Indian-American Bobby Jindal Becomes Governor of Louisiana

Bobby Jindal will take over as Governor in January next year, until then he would continue to be a Congressman.

Four years after he lost a heated battle for the post, 36-year-old Jindal won with 53 percent of the vote while his nearest democrat received 17 percent of the vote.

He will be the youngest US Governor when in office. The Washington Post writes that "His wife, SupriyaJindal, is also a Catholic convert"

The Republican`s prospects brightened thanks to three years of Congressional experience, a splintered Democratic field and an incumbent whose political fortunes were done in by Hurricane Katrina.

Polls already showed that Bobby Jindal had the support of nearly half of the state`s voters, and no one else was even close in the field of a dozen candidates.

Under Louisiana`s open primary system, all candidates for Governor were running against each other, regardless of party.

Bobby Jindal lost to Democrat Kathleen Blanco in 2003, garnering 48 per cent of the vote.

Blanco ended her re-election bid earlier this year after being sharply criticised for the state`s sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. - DDNews