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{{short description|American politician (born 1971)}}
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|image = Bobby Jindal August 2015.jpg | caption = Jindal in 2013
|order = 55th ] | order = 55th ]
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|term_start = January 14, 2008 | term_start = January 14, 2008
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|successor2 = Michael O’Grady | successor2 = Michael O'Grady
| birth_name = Piyush Jindal
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'''Piyush "Bobby" Jindal''' (born June 10, 1971)<ref name=Tilove_20110506>{{cite news|accessdate= |author= Jonathan Tilove|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/gov_bobby_jindal_releases_his.html |title=Gov. Bobby Jindal releases his birth certificate |work=] |date=May 6, 2011}}</ref> is an American politician who is the 55th and current ], a former ], and former vice chairman of the ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Hamby|first=Peter|title=How Chris Christie took over the Republican Governors Association|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/21/politics/christie-rga-chairman/index.html|publisher=CNN|accessdate=November 22, 2013|date=November 22, 2013}}</ref> '''Piyush''' "'''Bobby'''" '''Jindal''' (born June 10, 1971<ref name="nola">{{cite news|author=JonathanTilove|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/gov_bobby_jindal_releases_his.html|title=Gov. Bobby Jindal releases his birth certificate|work=]|date=May 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509073052/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/gov_bobby_jindal_releases_his.html|archive-date=May 9, 2011}}</ref>) is an American politician who served as the 55th ] from 2008 to 2016. A member of the ], Jindal previously served as a ] from Louisiana from 2005 to 2008, and served as chair of the ] from 2012 to 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hamby|first=Peter|title=How Chris Christie took over the Republican Governors Association|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/21/politics/christie-rga-chairman/index.html|publisher=]|access-date=November 22, 2013|date=November 22, 2013}}</ref>


In 1996, Governor ] appointed Jindal secretary of the ], and in 1999 he was appointed president of the ]. In 2001, Jindal was appointed as the principal adviser to ], the ] by the ] ], ]. In 1995, Jindal was appointed secretary of the ]. In 1999, he was appointed president of the ]. At 28, Jindal became the youngest person to hold the position. In 2001, President ] appointed Jindal as principal adviser to the ].<ref name=Taylor>{{cite web|title=5 Things You Should Know About Bobby Jindal|first=Jessica|last=Taylor|newspaper=]|date=June 24, 2015|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/06/24/416990332/5-things-you-should-know-about-bobby-jindal|access-date=30 June 2016}}</ref>


He first ran for governor ] and won a ] in the ] but lost in the ] to the ] candidate, ]. He then won a seat in the ] in the ]. The second ] in Congress, he was re-elected ]. He ran for governor again ] and secured an outright majority in the first round of balloting; in doing so, he became the first Indian American governor in the United States.<ref name="First IA gov"/> He was re-elected in a landslide ]. Jindal first ran for governor of Louisiana in ], but lost in the ] to ] candidate ]. In 2004, he was elected to the ], becoming the second ] in Congress, and he was reelected in 2006. To date, he is the only Indian American Republican to have ever served in Congress. Jindal ran for governor again in the ] and won. Jindal was re-elected in ] in a landslide, winning more than 65 percent of the vote.<ref name=Taylor/><ref name="First IA gov"/> He was the first ] governor, and the only one until ] became ] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nriinternet.com/Section3Who/WhoUSA/NikkiRandhawa/110204_Elected.htm|title=Untitled Document|website=nriinternet.com}}</ref>


On June 24, 2015, Jindal announced ] for the ] in the ].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/us/politics/bobby-jindal-announces-bid-for-president.html?_r=0</ref> On November 17, 2015, Jindal ended his presidential campaign.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/17/politics/bobby-jindal-announces-he-is-ending-presidential-campaign/index.html</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-bobby-jindal-drops-presidential-race/story?id=35263609|title=Republican Bobby Jindal Drops Out of Presidential Race|publisher=ABC News.com|accessdate=November 17, 2015}}</ref> On June 24, 2015, Jindal announced ] for the ] in the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/us/politics/bobby-jindal-announces-bid-for-president.html|title=Bobby Jindal Enters Presidential Race, Saying 'It Is Time for a Doer'|first=Manny|last=Fernandez|newspaper=]|date=June 24, 2015}}</ref> He suspended his campaign in November 2015,<ref name="tomlobiancoandjeffzeleny" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-bobby-jindal-drops-presidential-race/story?id=35263609|title=Republican Bobby Jindal Drops Out of Presidential Race|publisher=]|access-date=November 17, 2015}}</ref> subsequently announcing his support for ].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/4210519/bobby-jindal-marco-rubio-republican/ |title=Bobby Jindal Endorses Marco Rubio for President |magazine=]|access-date=February 4, 2016}}</ref> He finished his term as governor in January 2016.


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==
Piyush Jindal was born on June 10, 1971, in ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Tilove|first=Jonathan|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/05/gov_bobby_jindal_releases_his.html|title=Gov. Bobby Jindal releases his birth certificate|work=]|date=May 6, 2011|accessdate=September 21, 2015}}</ref> He is the first of two sons of Raj (née Gupta) and Amar Jindal, immigrants from ], ]. His father is a ] and graduate of ]<ref name="tribuneindia.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031118/punjab1.htm#6 |title=Bobby Jindal down but not out, say kin|work=The Tribune|location=Chandigarh, India |date=November 18, 2003 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name="esquire.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/bobby-jindal-all-american-1008-2?src=del |title=Bobby Jindal Biography – Who Is Republican Governor Bobby Jindal? |work=Esquire |date=February 24, 2009 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sebastian |first=Michael |url=http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a4952/bobby-jindal-all-american-1008/ |title=Bobby Jindal Biography - Who Is Republican Governor Bobby Jindal? |work=Esquire |date=2015-06-25 |accessdate=2015-11-16}}</ref> His mother is a graduate of ] and worked in nuclear physics at the ] in ]. Prior to immigrating to the United States, both his parents were lecturers at an Indian engineering college.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/bobby-jindal-all-american-1008 |title=Bobby Jindal Biography – Who Is Republican Governor Bobby Jindal? |work=Esquire |date=February 24, 2009 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> At the time of their move to the US, Raj Jindal was to be a doctoral candidate in physics.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/from-piyush-to-bobby-how-does-jindal-feel-about-his-familys-past/2015/06/22/7d45a3da-18ec-11e5-ab92-c75ae6ab94b5_story.html|title=From Piyush to Bobby: How does Jindal feel about his family's past?|work=The Washington Post|last1=Gowen|first1=Annie|last2=Bridges|first2=Tyler|date=June 23, 2015|accessdate=September 22, 2015}}</ref> They left ], ], ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/why-a-malerkotla-village-is-looking-forwards-to-greeting-president-bobby-jindal/|title=Why a Malerkotla village is looking forward to greet 'President' Bobby Jindal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/nri-achievers/Bobby-Jindals-only-connection-to-Punjab-an-electricity-bill/articleshow/47857668.cms|title=Bobby Jindal's only connection to Punjab — an electricity bill!}}</ref> in January 1971, six months before their son was born.<ref name=IHT_Nossiter_20071022>{{cite news |accessdate=February 27, 2015 Jindal was born on June 10, 1971, in ], ], to immigrant ] ] ] parents.<ref name="nola" /><ref name="GowenBridges2015">{{cite news |last1=Gowen |first1=Annie |last2=Bridges |first2=Tyler |author-link2=Tyler Bridges |title=From Piyush to Bobby: How does Jindal feel about his family's past? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/from-piyush-to-bobby-how-does-jindal-feel-about-his-familys-past/2015/06/22/7d45a3da-18ec-11e5-ab92-c75ae6ab94b5_story.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629225227/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/from-piyush-to-bobby-how-does-jindal-feel-about-his-familys-past/2015/06/22/7d45a3da-18ec-11e5-ab92-c75ae6ab94b5_story.html |archive-date=June 29, 2015 |newspaper=] |language=en |date=23 June 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He is the first of two sons of Raj (née Gupta) and Amar Jindal, from ], ]. His father is a ] and graduate of ]<ref name="tribuneindia.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031118/punjab1.htm#6|title=Bobby Jindal down but not out, say kin|work=]|location=Chandigarh, India|date=November 18, 2003|access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name="esquire.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/bobby-jindal-all-american-1008-2?src=del|title=Bobby Jindal Biography – Who Is Republican Governor Bobby Jindal?|work=]|date=February 24, 2009|access-date=August 7, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711050142/http://www.esquire.com/features/bobby-jindal-all-american-1008-2?src=del|archive-date=July 11, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sebastian|first=Michael|url=http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a4952/bobby-jindal-all-american-1008|title=Bobby Jindal Biography - Who Is Republican Governor Bobby Jindal?|work=]|date=June 25, 2015|access-date=November 16, 2015}}</ref> His mother is a graduate of ] and worked in nuclear physics at the ] in ]. Before migrating to the United States, both of his parents were lecturers at an Indian engineering college.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/bobby-jindal-all-american-1008|title=Bobby Jindal Biography – Who Is Republican Governor Bobby Jindal?|work=]|date=February 24, 2009|access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref>
|author=Nossiter, Adam |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/world/americas/22iht-22louisiana.7991675.html?_r=0
|title=In a Southern U.S. state, immigrants' son takes over |work=]
|date=October 22, 2007}}</ref> Jindal's paternal grandfather was a Khanpur merchant, and his maternal grandfather was a Ferozepur banker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nola.com/updates/2007/12/a_passage_from_india.html|title=A Passage from India|work=The Times-Picayune|date=December 29, 2007|accessdate=September 22, 2015}}</ref> The family settled near ]. Jindal attended ], graduating in 1988 at the top of his class. While in high school, he competed in tennis tournaments, started various enterprises such as a computer newsletter, retail candy business, and a mail-order software company. He spent free time working in the stands at ] football games.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>


