Hindu, but converted to Catholicism in high school. [cite news |title=Jindal Wins Louisiana Race, Becomes First Indian American Governor |first=Peter |last=Whoriskey |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/20/AR2007102000528.html?hpid=topnews?hpid=topnews |publisher=Washington Post |date=2007-10-21 |accessdate=2007-10-21 ] He has also offered his religious testimony before Baptist and Pentecostal congregations. [ [http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/maginnis/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1181712894149420.xml&coll=1] "Jindal Throttles Back His High-Energy Style," "Times Picayune," June 13, 2007] He attended public school at Baton Rouge Magnet High School and graduated when he was 17. Following high school, Jindal enrolled, and eventually graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, with honors in biology and public policy where he was a member of the Society of the Pacifica House. Although he had thought of a career in medicine or law and was accepted by Harvard Medical School and Yale Law School, he chose to pursue a political career. He received a master's degree in political science from New College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar.

After Oxford, he joined McKinsey & Company, a consulting firm, where he advised Fortune 500 companies.

In 1996 Jindal married Supriya Jolly (born 1972). The couple has three children: Selia Elizabeth, Shaan Robert, and Slade Ryan. On August 15, 2006, Bobby Jindal assisted in delivering his third child when his wife awoke from sleep in labor. [ [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,208505,00.html Rep. Jindal Delivers Son After Wife Wakes Up in Labor] "Fox News", August 15, 2006]

Government service

In 1995 Republican U.S. Representative Jim McCrery (for whom Jindal had once worked as a summer intern) introduced Jindal to Republican Governor Mike Foster [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_8_59/ai_n19052994/print "The Louisiana wunderkind: beholding Rep. Bobby Jindal", "National Review"] ] In 1996 Foster appointed Jindal to be secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, an agency which then represented about 40 percent of the state budget. During his tenure as secretary, Louisiana's Medicaid program went from bankruptcy with a $400 million deficit into three years of surpluses totaling $220 million. Jindal was criticized during the 2007 campaign by the Louisiana AFL-CIO for having closed some local clinics to balance the budget. [ [http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/NEWS01/709190323/1002/NEWS17 "Governor's race becomes a labor vs. business battle", The Town Talk] ] In 1998 Jindal was appointed executive director of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, a 17-member panel charged with devising plans to reform Medicare.

In 1999, at the request of the Louisiana Governor's Office and the Louisiana State Legislature, Jindal volunteered his time to study how Louisiana might use its $4.4 billion tobacco settlement. In that same year Jindal was appointed to become the youngest-ever president of the University of Louisiana System. In March 2001 he was nominated by President George W. Bush to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation. [wayback|aspe.hhs.gov/jindal.htm|Biography of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services. c. 2001. Accessed 25 Oct 2007.] He was later unanimously confirmed by a bipartisan vote of the United States Senate and began serving on July 9, 2001. In that position, he served as the principal policy advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. [ [http://www.bobbyjindal.com/bobby/bobby_experience.aspx Bobby's Experience ] ] He resigned from that post on February 21, 2003, to return to Louisiana and run for governor. [ [http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20030213b.html BOBBY JINDAL ANNOUNCES HE IS STEPPING DOWN AS HHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION] , US Department of Health and Human Services. February 13, 2003. Accessed 25 Oct 2007. "Jindal's resignation is effective Feb. 21."]

2003 campaign for Governor

Jindal came to national prominence during the 2003 election for Louisiana governor.

In what Louisianans call an "open primary" (but which is technically a jungle primary), Jindal finished first with 33 percent of the vote. He received endorsements from the largest paper in Louisiana, the New Orleans "Times-Picayune"; the newly-elected Democratic mayor of New Orleans, C. Ray Nagin; and the outgoing Republican governor, Mike Foster. In the second balloting, Jindal faced the outgoing lieutenant governor, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Lafayette, a Democrat. Despite winning in Blanco's hometown, he lost many normally conservative parishes in north Louisiana, and Blanco prevailed with 52 percent of the popular vote.

