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Potential 2012 Candidate for President of the United States
Piyush Amrit "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971) is the 55th Governor of Louisiana. At age 36, Jindal became the youngest
then-current governor in the United States. He is the first
elected non-white Governor of Louisiana and the first Indian-American governor in the country. In 2008, Governor Jindal was
ranked one of the nation's most popular governors with an approval rating of 77%. Before Jindal was elected governor, he
was a member of Congress for Louisiana's 1st Congressional District. Jindal was first elected to the House in 2004 and was
re-elected in 2006 with 88% of the vote. He is the second Indian-American elected to Congress.
On February 24, 2009, Jindal delivered the official Republican response to President Obama's address to a joint
session of Congress. The speech was generally considered a disaster, and enthusiasm for Jindal's possible Presidential
candidacy has dwindled since then.
Source: wikipedia.org
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