At the time of their move to the U.S., Raj Jindal was to be a doctoral candidate in physics.<ref name="GowenBridges2015"/> They left ], ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/why-a-malerkotla-village-is-looking-forwards-to-greeting-president-bobby-jindal/|title=Why a Malerkotla village is looking forward to greet 'President' Bobby Jindal|date=June 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/nri-achievers/Bobby-Jindals-only-connection-to-Punjab-an-electricity-bill/articleshow/47857668.cms|title=Bobby Jindal's only connection to Punjab — an electricity bill! - Times of India ►|website=The Times of India|date=June 29, 2015 }}</ref> in January 1971, six months before their son was born.<ref name=IHT_Nossiter_20071022>{{cite news |access-date=February 27, 2015 |last=Nossiter |first=Adam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/world/americas/22iht-22louisiana.7991675.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822031600/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/world/americas/22iht-22louisiana.7991675.html |archive-date=August 22, 2015 |title=In a Southern U.S. state, immigrants' son takes over |work=] |date=October 22, 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Jindal's paternal grandfather was a merchant from ], ] and his maternal grandfather was a ] banker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nola.com/updates/2007/12/a_passage_from_india.html|title=A Passage from India|work=]|date=December 29, 2007|access-date=September 22, 2015|archive-date=September 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909203607/http://blog.nola.com/updates/2007/12/a_passage_from_india.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Jindal graduated from ] in 1991 at the age of 20, with ] in two majors, biology and public policy.<ref name="ReferenceA">Sager, Mike (February 24, 2009), , ''Esquire''</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bobbyjindal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88&Itemid=92|title=Governor Bobby Jindal|publisher=|accessdate=September 26, 2014}}</ref> He was one of 50 students nationwide admitted to the ] (PLME), guaranteeing him a place at ]. Jindal is also credited with leading ]'s ] student group.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sager|first=Mike|url=http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a4952/bobby-jindal-all-american-1008/|title=Bobby Jindal, All American|work=]|date=June 25, 2015|accessdate=September 21, 2015}}</ref> Jindal was named to the 1992 '']'' All-USA Academic Team. He applied to and was accepted by both ] and ], but studied at ], as a ]. He received an ] in ] with an emphasis in ] from the ] in 1994, where the subject of his ] was "A needs-based approach to health care".<ref name="ReferenceA"/>


The family settled near ]. Jindal attended ], graduating in 1988. While in high school, he competed in tennis tournaments, started various enterprises such as a computer newsletter, retail candy business, and a mail-order software company. He spent free time working in the stands at ] games.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
Jindal's interest in Christianity was formed in high school through his friends, and his religious faith grew stronger at ]. He began attending ], and in the fall of 1989 he was baptized<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Bobby_Jindal_Principles_+_Values.htm |title=Bobby Jindal on Principles & Values |publisher=Ontheissues.org |date= |accessdate=2015-11-16}}</ref> in ]. Jindal wrote several articles about his spiritual journey that were published in the '']''.<ref name="10things"/>


Jindal graduated from ] in 1992 at the age of 20, with ] in two majors: biology and public policy.<ref name="ReferenceA">Sager, Mike (February 24, 2009), {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414215516/http://www.esquire.com/features/bobby-jindal-all-american-1008-3 |date=April 14, 2009 }}, Esquire.com; accessed July 27, 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bobbyjindal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88&Itemid=92|title=Governor Bobby Jindal|access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref>
==Career==
After completing his studies at Oxford, Jindal turned down an offer to study for a ] in politics. Instead, Jindal joined the consulting firm ].<ref name="10things">{{cite news|url=http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/05/22/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-bobby-jindal.html |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Bobby Jindal |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |first=Jill |last=Konieczko|date=May 22, 2008}}</ref> He then ] in the office of Rep. ] of Louisiana, where McCrery assigned him to work on healthcare policy; Jindal spent two weeks studying ] to compile an extensive report on possible solutions to Medicare's financial problems, which he presented to McCrery.<ref name="NJbio">{{cite web|last=Harder |first=Amy |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/person/bobby-jindal-la/ |title=Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) |publisher=Nationaljournal.com |date= |accessdate=2013-07-19}}</ref>


Jindal was admitted to the ] (PLME), guaranteeing him a place at ]. He did not pursue his Medical Doctorate. Jindal has been credited with leading ]'s ] student group.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sager|first=Mike|url=http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a4952/bobby-jindal-all-american-1008|title=Bobby Jindal, All American|work=]|date=June 25, 2015|access-date=September 21, 2015}}</ref>
==Early political career (1993–2003)==


Jindal was named to the 1992 '']'' All-USA Academic Team. He applied to and was accepted by both ] and ], but studied as a ] where he received an ] in ] with an emphasis in ] from ] in 1994. The subject of his ] was "A needs-based approach to health care".<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

==Career==
After completing his studies at Oxford, Jindal turned down an offer to study for a ] in politics, instead joining the consulting firm ].<ref name="10things">{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/05/22/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-bobby-jindal.html|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Bobby Jindal|work=]|first=Jill|last=Konieczko|date=May 22, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623072857/http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/05/22/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-bobby-jindal.html|archive-date=June 23, 2010}}</ref> He then ] in the office of Rep. ] of Louisiana, where McCrery assigned him to work on healthcare policy; Jindal spent two weeks studying ] to compile an extensive report on possible solutions to Medicare's financial problems, which he presented to McCrery.<ref name="NJbio">{{cite web|last=Harder|first=Amy|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/person/bobby-jindal-la|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111120615/http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2010/person/bobby-jindal-la/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2012|title=Gov. Bobby Jindal (R)|work=Nationaljournal.com|access-date=July 19, 2013}}</ref>

==Early political career (1996–2003)==
===Foster administration=== ===Foster administration===
In 1993, U.S. Representative ] (whom Jindal had worked for as a summer intern) introduced him to Governor ].<ref name=NationalReview_Miller_20070514>{{cite news|accessdate=|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_8_59/ai_n19052994/print|title=The Louisiana wunderkind: beholding Rep. Bobby Jindal |last=Miller|first=John J.|work=]|date=May 14, 2007 |format=republished on'']''|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080105125950/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_8_59/ai_n19052994/print|archivedate=January 5, 2008}}</ref> In 1996, Foster appointed Jindal as Secretary of the ], an agency that represented about 40 percent of the state ] and employed over 12,000 people. Foster called Jindal a genius who has a lot of knowledge of medicine.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB47801EBF0A17C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=NewsLibrary Search Results |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2013-07-19}}</ref> Jindal was 24 at the time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bobby Jindal|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/bobby_jindal/index.html|work=New York Times|accessdate=July 23, 2012|first=Shaila|last=Dewan}}</ref> During his tenure, Louisiana's ] program went from ] with a $400 million ] into three years of ] totaling $220 million.<ref>{{dead link|date=August 2012}}</ref> Jindal was criticized during the 2007 campaign by the Louisiana ] for closing some local clinics to reach that surplus.<ref name=TownTalk_Hasten_20070919>{{cite news |accessdate= In 1993, McCrery introduced Jindal to Governor ]. In 1996, Foster appointed Jindal as Secretary of the ], an agency that represented about 40 percent of the state ] and employed over 12,000 people. Foster called Jindal a genius who had a great deal of medical knowledge.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB47801EBF0A17C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=NewsLibrary Search Results|access-date=July 19, 2013}}</ref> Jindal was 24 at the time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bobby Jindal|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/bobby_jindal/index.html|work=]|access-date=July 23, 2012|first=Shaila|last=Dewan}}</ref>
|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/NEWS01/709190323/1002/NEWS17 |title=Governor's race becomes a labor vs. business battle |author=Hasten, Mike|date=September 19, 2007|work=] |location=Alexandria, LA}}</ref> Under Jindal's term, Louisiana nationally rose to third place in child healthcare screenings, with child immunizations rising, and introduced new and expanded services for the elderly and the disabled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.state.la.us/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&navID=38&cpID=1&catID=0 |title=Governor Bobby Jindal &#124; State of Louisiana |publisher=Gov.state.la.us |date= |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> In 1998, Jindal was appointed executive director of the ], a 17-member panel charged with devising plans to reform ]. In 1999, at the request of the Louisiana governor's office and the ], Jindal examined how Louisiana might use its $4.4 billion share of the ].