Political analysts have speculated on myriad explanations for his loss. Some have blamed Jindal for his refusal to answer questions about his record brought up in several advertisements, [ [http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1187248123127760.xml&coll=1 Jindal counters Demo attacks] "http://www.nola.com] which the Jindal Campaign called "negative attack ads"; others note that a significant number of conservative Louisianans remain more comfortable voting for a Democrat, especially a conservative one, than for a Republican. Still others have mentioned the race factor, arguing that some voters were uncomfortable voting for a non-white candidate.Despite his losing the election in 2003, the run for governor made Jindal a well-known figure on the state's political scene.

Congressman of the first district

A few weeks after the 2003 gubernatorial runoff, Jindal decided to run for Louisiana's 1st congressional district. The incumbent, David Vitter, was running for the Senate seat being vacated by John Breaux. Jindal moved to Kenner, to run for the congressional seat. The Louisiana Republican Party endorsed him in the primary despite the fact that Mike Rogers, also a Republican, was running for the same seat. The 1st District has been in Republican hands since a 1977 special election and is widely considered to be the most conservative district in LouisianaFact|date=June 2008. Although Democrats have a plurality in voter registrationFact|date=June 2008, the district tends to vote for socially conservative candidates. Jindal also had an advantage because his campaign was able to raise over $1 million very early in the campaign, making it harder for other candidates to effectively raise funds to oppose him. He won the 2004 Election with 78 percent of the vote.

He was elected freshman class president and was appointed to the House Committee on Homeland Security, the House Committee on Resources, and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. He was made vice-chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attacks.

On May 3, 2008 a special election was held to determine Jindal's replacement. Steve Scalise, a state legislator, was elected with 75 percent of the vote over University of New Orleans professor Dr. [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gilda_Reed Gilda Reed] . [ [http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms2&rqsdta=050308 Louisiana Secretary of State] . For further information see the English Wikipedia article on Steve Scalise.]

Governor of Louisiana

On January 22, 2007, Jindal announced his candidacy for governor. [ [http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?/base/news-4/116953841215500.xml&coll=1 Jindal quietly begins his run] "The Times-Picayne", January 23, 2007]

Polling data showed him with an early lead in the race, and he remained the favorite throughout the campaign. He defeated eleven opponents in the jungle primary held on October 20, including two prominent Democrats, State Senator Walter Boasso of Chalmette and Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell of Bossier City, and an independent, New Orleans businessman John Georges.

Jindal finished with 699,672 votes (54 percent). Boasso ran second with 226,364 votes (17 percent). Georges finished with 186,800 (14 percent), and Campbell, who is also a former state senator, ran fourth with 161,425 (12 percent). The remaining candidates collectively polled three percent of the vote. Jindal polled pluralities or majorities in 60 of the state's 64 parishes (equivalent to counties in other states). He lost narrowly to Georges in Orleans Parish, to Boasso in St. Bernard Parish (which Boasso represented the in Legislature), and in the two neighboring north Louisiana parishes of Red River and Bienville located south of Shreveport, both of which are historically Democratic and supported Campbell. In the 2003 contest with Blanco, Jindal had lost most of the northern parishes. [ [http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms2&rqsdta=102007 Louisiana Secretary of State-Multi-Parish Elections Inquiry ] ]

Jindal assumed the position of governor when he took the oath of office on January 14, 2008. At 36, he became the youngest sitting governor in the United States. He is also Louisiana's first non-white governor since P. B. S. Pinchback served for 35 days during Reconstruction.cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/20/AR2007102000528.html|title=Jindal Wins Louisiana Race, Becomes First Indian American Governor|author=Peter Whoriskey|first=Peter|last=Whoriskey|work=The Washington Post|publisher=Washington Post Company|date=2007-10-21|page=A8|accessdate=2007-10-21]

In a salute to the 2007 LSU Tigers football national championship team during his January 14, 2008 inauguration speech, Jindal stated in part "...They revere our athletes. Go Tigers...." [ [http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl011408jbspeech.20d0352a.html Video of Gov. Jindal Inauguration speech] ]

