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Bobby Jindal, 36, a Republican elected Louisiana governor on Saturday,the first
Indian-American to win a governor’s race.
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Staff Researcher on 22 October, 2007 12:04:00
 
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.
Read the complete article in the New York Times.