During his tenure, Louisiana's ] program went from ] with a $400 million ] into three years of ] totaling $220 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zimbio.com/Congressman+Bobby+Jindal/articles/15/Rush+Limbaugh+defends+Bobby+Jindal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707231810/http://www.zimbio.com/Congressman%2BBobby%2BJindal/articles/15/Rush%2BLimbaugh%2Bdefends%2BBobby%2BJindal|url-status=dead|title=Rush Limbaugh defends Bobby Jindal – Congressman Bobby Jindal – Zimbio|archive-date=July 7, 2010}}</ref>
In 1998, Jindal received the Samuel S. Beard Award for greatest public service by an individual 35 years old or under, an award given annually by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national |title=National Winners &#124; public service awards |publisher=Jefferson Awards.org |date= |accessdate=2014-08-20}}</ref>


Jindal was criticized during the 2007 campaign by the Louisiana ] for closing some local clinics to reach that surplus.<ref name=TownTalk_Hasten_20070919>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/NEWS01/709190323/1002/NEWS17|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104222609/http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/NEWS01/709190323/1002/NEWS17|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2013|title=Governor's race becomes a labor vs. business battle|author=Hasten, Mike|date=September 19, 2007|work=]|location=Alexandria, LA}}</ref> Under Jindal's term, Louisiana nationally rose to third place in child healthcare screenings, with child immunizations rising, and introduced new and expanded services for the elderly and the disabled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.state.la.us/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&navID=38&cpID=1&catID=0|title=Governor Bobby Jindal &#124; State of Louisiana|publisher=Gov.state.la.us|access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref>
At 28 years of age in 1999, Jindal was appointed to become the youngest-ever president of the ], the nation's 16th largest system of higher education with over 80,000 students per year.<ref name="esquire.comPage4">{{cite web|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/bobby-jindal-all-american-1008-4 |title=Bobby Jindal Biography – Who Is Republican Governor Bobby Jindal? |publisher=Esquire |date=February 24, 2009 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref>

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In 1998, Jindal was appointed executive director of the ], a 17-member panel charged with devising plans to reform ]. In 1999, at the request of the Louisiana governor's office and the ], Jindal examined how Louisiana might use its $4.4 billion share of the ].{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

In 1998, Jindal received the Samuel S. Beard Award for greatest public service by an individual 35 years old or under, an award given annually by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national|title=National Winners &#124; public service awards|publisher=Jefferson Awards.org|access-date=August 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124043935/http://jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national|archive-date=November 24, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

At 28 years of age in 1999, Jindal was appointed to become the youngest-ever president of the ], the nation's 16th largest system of higher education with over 80,000 students.<ref name="esquire.comPage4">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/bobby-jindal-all-american-1008-4|title=Bobby Jindal Biography – Who Is Republican Governor Bobby Jindal?|magazine=]|date=February 24, 2009|access-date=August 7, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021075142/http://www.esquire.com/features/bobby-jindal-all-american-1008-4|archive-date=October 21, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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===Bush administration=== ===Bush administration===
In March 2001, he was nominated by ] ] to be ].<ref>{{wayback|aspe.hhs.gov/jindal.htm|Biography of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation}}, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, c. 2001. Retrieved October 25, 2007.</ref> He was later unanimously confirmed by a vote of the ] and began serving on July 9, 2001. In that position, he served as the principal policy adviser to the ].<ref name=BJ.com_Experience>{{cite web|accessdate=|url=http://www.bobbyjindal.com/bobby/bobby_experience.aspx|title=Bobby's Experience|work=About Bobby |publisher=bobbyjindal.com|year=2008}}{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref> He resigned from that post on February 21, 2003, to return to Louisiana and run for governor.<ref name=HHS_PressRelease_20030213>{{cite press release|accessdate=October 25, 2007|url=http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20030213b.html|title=Bobby Jindal announces he is stepping down as HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation|date=February 13, 2003|publisher=]}}{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref> He was assigned to help fight the ] by examining steps to improve ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hRtOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=euwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4994,6382114&dq=bobby+jindal&hl=en |title=The Deseret News – Google News Archive Search |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2013-07-19}}</ref> In March 2001, he was nominated by ] ] to be ].<ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/aspe.hhs.gov/jindal.htm |date=* |title=Biography of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation }}, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, c. 2001. Retrieved October 25, 2007.</ref> He was later unanimously confirmed by a vote of the ] and began serving on July 9, 2001. In that position, he served as the principal policy adviser to the ].<ref name="BJ.com_Experience">{{cite web|url=http://www.bobbyjindal.com/bobby/bobby_experience.aspx|title=Bobby's Experience|work=About Bobby|publisher=bobbyjindal.com|year=2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071122190622/http://www.bobbyjindal.com/bobby/bobby_experience.aspx|archive-date=November 22, 2007}}</ref> He resigned from that post on February 21, 2003, to return to Louisiana and run for governor.<ref name=HHS_PressRelease_20030213>{{cite press release|access-date=October 25, 2007 |url=https://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20030213b.html |title=Bobby Jindal announces he is stepping down as HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation|date=February 13, 2003|publisher=]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927145658/http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20030213b.html|archive-date=September 27, 2006}}</ref> He was assigned to help fight the ] by examining steps to improve ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hRtOAAAAIBAJ&pg=4994,6382114&dq=bobby+jindal&hl=en|title=The Deseret News|access-date=July 19, 2013}}</ref>


===2003 election for governor=== ===2003 election for governor===
Jindal came to national prominence during the ] for governor of Louisiana. In what Louisianans call an "]" (but which is technically a ]), Jindal finished first with 33 percent of the vote. He received endorsements from the largest paper in Louisiana, the '']''; the newly elected Democratic ], ]; and the outgoing Republican governor, ].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cowan, McGuire|first1=Walter Greaves, Jack B.|title=Louisiana Governors: Rulers, Rascals, and Reformers|date=2010|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|page=293|isbn=9781604733204|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-0-kmu4vk0C&q=mike+foster+endorse+jindal+2003&pg=PA293|access-date=September 21, 2015}}</ref>
Jindal came to national prominence during the ] for governor of Louisiana.


In what Louisianans call an "]" (but which is technically a ]), Jindal finished first with 33 percent of the vote. He received endorsements from the largest paper in Louisiana, the ] '']''; the newly elected Democratic ], ]; and the outgoing Republican governor, ].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cowan, McGuire|first1=Walter Greaves, Jack B.|title=Louisiana Governors: Rulers, Rascals, and Reformers|date=2010|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|page=293|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-0-kmu4vk0C&pg=PA293&lpg=PA293&dq=mike+foster+endorse+jindal+2003&source=bl&ots=GYu47JUf0w&sig=q_8llOxM3uLVmCR-yPzBOKn2rK4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEcQ6AEwB2oVChMIsfqq-9iJyAIVyxs-Ch3r-wts#v=onepage&q=mike%20foster%20endorse%20jindal%202003&f=false|accessdate=September 21, 2015}}</ref> In the second balloting, Jindal faced the outgoing lieutenant governor, ] of ], a Democrat. Despite winning in Blanco's hometown, he lost many normally ] parishes in north Louisiana, and Blanco prevailed with 52 percent of the popular vote. In the second balloting, Jindal faced the outgoing lieutenant governor, ] of ], a Democrat. Despite winning in Blanco's hometown, he lost many normally ] parishes in north Louisiana, and Blanco prevailed with 52 percent of the popular vote.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}


Some political analysts blamed Jindal's loss for his refusal to answer questions targeted at his religion and ethnic background brought up in several Democratic advertisements,<ref name=TimePicayune_Moller_20070816>{{cite news|accessdate=|title=Jindal counters Demo attacks; Rapid response to ads reflects shift in tactics|date=August 16, 2007 |author=Moller, Jan |work=The Times-Picayune |location=New Orleans, LA|url=http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1187248123127760.xml&coll=1|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070930180828/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1187248123127760.xml&coll=1|archivedate=September 30, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=53061 |title=News Features |publisher=Catholic Culture |date=August 22, 2007 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> which the Jindal campaign called "negative attack ads." Despite losing the election in 2003, the run for governor made Jindal a well-known figure on the state's political scene and a rising star within the Republican Party. Some political analysts blamed Jindal's loss for his refusal to answer questions targeted at his religion and ethnic background brought up in several Democratic advertisements,<ref name=TimePicayune_Moller_20070816>{{cite news|title=Jindal counters Demo attacks; Rapid response to ads reflects shift in tactics|date=August 16, 2007 |author=Moller, Jan |work=]|location=New Orleans, LA|url=http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1187248123127760.xml&coll=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104110125/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1187248123127760.xml&coll=1|archive-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=53061|title=News Features|publisher=Catholic Culture|date=August 22, 2007|access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref> which the Jindal campaign called "negative attack ads." Despite losing the election in 2003, the run for governor made Jindal a well-known figure on the state's political scene and a rising star within the Republican Party.