Legislative pay raise controversy

On June 27, 2008, Louisiana's Secretary of State confirmed that a recall petition had been filed against Governor Jindal. Ryan and Kourtney Fournier filed the petition in response to Jindal's refusal to veto a bill that would more than double the current state legislative pay. The petitioners had 180 days to collect the signatures of over 900,000 registered voters to force a recall election on the ballot. If accomplished, a simple majority would have been needed to remove the Governor. During his campaign for Governor, Jindal had pledged to prevent legislative pay raises that would take effect during the current term. [ [http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/recall_petition_filed_against.html Recall petition filed against Jindal] Times Picayune, June 27, 2008 "Ryan and Kourtney Fournier of Jefferson submitted paperwork to the Secretary of State's office that allows them to attempt to collect the nearly 1 million signatures needed over the next 180 days to force a recall election of the governor... He had pledged during his campaign last year to prohibit an immediate legislative pay raise"] [ [http://www.wjbo.com/cc-common/mlib/1178/06/1178_1213729996.pdf Jindal Action Plan (pdf)] via "WJBO-AM".] Jindal responded by saying that he is opposed to the pay increase but that he had pledged to let the legislature govern themselves. [ [http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080618/NEWS01/806180328/1001/NEWS Gov. Jindal's veto refusal contradicts candidate Jindal's campaign pledge] . "The Daily Advertiser". 2008-06-18. "I am very sorry to see the Legislature do this," he said. "More than doubling legislative pay is not reasonable and the public has been clear on that... I will keep my pledge to let [the legislature] govern themselves and make their own decisions as a separate branch of government. I will not let anything, even this clearly excessive pay raise, stop us from moving forward with a clear plan of reform."]

On June 30, 2008, Governor Jindal reversed his earlier position by vetoing the pay raise legislation, stating that he made a mistake by staying out of the pay raise issue. In response, the petitioners dropped their recall effort. [Anderson, Ed. [http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/jindal_vetoes_legislative_rais.html Jindal vetoes legislative raise] . "The Times Picayune". 2008-06-30. "Gov. Bobby Jindal announced today that he has vetoed the legislative pay raise. After days of saying he would not reject the unpopular measure, Jindal said this morning that he had changed his mind. "I thank the people for their voice and their attention," Jindal said of the public outcry against the raise. "I am going to need your help to move this state forward. ... The voters have demanded change. . . . I made a mistake by staying out if it"]

peculation over vice presidential nomination

On February 8, 2008, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh mentioned on his syndicated show that Jindal could be a possible choice for the Republican vice presidential nomination in 2008. He said that Jindal might be perceived as an asset to McCain's campaign because he has support in the conservative base of the Republican Party and his youth offsets Sen. McCain's age. If McCain were to win the presidency, he would be the oldest president ever inaugurated to a first term. [cite web|url=http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080212/NATION/504804903/1001 |publisher=Washington Times |title=Running mate guessing game begins |first=Joseph |last=Curl |date=2008-02-12 |accessdate=2008-03-03] Heightening the speculation, McCain invited Jindal, Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida, Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and McCain's former rivals Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee to meet with at McCain's home in Arizona on Friday, May 23, 2008, according to a Republican familiar with the decision; Romney, Huckabee, and Pawlenty, all of whom were already well acquainted with McCain, declined because of prior commitments. [cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24762893/ |publisher=New York Times |title=McCain to meet possible running mates |first=Adam |last=Nagourney |date=2008-05-21 |accessdate=2008-05-21] The meeting may have served a different purpose, such as consideration of Jindal for the opportunity to speak at the 2008 Republican National Convention, in a similar fashion to Barack Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, cementing a place for him in the party and opening the gate for a future run for the presidency. [cite web|url=http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/05/what_about_jindal.html |publisher=Real Clear Politics |title=What About Jindal? |first=Blake |last=Dvorak |date=2008-05-22 |accessdate=2008-05-22] Speculation was fueled by simultaneous July 21, 2008, reports that Sen. McCain was making a sudden visit to Louisiana to again meet with Gov. Jindal and that Sen. McCain was readying to name his running mate within a week. However, on July 23, 2008, Jindal said he would not be the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008. [http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/23/jindal-says-hes-not-interested-in-no-2-spot-with-mccain/ Jindal Says He's Not Interested in No. 2 Spot With McCain] . "Fox News". 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-07-23.] Jindal added that he "never talked to the senator [McCain] about the vice presidency or his thoughts on selecting the vice president." Ultimately, on Friday, August 29, 2008, McCain chose Alaska's governor, Sarah Palin, as his running mate.

