Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Saturday, easily winning a landslide election coasters second semester of, or be able to attract a well-known opposition to the deep hole.
40-year-old Republican overwhelmed nine primary competitors in the open, where a candidate wins the race, even if he gets more than 50 percent of the vote. 99 percent of the land to Jindal has written about 66 percent of the total vote.His nearest competitor, was Tara Hollis, north Louisiana Democrat, nearly 18 percent of the vote. All other candidates were in single digits.
"I use every day, every hour for the next four years to make Louisiana the best we can be. I do not think based on our past achievements. I do not take time off," Jindal told a hotel ballroom packed with supporters piled up in Baton Rouge.Jindal $ 15 million in campaign cash over the nation and drew no Democratic contenders with statewide name recognition or fundraising heft. He was consistently high since he took office, the certificate is valid for the 2008th
His victory in the middle of the virtual collapse of the Democratic Party influence in the country. In the long run, got the Republicans control of all seven statewide offices and both houses of the legislature. Hollis was an outsider to the political establishment and could not raise money Jindal to challenge big-ticket confirmation or promotional competition.
The first Indian-American governor in the United States, Jindal looked at some of the possible future presidential candidate. He has recently published a book and regularly appears on national news shows, but he ruled out run.Still 2012, is his brand of conservatism, and they refused to raise taxes a resonance outside the country. His new term begins in January.
Race, which received more attention in Louisiana was one of the lieutenant governor, the office holder is next in line to take Jindal because of his political ambitions.Incumbent State Jay Dardenne, who took office after a special election last year was 53 percent of the ballot was won in Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser 47 percent, the results showed 99 percent of the county reported. As Jindal, Nungesser was a vocal critic of the federal response to a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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