==U.S. House of Representatives (2005–2008)== ==U.S. House of Representatives (2005–2008)==

===Elections=== ===Elections===

====2004==== ====2004====
{{See also|United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2004}} {{See also|2004 United States House of Representatives elections#Louisiana }}
A few weeks after the 2003 gubernatorial runoff, Jindal decided to run for ]. The incumbent, ], was running for the ] seat being vacated by ]. The Louisiana Republican Party endorsed him in the primary although Mike Rogers, also a Republican, was running for the same seat. The 1st District has been in Republican hands since a 1977 ] and is widely considered to be staunchly conservative.<ref name=FoxNews_20080405>{{cite news|accessdate=October 18, 2008|url=http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/04/06/two-louisiana-congressional-districts-primed-for-may-3-general-election/|title=Two Louisiana Congressional Districts Primed for May 3 General Election|agency=Associated Press |date=April 6, 2008 |work=Fox News|quote=In the 1st Congressional District....the staunchly conservative district....}}</ref> Jindal also had an advantage because his campaign was able to raise over $1&nbsp;million very early in the campaign, making it harder for other candidates to effectively raise funds to oppose him. He won the ] with 78 percent of the vote. A few weeks after the 2003 gubernatorial runoff, Jindal decided to run for ]. The incumbent, ], was running for the ] seat being vacated by ]. The Louisiana Republican Party endorsed him in the primary although Mike Rogers, also a Republican, was running for the same seat. The 1st District has been in Republican hands since a 1977 ] and is widely considered to be staunchly conservative.<ref name=FoxNews_20080405>{{cite news|access-date=October 18, 2008|url=http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/04/06/two-louisiana-congressional-districts-primed-for-may-3-general-election|title=Two Louisiana Congressional Districts Primed for May 3 General Election|agency=] |date=April 6, 2008|publisher=]|quote=In the 1st Congressional District....the staunchly conservative district....}}</ref> Jindal's campaign was able to raise over $1&nbsp;million very early in the campaign, making it harder for other candidates to effectively raise funds to oppose him. He won the 2004 election with 78 percent of the vote.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

Jindal was only the second ] to be elected to the United States Congress, after ] was elected in November 1955.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hindu-American Tulsi Gabbard wins Democratic primary in Hawaii|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/hindu-american-tulsi-gabbard-wins-democratic-primary-in-hawaii/articleshow/15461834.cms|website=The Economic Times|access-date=December 10, 2016}}</ref>


====2006==== ====2006====
{{See also|United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2006}} {{See also|2006 United States House of Representatives elections#Louisiana}}
Jindal won re-election to a second term with 88% of the vote. Jindal won re-election to a second term with 88% of the vote.


===Congressional tenure=== ===Congressional tenure===
] ]


He was the second ] elected to Congress.<ref>Gerard Shields, "New La. congressmen catching up fast", ''The Advocate'' (Baton Rouge, La.), December 19, 2004. The first Indian-American elected to Congress was ], a ] ], serving from 1957 to 1963.</ref> He has reportedly lived in ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10975FCE31AFBCAC&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=NewsLibrary Search Results |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2013-07-19}}</ref> ], and ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=NSRB&d_place=NSRB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10FF47963192F2D0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=NewsLibrary.com – newspaper archive, clipping service – newspapers and other news sources |publisher=Nl.newsbank.com |date=February 22, 2006 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> He was the second ] elected to Congress.<ref>Gerard Shields, "New La. congressmen catching up fast", ''The Advocate'' (Baton Rouge, La.), December 19, 2004. The first Indian-American elected to Congress was ], a ] ], serving from 1957 to 1963.</ref> He has reportedly lived in ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10975FCE31AFBCAC&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=NewsLibrary Search Results |access-date=July 19, 2013}}</ref> ], and ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=NSRB&d_place=NSRB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10FF47963192F2D0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=NewsLibrary.com – newspaper archive, clipping service – newspapers and other news sources |publisher=Nl.newsbank.com |date=February 22, 2006 |access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref>


In 2005, Jindal criticized Bush's budget for not calling for enough spending cuts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=108245AFC09C9165&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=NewsLibrary Search Results |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2013-07-19}}</ref> He warned of the growth of ] saying "Congress may act without them...there seems to be growing momentum that the status quo is not defensible."<ref>{{cite web|last=Young |first=Jeffrey |url=http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/2786-congress-governors-look-for-medicaid-reforms-of-their-own |title=Congress, governors look for Medicaid reforms of their own – The Hill – covering Congress, Politics, Political Campaigns and Capitol Hill |publisher=TheHill.com |date=May 31, 2005 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> Jindal praised Bush's leadership on social security reform saying "The administration has a lot more work to do to continue educating the American people about the very serious challenges facing Social Security."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6902061/m/videos/#.T-0SfvXhfpw |title=Curry: Bush charts course, with rocks ahead – politics – Tom Curry – NBCNews.com |publisher=MSNBC |date=February 3, 2005 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> In 2005, Jindal criticized Bush's budget for not calling for enough spending cuts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=108245AFC09C9165&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=NewsLibrary Search Results |access-date=July 19, 2013}}</ref> He warned of the growth of ] saying "Congress may act without them...there seems to be growing momentum that the status quo is not defensible."<ref>{{cite web|last=Young |first=Jeffrey |url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/2318-congress-governors-look-for-medicaid-reforms-of-their-own/ |title=Congress, governors look for Medicaid reforms of their own – The Hill – covering Congress, Politics, Political Campaigns and Capitol Hill |work=] |date=May 31, 2005 |access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref> Jindal praised Bush's leadership on social security reform, saying "The administration has a lot more work to do to continue educating the American people about the very serious challenges facing Social Security."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6902061|title=Curry: Bush charts course, with rocks ahead – politics – Tom Curry – NBC News.com |work=]|date=February 3, 2005|access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref>


In response to ], Jindal stated "If we had been investing resources in restoring our coast, it wouldn't have prevented the storm, but the barrier islands would have absorbed some of the tidal surge."<ref>Politico: November 13, 2012.</ref> In response to ], Jindal stated "If we had been investing resources in restoring our coast, it wouldn't have prevented the storm, but the barrier islands would have absorbed some of the tidal surge."<ref>, politico.com, November 13, 2012.</ref>


===Committee assignments=== ===Committee assignments===
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He was made vice-chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attacks. Jindal served as president of the incoming freshman class of congressmen, in 2004. He was elected to the position of House assistant majority whip, a senior leadership role. He served in this capacity from 2004 to 2006.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> He was made vice-chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attacks. Jindal served as president of the incoming freshman class of congressmen, in 2004. He was elected to the position of House assistant majority whip, a senior leadership role. He served in this capacity from 2004 to 2006.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>


==2007 election for governor== ==2007 gubernatorial election==
{{See also|Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2007}} {{See also|2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election}}
On January 22, 2007, Jindal announced his candidacy for governor.<ref name=TimesPicayune_Moller_20070123>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?/base/news-4/116953841215500.xml&coll=1|title=Jindal quietly begins his run|author=Moller, Jan|date=January 23, 2007|work=]|location=New Orleans, LA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154939/http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-4%2F116953841215500.xml&coll=1|archive-date=September 30, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Polling data showed him with an early lead in the race, and he remained the favorite throughout the campaign. He defeated eleven opponents in the ] held on October 20, including two prominent Democrats, ] ] of ] and ]er ] of ], and an ], New Orleans ]man ].


Jindal finished with 699,672 votes (54 percent). Boasso ran second with 226,364 votes (17 percent). Georges finished with 186,800 (14 percent), and Campbell, who is also a former state senator, ran fourth with 161,425 (12 percent). The remaining candidates collectively polled three percent of the vote.<ref name=Election20071020>{{cite web|url=http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms2&rqsdta=102007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919002801/http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms2&rqsdta=102007|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-19|title=Official Election Results for Election Date October 20, 2007|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State}}</ref> This marked the first time that a non-incumbent candidate for governor was elected without a runoff under the Louisiana election system.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708084001/http://www.bobbyjindal.com/index.php/meet-bobby/leadership|date=July 8, 2011}}</ref>
On January 22, 2007, Jindal announced his candidacy for governor.<ref name=TimesPicayune_Moller_20070123>{{cite news|accessdate=|url=http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/capital/index.ssf?/base/news-4/116953841215500.xml&coll=1|title=Jindal quietly begins his run |author=Moller, Jan |date=January 23, 2007|work=The Times-Picayune |location=New Orleans, LA}}</ref> Polling data showed him with an early lead in the race, and he remained the favorite throughout the campaign. He defeated eleven opponents in the ] held on October 20, including two prominent Democrats, ] ] of ] and ]er ] of ], and an ], New Orleans ]man ].