Positions on selected social and political issues

Bobby Jindal has a 100% pro-life voting record according to the National Right to Life Committee. [http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Bobby_Jindal_Abortion.htm Bobby Jindal on Abortion ] ] He opposes abortion without exception. [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/timespicayune/access/411033701.html?dids=411033701:411033701&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+20%2C+2003&author=&pub=Times+-+Picayune&edition=&startpage=01&desc=Candidates+for+governor+answer+questions+about+social+issues “Candidates for governor answer questions about social issues”] , "Times Picayune" (2003-09-20): “Q: Under what circumstances, if any, do you believe an abortion should be allowed?....JINDAL: I am 100 percent pro-life with no exceptions. I believe all life is precious.”] [http://capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com/html/BC4983D2-AC99-421E-83DC-00FD0707A94D.shtml Capitol Watch : Your Guide to Louisiana State Government ] ] He does not condemn medical procedures meant to save the life of a pregnant woman that would indirectly cause the termination of the pregnancy. [Sentell, Will and Dyer, Scott. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FEC6C97E8FB05E0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM “Abortion flier offends Jindal”] , "Baton Rouge Advocate" (2003-11-11): "He said he does not condemn medical procedures aimed at saving the life of the mother that result indirectly in the loss of the unborn child as a secondary effect."] Jindal also supports the use of emergency contraception in the case of rape. He opposes embryonic stem cell research [ [http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/report_mccain_to_meet_with_jin.html Jindal to meet Friday with McCain] Times Picayune, May 21, 2008 "Jindal is seen as solid on conservative social issues such as opposition to abortion and embryonic stem cell research"] and voted against increasing federal funding to expand embryonic stem cell lines.

As a private citizen, Jindal voted for the "Stelly Tax plan", [http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20040524p Louisiana Weekly] a referendum named for former state Representative [http://library.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/stelly179.htm Vic Stelly] of Lake Charles, which swapped some sales taxes for higher income taxes. Whether or not the "Stelly Plan" is giving the desired results is still hotly debated statewide. Early Republican challenger Steve Scalise challenged Jindal on his vote for this tax plan before Scalise dropped out of the congressional race in 2004. As Governor, Jindal initially opposed reforms to the Stelly plan that would result in over $300 million in tax cuts. He later agreed to the tax cut after the legislature appeared headed to eliminating the entire personal income tax which Jindal also opposed. [http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=8521558&nav=menu57_1 WAFB Channel 9, Baton Rouge, LA |Stelly tax ad causing controversy ] ] Talk show host [http://www.moongriffon.com/ Moon Griffon] subsequently refused to air radio ads paid for by the organization [http://www.believeinlouisiana.com/ Believe in Louisiana] crediting Jindal for Stelly reforms saying "Now, they are taking credit for the biggest income tax cut in the history of Louisiana and I felt like it was a lie. To be real blunt, very misleading and it was an outright lie because he had fought hard against it," .

Jindal voted yes on making the PATRIOT Act permanent, voted in favor of the 2006 Military Commissions Act, supported a constitutional amendment banning flag burning, [http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll296.xml] and voted against the Real ID Act of 2005. [ [http://www.opencongress.org/people/voting_history/400634_bobby_jindal/58 OpenCongress - Voting History: Rep. Bobby Jindal [R, LA-1 ] ] Jindal has an A rating from Gun Owners of America.

He was a member of the conservative Republican Study Committee. [ [http://www.house.gov/hensarling/rsc/ RSC official site] ] In 2006, Jindal voted with the Republican Caucus 97 percent of the time during the 109th Congress. [ [http://www.aboutbobby.com AboutBobby.com ] ]

Jindal also supports co-payments in Medicaid. [ Bobby Jindal 2004 Congressional Campaign Website]

