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| Indian-American Bobby Jindal wins US Congress seat |
| 2004-11-04 |
| Indian-American Piyush "Bobby" Jindal coasted to victory Wednesday in his bid for a seat in the US House of Representatives, rebounding from his failed attempt last year to become governor of Louisiana. A Republican, Jindal won 78 percent of the votes cast Tuesday in his district in suburban New Orleans, according to news reports. His nearest competitor, Democrat Roy Armstrong, netted a little less than seven percent of the vote. With his resounding victory, Bobby Jindal, 33, whose parents come from the Punjab in northern India, affirmed his status as a rising star in the Republican Party. His engineer father and civil servant mother emigrated from India before his birth, and Jindal was born and raised in the Louisiana capital Baton Rouge. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 No Barbara, what would *really* get the elites panties laterally distorted would be a Rudy-Condi victory in '08. Can you imagine those ME misogonists having to defer to a Black Woman veep? heh! |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-11-04 10:41:14 PM |
| #5 This is great news! I didn't even know he was running. The vaunted MSM did its usual lackluster job of non-reporting, I suppose. I hope this is just his first stop. It would be cool if he ends up in the White House one day. Wouldn't that get the "world elite"'s knickers in a twist? :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-04 10:32:08 PM |
| #4 Good guy, that Jindal. Nice add to the Republican caucus in the House. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-11-04 8:54:03 PM |
| #3 Ummmmm.... Curried Cajun. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-04 12:30:05 PM |
| #2 ditto!! Zhang F. He lost the Senate race because he refused to fight dirty. I am glad to see that he did not give up on his ambitions. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-11-04 11:44:32 AM |
| #1 Looks like his run for Senate really did good things for his name recognition. This is a man who's going places. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-11-04 10:26:15 AM |