Jindal finished with 699,672 votes (54 percent). Boasso ran second with 226,364 votes (17 percent). Georges finished with 186,800 (14 percent), and Campbell, who is also a former state senator, ran fourth with 161,425 (12 percent). The remaining candidates collectively polled three percent of the vote. Jindal polled ] or ] in 60 of the state's 64 parishes (equivalent to counties in other states). He lost narrowly to Georges in ], to Boasso in ] (which Boasso represented in the Legislature), and in the two neighboring north Louisiana parishes of ] and ] located south of ], both of which are historically Democratic and supported Campbell. In the 2003 contest with Blanco, Jindal had lost most of the northern parishes.<ref name=Election20071020>{{cite web|accessdate=|url=http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms2&rqsdta=102007|title=Official Election Results for Election Date: 10/20/07|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State}}</ref> This marked the first time that a non-incumbent candidate for governor was elected without a runoff under the Louisiana election system.<ref>{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref>

==Governor of Louisiana (2008–present)==


==Governor of Louisiana (2008–2016)==
===First term=== ===First term===
As governor-elect, Jindal named a new ethics team, with Democratic ] ]woman ], the first woman to have served in the state senate, as the vice chairman of the panel. Jindal assumed the position of governor when he took the ] on January 14, 2008. At thirty-six, he became the youngest sitting governor in the United States. He is also Louisiana's first non-white governor since ] served for thirty-five days during ], and the first non-white governor to be elected (Pinchback succeeded to the position of lieutenant governor on the death of ], then to governor upon the impeachment of ]).<ref name=WashingtonPost_Whoriskey_20071021>{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/20/AR2007102000528.html |title=Jindal Wins Louisiana Race, Becomes First Indian American Governor As governor-elect, Jindal named a new ethics team, with Democratic ] businesswoman ], the first woman to have served in the state senate, as the vice-chairman of the panel. Jindal assumed the position of governor when he took the ] on January 14, 2008. At thirty-six, he became the youngest sitting governor in the United States. He is also Louisiana's first non-white governor since ] served for thirty-five days during ], and the first non-white governor to be elected (Pinchback succeeded to the position of lieutenant governor on the death of ], then to governor upon the impeachment of ]).<ref name="WashingtonPost_Whoriskey_20071021">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/20/AR2007102000528.html|title=Jindal Wins Louisiana Race, Becomes First Indian American Governor|first=Peter|last=Whoriskey|newspaper=]|date=October 21, 2007|page=A8|access-date=October 21, 2007}}</ref> Additionally, Jindal became the first ] to be elected governor of any state in the United States.<ref name="First IA gov">{{cite news|title=1st Indian-American governor in U.S. vows 'fresh start' for La|author=Jan Moller|url=http://www.nola.com/elections/index.ssf/2007/10/1st_indianamerican_governor_in.html|newspaper=]|date=October 21, 2007|access-date=March 24, 2012}}<br />{{cite book|title=Asian American chronology: chronologies of the American mosaic|last=Zhao|first=Xiaojian|year=2009|publisher=]|isbn=9780313348754|page=147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQPRCA9S9WAC&q=Fourth+Asian+American+governor+jindal&pg=PA124|access-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref> In a salute to the ] national championship team during his January 14, 2008, inauguration speech, Jindal stated in part "...They revere our athletes. Geaux Tigers...."<ref name=WWLTV_speechtxt_20080114>{{cite web
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In 2008, Jindal was ranked one of the nation's most popular governors with an approval rating of 77%.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301131643/http://www.jenningsdailynews.net/arch_news.php?id=1137|date=March 1, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_20082/2008_senate_elections/louisiana/election_2008_louisiana_senate|title=Election 2008: Louisiana Senate|publisher=Rasmussen Reports|access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name="lpb">{{cite web|url=http://beta.lpb.org/index.php/publicsquare/lps_bio/edmonson_colonel_michael|title=Colonel Michael Edmonson|publisher=]|access-date=September 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114922/http://beta.lpb.org/index.php/publicsquare/lps_bio/edmonson_colonel_michael|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
One of Jindal's first appointments was that of ] as ] of the ]. Edmonson had been for twenty preceding years the bodyguard and confidant of ] coaches. Edmonson was also the deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety, an agency with more than 2,900 employees and a budget of nearly $500 million.<ref name=lpb>{{cite web|url=http://beta.lpb.org/index.php/publicsquare/lps_bio/edmonson_colonel_michael|title=Colonel Michael Edmonson|publisher=]|accessdate=September 17, 2014}}</ref> In 2014, Jindal was compelled to urge ] of a state law that he had earlier signed which provided enhanced retirement benefits to Edmonson and, inadvertently, to one other state trooper. Jindal said that he was unaware that the legislation, called in the media the "Edmonson Act," applied only to two persons. He urged the legislature to rewrite the law.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/10038115-123/jindal-favors-repeal-of-edmonson|title=Gov. Jindal favors repeal of Edmonson benefit law|publisher='']''|author=Marsha Shuler|date=August 24, 2014|accessdate=September 17, 2014}}</ref> Thereafter, Janice
Clark, a state district court judge in Baton Rouge, declared that portion of the law enhancing the retirement benefits of Edmonson to be unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/09/edmonson_act_declared_unconsti.html|title='Edmonson Act' declared unconstitutional in state court|author=Cole Avery|publisher='']''|date=September 16, 2014|accessdate=September 17, 2014}}</ref>


Thereafter, Janice Clark, a state district court judge in Baton Rouge, declared that portion of the law enhancing the retirement benefits of Edmonson to be unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite news |author=Marsha Shuler |date=August 24, 2014 |title=Gov. Jindal favors repeal of Edmonson benefit law |newspaper=] |url=http://theadvocate.com/home/10038115-123/jindal-favors-repeal-of-edmonson |access-date=September 17, 2014 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402185704/http://theadvocate.com/home/10038115-123/jindal-favors-repeal-of-edmonson |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/09/edmonson_act_declared_unconsti.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140917125857/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/09/edmonson_act_declared_unconsti.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 17, 2014|title='Edmonson Act' declared unconstitutional in state court|author=Cole Avery|newspaper=]|date=September 16, 2014|access-date=September 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethics.state.la.us/AgendaAttachments/2479/PublicAgendaAttachment.pdf|title=Order|date=July 29, 2009|publisher=ethics.state.la.us|access-date=December 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ww.fed-soc.org/experts/detail/jimmy-r-faircloth|title=Jimmy R. Faircloth, Jr.|publisher=]|access-date=July 20, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722061633/http://ww.fed-soc.org/experts/detail/jimmy-r-faircloth|archive-date=July 22, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Another early appointee was that of former state representative ], a Baton Rouge attorney, as the chairman of the Louisiana Ethics Commission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethics.state.la.us/AgendaAttachments/2479/PublicAgendaAttachment.pdf|title=Order|date=July 29, 2009|publisher=ethics.state.la.us|accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> ], an attorney from ] and ], was the influential executive counsel from 2008 to 2009, when he stepped down to run unsuccessfully for the ]. Faircloth was considered the legal architect of the special 2008 legislative session on ethics reform. He guided the Jindal administration through the aftermath of ] and ]. After leaving the administration, he continued as a periodic legal advisor to Jindal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ww.fed-soc.org/experts/detail/jimmy-r-faircloth|title=Jimmy R. Faircloth, Jr.|publisher=]|accessdate=July 20, 2015}}</ref>


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On June 27, 2008, Louisiana's Secretary of State confirmed that a ] had been filed against Jindal in response to Jindal's refusal to ] a bill that would have more than doubled the current state legislative pay. During his gubernatorial campaign, Jindal had pledged to prevent legislative pay raises that would take effect during the current term.<ref name=TimesPicayune_Scott_20080627>{{cite news|accessdate=|url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/recall_petition_filed_against.html|title=Recall petition filed against JindalRecall petition filed against Jindal|author=Scott, Robert Travis |work=The Times-Picayune |date=June 27, 2008|quote=Ryan and Kourtney Fournier of Jefferson submitted paperwork to the Secretary of State's office that allows them to attempt to collect the nearly 1 million signatures needed over the next 180 days to force a recall election of the governor... He had pledged during his campaign last year to prohibit an immediate legislative pay raise.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |accessdate=|url=http://www.wjbo.com/cc-common/mlib/1178/06/1178_1213729996.pdf|title=Jindal Action Plan |format=PDF|publisher=available from ]}}</ref> Jindal responded by saying that he is opposed to the pay increase, but that he had pledged to let the legislature govern themselves.<ref name=DailyAdvertiser_20080618>{{cite news |accessdate=|url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080618/NEWS01/806180328/1001/NEWS|title=Gov. Jindal's veto refusal contradicts candidate Jindal's campaign pledge|work=The Daily Advertiser |date=June 18, 2008|quote='I am very sorry to see the Legislature do this,' he said. 'More than doubling legislative pay is not reasonable and the public has been clear on that... I will keep my pledge to let govern themselves and make their own decisions as a separate branch of government. I will not let anything, even this clearly excessive pay raise, stop us from moving forward with a clear plan of reform.'}}</ref> On June 30, 2008, Jindal reversed his earlier position by vetoing the pay raise legislation, stating that he made a mistake by staying out of the pay raise issue. In response, the petitioners dropped their recall effort.<ref name=TimesPicayune_Anderson_20080630>{{cite news|accessdate=|url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/jindal_vetoes_legislative_rais.html|title=Jindal vetoes legislative raise |date=June 30, 2008|author=Anderson, Ed |work=The Times-Picayune|quote=Gov. Bobby Jindal announced today that he has vetoed the legislative pay raise. After days of saying he would not reject the unpopular measure, Jindal said this morning that he had changed his mind. 'I thank the people for their voice and their attention,' Jindal said of the public outcry against the raise. 'I am going to need your help to move this state forward. ... The voters have demanded change... I made a mistake by staying out if it'.}}</ref> On June 27, 2008, Louisiana's Secretary of State confirmed that a ] had been filed against Jindal in response to Jindal's refusal to ] a bill that would have more than doubled the current state legislative pay. During his gubernatorial campaign, Jindal had pledged to prevent legislative pay raises that would take effect during the current term.<ref name=TimesPicayune_Scott_20080627>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/recall_petition_filed_against.html|title=Recall petition filed against JindalRecall petition filed against Jindal|author=Scott, Robert Travis|work=]|date=June 27, 2008|quote=Ryan and Kourtney Fournier of Jefferson submitted paperwork to the Secretary of State's office that allows them to attempt to collect the nearly 1 million signatures needed over the next 180 days to force a recall election of the governor... He had pledged during his campaign last year to prohibit an immediate legislative pay raise.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wjbo.com/cc-common/mlib/1178/06/1178_1213729996.pdf|title=Jindal Action Plan|publisher=available from ]|access-date=June 28, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908003422/http://www.wjbo.com/cc-common/mlib/1178/06/1178_1213729996.pdf|archive-date=September 8, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Jindal responded by saying that he is opposed to the pay increase, but that he had pledged to let the legislature govern themselves.<ref name=DailyAdvertiser_20080618>{{cite news|url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080618/NEWS01/806180328/1001/NEWS|title=Gov. Jindal's veto refusal contradicts candidate Jindal's campaign pledge|work=The Daily Advertiser|date=June 18, 2008|quote='I am very sorry to see the Legislature do this,' he said. 'More than doubling legislative pay is not reasonable and the public has been clear on that... I will keep my pledge to let govern themselves and make their own decisions as a separate branch of government. I will not let anything, even this clearly excessive pay raise, stop us from moving forward with a clear plan of reform.'}}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>