In 2006, Jindal sponsored the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act (H.R. 4761), a bill to eliminate the moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling over the U.S. outer continental shelf, which prompted the watchdog group Republicans for Environmental Protection to issue him an environmental harm demerit. [ [http://www.rep.org/2006_scorecard.pdf Republicans for Environmental Protection 2006 Scorecard] ] Jindal's 2006 rating from that organization was -4, among the lowest in Congress. The nonpartisan League of Conservation Voters also censured Jindal for securing passage of H.R. 4761 in the House of Representatives; the group rated his environmental performance that year at seven percent, citing anti-environment votes on 11 out of 12 critical issues. Jindal's lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters is seven percent. [ [League of Conservation Voters 2006 National Environmental Scorecard] ] Despite claims that Jindal's bill was successful, [ [http://blog.bobbyjindal.com/2006/the-hard-work-pays-off/ The hard work pays off] ] H.R. 4761 was replaced by S 3711 (known as the Domenici-Landrieu Fair Share Plan). The original Senate version was passed by both houses of Congress and signed by President Bush. [ [http://landrieu.senate.gov/~landrieu/releases/06/2006C09513.html U.S. Senate Passes Domenici-Landrieu "Fair Share" Plan in Early Morning 79-to-9 Vote] ]

In 2007 Jindal led the Louisiana delegation in Congressional earmark funding. His earmark funding was 14th among all Congressmen in 2007 according to the organization [http://taxpayer.net/ Taxpayers for Common Sense] ] . [www.taxpayer.net/user_uploads/ file/Database%20Docs/membernumbers.xls] As Governor in 2008, Jindal used his line item to veto to strike $16 million in earmarks from the state budget while allowing $30 million in legislator added spending. [ [http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-11/121609935236570.xml&coll=1&thispage=2 Jindal hacks budget earmarks- NOLA.com ] ]

Jindal supports the teaching of intelligent design in public schools. [http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1668433,00.html The Second Coming of Bobby Jindal] "http://www.time.com]

On June 25, 2008, Jindal signed the "Sex Offender Chemical Castration Bill", authorizing the chemical castration of those convicted of certain sex offenses. [cite press release |title=Governor Signs Chemical Castration Bill, Authorizing the Castration of Sex Offenders in Louisiana |publisher=Office of the Governor |date=2008-06-25 |url=http://www.gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=270 |accessdate=2008-08-01]

Writings

A list of Jindal's published writings up to 2001 can be found in the hearing report for his 2001 U.S. Senate confirmation. [ [http://www.senate.gov/~finance/75166.pdf “Nominatons of Claude Allen, Thomas Scully, Piyush Jindal, Linnet F. Deily, Peter Allgeier, Peter R. Fisher, and James Gurule”] , U.S. Senate Hearing 107-130, 107th Congress, 1st Session, pages 95-97 (2001-05-16).] They include newspaper columns, law review articles, and an article co-authored for the "Journal of the American Medical Association".

Jindal's pre-2001 writings include several articles in the "New Oxford Review", one of which dealt with the subject of exorcism. In that 1994 article, Jindal described witnessing a friend seemingly being possessed by a demon. However, at the end of the article he questioned whether he actually witnessed spiritual warfare. [http://www.kulo.org/NewOxfordReview.BobbyJindalsDemon/NewOxfordReview.BobbyJindalsDemon.html "BEATING A DEMON: Physical Dimensions of Spiritual Warfare,"] "New Oxford Review," December 1994: "I began to think that the demon would only attack me if I tried to pray or fight back....Did I witness spiritual warfare? I do not have the answers..."]

Electoral history

Governor of Louisiana, 2003

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First Ballot, October 4, 2003

U. S. Representative, 1st Congressional District, 2006

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First Ballot, November 7, 2006

Governor of Louisiana, 2007

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First Ballot, October 20, 2007

References

External links

;Governor
* [http://www.gov.state.la.us/ Official state site]
** [http://www.gov.state.la.us/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&navID=38&cpID=1&cfmID=0&catID=0 biography]
* [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=18568 Gubernatorial campaign contributions] at "Follow the Money"
* [http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/bobbyjindallouisianagovvictory.htm Complete text, audio, video of Bobby Jindal's gubernatorial election victory address] from AmericanRhetoric.com
* [http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/09/prez-race-could.html Hurricane Gustav: Jindal's first big test] from SAJAforum.org

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;Media coverage
* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/bobby_jindal/index.html Collected news stories and commentary] from "The New York Times"
* [http://www.sajaforum.org/bobby_jindal/ Collected reports on Jindal] from "SAJAforum.org"

;Editorial written by Bobby Jindal
* [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121997044786681871.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries Fiscal Conservatism Helped Louisiana Beat Katrina] by Bobby Jindal, Wall St. Journal, August 29, 2008

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