Young Republican wins La. Governorship

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" BATON ROUGE, La. - U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal easily defeated 11 opponents and became the state's first nonwhite governor since Reconstruction, decades after his parents moved to the state from India to pursue the American dream.

Jindal, a 36-year-old Republican, will be the nation's youngest governor. He had 53 percent with 625,036 votes with about 92 percent of the vote tallied. It was more than enough to win Saturday's election outright and avoid a Nov. 17 runoff.

"My mom and dad came to this country in pursuit of the American dream. And guess what happened. They found the American dream to be alive and well right here in Louisiana," he said to cheers and applause at his victory party."

Indian immigrants' son new La. governor - Yahoo! News
 

ImnoMensa

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I dont mean to take anything away from this mans accomplishment ,nor do I mean to demean the Indian people, but after Blanco the people of Louissianna would have pobably elected almost anything else.
 
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