On June 30, 2008, Jindal reversed his earlier position by vetoing the pay raise legislation, stating that he made a mistake by staying out of the pay raise issue. In response, the petitioners dropped their recall effort.<ref name=TimesPicayune_Anderson_20080630>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/jindal_vetoes_legislative_rais.html|title=Jindal vetoes legislative raise |date=June 30, 2008|author=Anderson, Ed|work=]|quote=Gov. Bobby Jindal announced today that he has vetoed the legislative pay raise. After days of saying he would not reject the unpopular measure, Jindal said this morning that he had changed his mind. 'I thank the people for their voice and their attention,' Jindal said of the public outcry against the raise. 'I am going to need your help to move this state forward. ... The voters have demanded change... I made a mistake by staying out if it'.}}</ref>
] raised Louisiana's bond rating and credit outlook from stable to positive in 2009. In announcing this change, the organization gave credit to the state's strong management and "commitment to streamlining its government functions."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/63908172.html |title=News &#124; State's bond rating upgraded again – Baton Rouge, LA |publisher=2theadvocate.com |date= |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> Jindal met with President ] in October 2009 where the governor pushed for increased federal dollars to cover rising Medicaid costs, speeding the construction of hurricane-protection barriers, and financing the proposed Louisiana State University teaching hospital. During a town hall meeting, Obama praised Jindal as a "hard working man who is doing a good job" for the State, and expressed support for the governor's overhaul of the State's educational system in the area of increased charter schools.<ref name="content.usatoday.com">{{cite news| url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/68501045/1 | work=USA Today | accessdate=April 26, 2010 | title=Obama, live from New Orleans | date=October 15, 2009}}</ref>


Louisiana state government watchdog ], former counsel to the House Appropriations Committee who supported Jindal's election in 2007, has expressed disappointment with the governor in regard to the legislative pay raise and other fiscal issues. Forgotston said he would grade Jindal an A+ in public relations and a D in fiscal performance in office.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://epaper.americanpress.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=QW1QLzIwMDkvMDEvMTEjQXIwMDUwMQ==&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom|title=Jim Beam, ''Jindal Becomes Mileage Champion''|publisher=] ''American Press'', January 11, 2009|accessdate=January 23, 2009}}</ref> ] raised Louisiana's bond rating and credit outlook from stable to positive in 2009. In announcing this change, the organization gave credit to the state's strong management and "commitment to streamlining its government functions."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/63908172.html|title=State's bond rating upgraded again|publisher=2theadvocate.com|access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref> Jindal met with President ] in October 2009 where the governor pushed for increased federal dollars to cover rising Medicaid costs, speeding the construction of hurricane-protection barriers, and financing the proposed Louisiana State University teaching hospital. During a town hall meeting, Obama praised Jindal as a "hard working man who is doing a good job" for the State, and expressed support for the governor's overhaul of the State's educational system in the area of increased charter schools.<ref name="content.usatoday.com">{{cite news| url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/68501045/1 | work=]|access-date=April 26, 2010|title=Obama, live from New Orleans|date=October 15, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.americanpress.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=QW1QLzIwMDkvMDEvMTEjQXIwMDUwMQ==&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227160905/http://epaper.americanpress.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=QW1QLzIwMDkvMDEvMTEjQXIwMDUwMQ%3D%3D&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 27, 2009|title=Jindal Becomes Mileage Champion|publisher=]|access-date=January 23, 2009}}</ref>


Jindal negotiated an agreement whereby Foster Farms, a private chicken processor, would receive $50 million in taxpayer funds to purchase a chicken processing plant owned by bankrupt ].<ref>{{dead link|date=August 2012}}</ref> Some have argued that there is a conflict of interest in that Pilgrim's Pride founder Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim contributed $2500 to Jindal's campaign in 2007.<ref name = "best">{{cite web|url=http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/deep-pockets/Content?oid=1255831|title=Deep Pockets – Gov. Bobby Jindal's top donors have access to power – and millions of dollars in state work.|work=Gambit|accessdate=September 26, 2014}}</ref> Other contributors to Jindal's campaign who benefited from economic development spending include Albemarle and Edison Chouest Offshore.<ref name = "best" /> Jindal however released a statement saying that this legislation saved over 1,000 jobs, serves as a stimulus to Louisiana's economy, and had wide bipartisan support.<ref>{{cite web|author=Highest Ranking – EVER |url=http://www.bobbyjindal.com/index.php/blog/Creating-and-Protecting-Jobs.html |title=Governor Bobby Jindal |publisher=Bobbyjindal.com |date=July 30, 2012 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> Jindal negotiated an agreement whereby Foster Farms, a private chicken processor, would receive $50 million in taxpayer funds to purchase a chicken processing plant owned by bankrupt ].{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}
Some claimed there is a conflict of interest in that Pilgrim's Pride founder Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim contributed $2500 to Jindal's campaign in 2007.<ref name="best">{{cite web|url=http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/deep-pockets/Content?oid=1255831|title=Deep Pockets – Gov. Bobby Jindal's top donors have access to power – and millions of dollars in state work.|work=Gambit|access-date=September 26, 2014|archive-date=July 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723053848/http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/deep-pockets/Content?oid=1255831|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other contributors to Jindal's campaign who benefited from economic development spending include Albemarle and Edison Chouest Offshore.<ref name="best"/> Jindal however released a statement saying that this legislation saved over 1,000 jobs, serves as a stimulus to Louisiana's economy, and had wide bipartisan support.<ref>{{cite web|author=Highest Ranking – EVER|url=http://www.bobbyjindal.com/index.php/blog/Creating-and-Protecting-Jobs.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708083946/http://www.bobbyjindal.com/index.php/blog/Creating-and-Protecting-Jobs.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 8, 2011|title=Governor Bobby Jindal|publisher=Bobbyjindal.com|date=July 30, 2012|access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref>
] ] and Jindal greeting EOC employees, during disaster recovery efforts for ], September 2008]] ] ] and Jindal greeting EOC employees, during disaster recovery efforts for ], September 2008]]


====Hurricane Gustav==== ====Hurricane Gustav====
Jindal oversaw one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history (nearly two million people) in late August 2008 prior to the Louisiana landfall of ].<ref name=Newsday_20080904>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/thursday/nation/ny-usgust045828625sep04,0,1879653.story|title=Jindal and Nagin praised for response to Gustav|agency=Associated Press |date=September 4, 2008|publisher=Newsday.com}}{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref> He issued mandatory evacuation orders for the state's coastal areas and activated 3,000 National Guardsman to aid in the exodus. He also ordered the state to purchase generators to provide needed power to hospitals and nursing homes without power. Government officials vacated hospitals and nursing homes and put the poor, the ill, and the elderly on buses and trains out of town. The evacuation was credited as one reason that Gustav resulted in only 16 deaths in the U.S. The state's successful response to ] was in stark contrast to the failed hurricane response system for ] in 2005. Jindal received bipartisan praise for his leadership during Gustav.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Bobby_Jindals_hurricane_handling_comes_in_for_more_praise-nid-46427.html |title=Bobby Jindal's hurricane handling comes in for more praise – news |publisher=Siliconindia.com |date=September 10, 2008 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Cleveland20080903>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2008/09/gustav_political_report_card_j.html|title=Gustav political report card: Jindal, Nagin lauded |first=Robert |last=Tanner|agency=Associated Press |date=September 3, 2008 |publisher=Cleveland.com}}</ref> Jindal had been scheduled to address the Republican National Convention, but cancelled his plans in order to focus on Louisiana's needs during the storm.<ref name=WashingtonPost_Whoriskey_20080902>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090203049.html|work=Washington Post |title=Jindal Presents A Face of Calm During the Storm; La. Governor Hailed for Recovery Efforts|first=Peter |last=Whoriskey |date=September 3, 2008 |page=A06}}</ref> Jindal oversaw one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history (nearly two million people) in late August 2008 prior to the Louisiana landfall of ].<ref name=Newsday_20080904>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/thursday/nation/ny-usgust045828625sep04,0,1879653.story|title=Jindal and Nagin praised for response to Gustav |agency=]|date=September 4, 2008|work=Newsday }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He issued mandatory evacuation orders for the state's coastal areas and activated 3,000 National Guardsman to aid in the exodus. He also ordered the state to purchase generators to provide needed power to hospitals and nursing homes without power. Government officials vacated hospitals and nursing homes and put the poor, the ill, and the elderly on buses and trains out of town. The evacuation was credited as one reason that Gustav resulted in only 16 deaths in the U.S. The state's successful response to ] was in stark contrast to the failed ] system for ] in 2005. Jindal received bipartisan praise for his leadership during Gustav.<ref name=Cleveland20080903>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2008/09/gustav_political_report_card_j.html|title=Gustav political report card: Jindal, Nagin lauded|first=Robert|last=Tanner|agency=]|date=September 3, 2008|work=The Plain Dealer}}</ref> Jindal had been scheduled to address the Republican National Convention, but cancelled his plans in order to focus on Louisiana's needs during the storm.<ref name=WashingtonPost_Whoriskey_20080902>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090203049.html|newspaper=]|title=Jindal Presents A Face of Calm During the Storm; La. Governor Hailed for Recovery Efforts|first=Peter|last=Whoriskey|date=September 3, 2008|page=A06}}</ref>


