Bobby Jindal, 36, a Republican elected Louisiana governor on Saturday,the first Indian-American to win a governor’s race.
Bobby Jindal
The first Indian-American to win a governor’s race. A New York Times profile on Bobby Jindal.
The first words from Bobby Jindal to his supporters after he won the Louisiana governor’s race on Saturday night were not about his victory, but L.S.U.’s triumph over Auburn the same day.
The message could not have been clearer: I’m one of you, a normal, red-blooded football-loving Louisiana guy. It is a theme that seems to have informed the youthful Republican congressman’s every step, from his decision at age 4 to jettison his given name of Piyush for that of a character in the television series “The Brady Bunch” to the attentive faith-infused courting of conservatives that led to his victory on Saturday with 54 percent of the vote.
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