Jindal Takes Louisiana
Republican Bobby Jindal took over 50 percent of the vote against a field of eleven opponents to win the governorship of Louisiana. 36-year-old Jindal is the son of Indian immigrants and committed conservative.
When he was 4, he decided to call himself Bobby — after the youngest son on the "Brady Bunch" television show. In high school, he gave up Hinduism and became a Christian; and during his first year at Brown University, he was baptized as a Roman Catholic. His wife, Supriya, is also a Catholic convert.
On the campaign trail, his origins often aroused curiosity and comment. But Jindal sometimes deflected related questions.
"People want to make everything about race," he said during one of the debates. "The only colors that matter here are red, white and blue."
Now he will become the nation’s first Indian-American governor and Louisiana’s first nonwhite governor since Reconstruction.
Way to go, Bobby!