===2011 re-election campaign=== ===2011 re-election campaign===
{{See also|Louisiana gubernatorial election, 2011}} {{See also|2011 Louisiana gubernatorial election}}
] ] talks with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and ] Admiral ] in May 2010.]] ] ] talks with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and ] Admiral ] in May 2010.]]
Jindal announced his intention to seek reelection in 2011. In the face of Jindal's high ]s and big amounts of ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2011-10-23/bobby-jindal-reelected/50875244/1|title=La. Gov. Bobby Jindal wins re-election|work=]}}</ref> Democrats struggled to land a recruit of any substance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/louisiana-gov-bobby-jindal-wins-reelection/2011/10/21/gIQArmP77L_blog.html|title=Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wins reelection|author=Aaron Blake|date=October 22, 2011|newspaper=]}}</ref> Running against four Democrats, a Libertarian and four independents in the ], Jindal received 66% of the vote in the blanket primary, thereby winning election in the first round.<ref>{{cite news |title=Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Re-Elected in a Landslide |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/louisiana-gov-bobby-jindal-re-elected-in-a-landslide/ |publisher=] |date=October 22, 2011 |agency=]}}</ref>

Jindal announced his intention to seek reelection in 2011. With high ]s and excessive amounts of ],<ref></ref> Democrats struggled to land a recruit of any substance.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/louisiana-gov-bobby-jindal-wins-reelection/2011/10/21/gIQArmP77L_blog.html</ref> Running against four Democrats, a Libertarian and four independents in the ], Jindal received 66% of the vote in the blanket primary, thereby winning election in the first round.<ref>{{cite news |title=Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Re-Elected in a Landslide |first= |last= |url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/22/louisiana-gov-bobby-jindal-expected-to-coast-to-re-election/ |newspaper=] |date=October 22, 2011 |agency=AP}}</ref>


===Second term=== ===Second term===
In August 2011, the ] (ALEC) awarded Jindal the Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award for "outstanding public service".<ref>{{cite web|author=Tom Aswell|url=http://louisianavoice.com/2012/04/18/first-it-was-corporations-bailing-out-now-the-parade-of-louisiana-legislators-exiting-alec-membership-begins/ |title=First it was corporations bailing out; now the parade of Louisiana Legislators exiting ALEC membership begins|publisher=Louisiana Voice|date=April 18, 2012|accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=October 2013}} In August 2011, the ] (ALEC) awarded Jindal the Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award for "outstanding public service".<ref>{{Cite web|title=ALEC Award Winners - SourceWatch|url=https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Award_Winners#cite_ref-13|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.sourcewatch.org}}</ref>


On October 25, 2011, in preparing for his second term, Jindal tapped Republican state representative ] of ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwl.com/pages/10215886.php?poll103281ViewResults=1|title=Jindal to support Kleckley in speaker race|publisher=wwl.com|accessdate=October 26, 2011}}</ref> and State Senator ] of ] as his choices for ] and ], respectively. Lawmakers routinely approved the governor's choices for the two leadership positions. Alario is a long-term Democrat who switched parties prior to the 2011 elections.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/10/gov_b0obby_jindal_endorses_wes.html|author=Ed Anderson|title=Gov. Bobby Jindal endorses Sen. John Alario as his choice for Senate president|date=October 25, 2011|work=The Times-Picayune|location=New Orleans|accessdate=October 26, 2011}}</ref> Jindal in January 2012 elevated ], the short-term superintendent at the Recovery School District in New Orleans, to the position of state superintendent of education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2012/01/john_whites_appointment_as_lou.html|title=John White's appointment as Louisiana education superintendent assures continuity for reforms: An editorial, January 13, 2012|publisher='']''|accessdate=October 21, 2013}}</ref> On October 25, 2011, in preparing for his second term, Jindal tapped Republican state representative Chuck Kleckley of ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwl.com/pages/10215886.php?poll103281ViewResults=1|title=Jindal to support Kleckley in speaker race|publisher=wwl.com|access-date=October 26, 2011}}</ref> and State Senator ] of ] as his choices for ] and ], respectively. Both were confirmed by legislators. Alario is a long-term Democrat who switched parties prior to the 2011 elections.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/10/gov_b0obby_jindal_endorses_wes.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111027172438/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/10/gov_b0obby_jindal_endorses_wes.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 27, 2011|author=Ed Anderson|title=Gov. Bobby Jindal endorses Sen. John Alario as his choice for Senate president|date=October 25, 2011|work=]|location=New Orleans|access-date=October 26, 2011}}</ref> In January 2012, Jindal elevated ], the short-term superintendent at the Recovery School District in New Orleans, to the position of state superintendent of education.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2012/01/john_whites_appointment_as_lou.html|title=John White's appointment as Louisiana education superintendent assures continuity for reforms: An editorial, January 13, 2012|newspaper=]|access-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref>


In August 2012, Jindal declared a statewide ] due to the threat of subsidence and subsurface instability that threatens the lives and property of the citizens of the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=Proclamation No. 82 BJ 2012: State of Emergency – Threat of subsidence and subsurface instability|url=http://www.gov.state.la.us/assets/docs/82%20BJ%202012%20State%20of%20Emergency%20-%20Subsidence%20and%20Subsurface%20Instability.pdf|accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref> In August 2012, Jindal declared a statewide ] due to the threat of subsidence and subsurface instability that threatens the lives and property of the citizens of the state.<ref>{{cite web|title=Proclamation No. 82 BJ 2012: State of Emergency – Threat of subsidence and subsurface instability|url=http://www.gov.state.la.us/assets/docs/82%20BJ%202012%20State%20of%20Emergency%20-%20Subsidence%20and%20Subsurface%20Instability.pdf|access-date=July 23, 2013}}</ref>


By the end of Jindal's second term, he saw a marked drop in his state popularity and problems such as a budget deficit and cuts to public expenditure.<ref>{{cite news|author1=V.V.B.|title=Bobby Jindal bows out|url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2015/11/and-then-there-were-fourteen|accessdate=19 November 2015|work=]|date=18 November 2015}}</ref> By the end of Jindal's second term, he saw a marked drop in his state popularity and problems such as a budget deficit and cuts to public expenditure.<ref>{{cite news|author1=V.V.B.|title=Bobby Jindal bows out|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2015/11/and-then-there-were-fourteen|access-date=November 19, 2015|newspaper=]|date=November 18, 2015}}</ref> He could not stand for a third term because the governor of Louisiana is subject to term limits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.legis.state.la.us/documents/constitution/constitution.pdf|title=Louisiana Constitution of 1974|at=Article IV, section 3, paragraph B|quote=A person who has served as governor for more than one and one-half terms in two consecutive terms shall not be elected governor for the succeeding term.}}</ref>


====Tax system proposals==== ====Tax system proposals====
In January 2013, Jindal released a plan that would eliminate the Louisiana ], which he felt would expand business investment in the state, and then raise ] in order to keep the plan revenue-neutral.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/01/gov_bobby_jindal_calls_for_eli.html|first=Jeff|last=Adelson|title=Gov. Bobby Jindal calls for elimination of all Louisiana income and corporate taxes|work=]|date=January 10, 2013|accessdate=April 12, 2013}}</ref> Self-styled taxpayer watchdog and former legislative aide C.B. Forgotston correctly predicted that Jindal's plan would fail to clear the legislature because of the higher sales taxes, the lack of needed support from Democrats, and the likelihood that the plan would not increase overall state revenues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/louisianas-jindal-details-plan-end-states-income-tax-173706480.html|title=Louisiana's Jindal details plan to end state income tax", March 14, 2013|publisher=yahoo.com|accessdate=April 18, 2013}}{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref> In January 2013, Jindal released a plan that would eliminate the Louisiana ], which he felt would expand business investment in the state, and then raise ] in order to keep the plan revenue-neutral.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/01/gov_bobby_jindal_calls_for_eli.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616081752/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/01/gov_bobby_jindal_calls_for_eli.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 16, 2013|first=Jeff|last=Adelson|title=Gov. Bobby Jindal calls for elimination of all Louisiana income and corporate taxes|work=]|date=January 10, 2013|access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref> Self-styled taxpayer watchdog and former legislative aide C.B. Forgotston correctly predicted that Jindal's plan would fail to clear the legislature because of the higher sales taxes, the lack of needed support from Democrats, and the likelihood that the plan would not increase overall state revenues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/louisianas-jindal-details-plan-end-states-income-tax-173706480.html |title=Louisiana's Jindal details plan to end state income tax", March 14, 2013 |publisher=] |access-date=April 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318175415/http://news.yahoo.com/louisianas-jindal-details-plan-end-states-income-tax-173706480.html |archive-date=March 18, 2013 }}</ref>


On April 8, 2013, the first day of the legislative session, Jindal dropped the plan after acknowledging some negative response to the plan from legislators and the public, but said he would still like the legislature to formulate its own plan that could end the state income tax.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/us/gov-bobby-jindal-shelves-tax-plan-in-louisiana.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130409&_r=0|first=Campbell|last=Robertson|title=A Governor Retrenches on a Big Idea|work=]|date=April 8, 2013|accessdate=April 12, 2013}}</ref> On April 8, 2013, the first day of the legislative session, Jindal dropped the plan after acknowledging some negative response to the plan from legislators and the public, but said he would still like the legislature to formulate its own plan that could end the state income tax.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/us/gov-bobby-jindal-shelves-tax-plan-in-louisiana.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130409&_r=0|first=Campbell|last=Robertson|title=A Governor Retrenches on a Big Idea|work=]|date=April 8, 2013|access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref>


====Energy plan==== ====Energy plan====
Jindal announced, in September 2014, a six-point energy platform that would, among other things, open up energy production on federal land and eliminated proposed carbon restrictions.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Debenedetti|first1=Gabriel|title=Louisiana Governor Jindal, likely White House contender, touts energy plan|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/16/us-usa-politics-jindal-energy-idUSKBN0HB28720140916|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref> Jindal announced, in September 2014, a six-point energy platform that would, among other things, open up energy production on federal land and eliminated proposed carbon restrictions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-jindal-energy-idUSKBN0HB28720140916|title=Louisiana Governor Jindal, likely White House contender, touts energy plan|date=September 16, 2014|newspaper=]}}</ref>


==National politics== ==Retirement from politics (2016–present)==
In 2017, Jindal took a position as an operating adviser for ], a global investment firm based in ].<ref> Greater Baton Rouge Business Report. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2019.</ref>


==National politics==
===Speculation about 2008 vice presidential nomination=== ===Speculation about 2008 vice presidential nomination===
] campaign event in ], Louisiana]] ] campaign event in ], Louisiana]]
On February 8, 2008, conservative radio host ] mentioned on his syndicated show that Jindal could be a possible choice for the Republican ] nomination in 2008. He said that Jindal might be perceived as an asset to ]'s campaign because he has wide support in the conservative and moderate wings of the Republican Party. If McCain had won the presidency, he would have been the oldest president ever inaugurated to a first term.<ref name=WashingtonTimes_Curl_20080212>{{cite news |url=http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080212/NATION/504804903/1001 |work=] |title=Running mate guessing game begins |first=Joseph |last=Curl |date=February 12, 2008 |access-date=March 3, 2008}}</ref>


On February 8, 2008, conservative radio host ] mentioned on his syndicated show that Jindal could be a possible choice for the Republican ] nomination in 2008. He said that Jindal might be perceived as an asset to ]'s campaign because he has wide support in the conservative and moderate wings of the Republican Party and his immigrant past offsets McCain's white heritage. If McCain had won the presidency, he would have been the oldest president ever inaugurated to a first term.<ref name=WashingtonTimes_Curl_20080212>{{cite news |url=http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080212/NATION/504804903/1001 |work=Washington Times |title=Running mate guessing game begins |first=Joseph |last=Curl |date=February 12, 2008 |accessdate=March 3, 2008}}</ref> Heightening the speculation, McCain invited Jindal, Gov. ] of ], Gov. ] of ] and McCain's former rivals ] and ] to meet at McCain's home in ] on May 23, 2008, according to a Republican familiar with the decision; Romney, Huckabee, and Pawlenty, all of whom were already well acquainted with McCain, declined because of prior commitments.<ref name=NYT_Nagourney_20080521>{{cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24762893/|work=New York Times |title=McCain to Meet 3 Possible Running Mates|first=Adam |last=Nagourney |date=May 21, 2008|accessdate=May 21, 2008}}</ref> The meeting may have served a different purpose, such as consideration of Jindal for the opportunity to speak at the ], in a similar fashion to ] at the ], cementing a place for him in the party and opening the gate for a future run for the presidency.<ref name=Dvorak_20080522>{{cite web|url=http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/05/what_about_jindal.html |publisher=Real Clear Politics |title=What About Jindal? |first=Blake |last=Dvorak |date=May 22, 2008|accessdate=May 22, 2008}}</ref> Speculation was fueled by simultaneous July 21, 2008, reports that McCain was making a sudden visit to Louisiana to confer again with Jindal and that McCain was readying to name his running mate within a week. However, on July 23, 2008, Jindal said that he would not be the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008.<ref name=foxnews_20080723>{{cite news|url=http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/23/jindal-says-hes-not-interested-in-no-2-spot-with-mccain/ |title=Jindal Says He's Not Interested in No. 2 Spot With McCain|work='Fox News Heightening the speculation, McCain invited Jindal, Governor ] of ], Governor ] of ] and his former rivals ] and ] to meet at his home in ] on May 23, 2008, according to a Republican familiar with the decision; Romney, Huckabee, and Pawlenty, all of whom were already well acquainted with McCain, declined because of prior commitments.<ref name=NYT_Nagourney_20080521>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/24762893|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512041220/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/24762893/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 12, 2015|work=] |title=McCain to Meet 3 Possible Running Mates|first=Adam |last=Nagourney |date=May 21, 2008|access-date=May 21, 2008}}</ref> The meeting may have served a different purpose, such as consideration of Jindal for the opportunity to speak at the ], in a similar fashion to ] at the ], cementing a place for him in the party and opening the gate for a future run for the presidency.<ref name=Dvorak_20080522>{{cite web|url=http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/05/what_about_jindal.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526205604/http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/05/what_about_jindal.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 26, 2008 |publisher=Real Clear Politics |title=What About Jindal? |first=Blake |last=Dvorak |date=May 22, 2008|access-date=May 22, 2008}}</ref> Speculation was fueled by simultaneous July 21, 2008, reports that McCain was making a sudden visit to Louisiana to confer again with Jindal and that McCain was readying to name his running mate within a week. However, on July 23, 2008, Jindal said that he would not be the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008.<ref name=foxnews_20080723>{{cite news|url=http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/23/jindal-says-hes-not-interested-in-no-2-spot-with-mccain/|title=Jindal Says He's Not Interested in No. 2 Spot With McCain|work=]|date=July 23, 2008|access-date=July 23, 2008|archive-date=July 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725020730/http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/23/jindal-says-hes-not-interested-in-no-2-spot-with-mccain/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jindal added that he "never talked to the senator about the vice presidency or his thoughts on selecting the vice president."<ref name=foxnews_20080723/> Ultimately, on August 29, 2008, McCain chose then-] ] of ] as his running mate. While Jindal was given a prime-time speech slot at the party convention, he was not offered the ]. During the presidential campaign, Jindal expressed admiration for both Senators McCain and Obama, and maintained that both have made positive contributions to the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/03/bobby_jindal_obama_greatest_sp.html |title=Bobby Jindal: Obama 'greatest' speaker: The Swamp |publisher=Swamppolitics.com |date=March 3, 2009 |access-date=August 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507171959/http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/03/bobby_jindal_obama_greatest_sp.html |archive-date=May 7, 2012 }}</ref>
|date=July 23, 2008|accessdate=July 23, 2008}}</ref> Jindal added that he "never talked to the senator about the vice presidency or his thoughts on selecting the vice president."<ref name=foxnews_20080723/> Ultimately, on August 29, 2008, McCain chose then-] ] of ] as his running mate. While Jindal was given a prime-time speech slot at the party convention, he was not offered the ]. During the presidential campaign, Jindal expressed admiration for both Senators McCain and Obama, and maintained that both have made positive contributions to the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/03/bobby_jindal_obama_greatest_sp.html |title=Bobby Jindal: Obama 'greatest' speaker: The Swamp |publisher=Swamppolitics.com |date=March 3, 2009 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref>


===Republican response to President Obama's address to Congress=== ===Republican response to President Obama's address to Congress===
On February 24, 2009, Jindal delivered the official Republican response to President Obama's ]. Jindal called the president's economic stimulus plan "irresponsible" and argued against government intervention.<ref name="bjspeech">{{cite news|accessdate=February 25, 2009|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/24/AR2009022404300.html|title=In GOP Response, Jindal Blasts Stimulus |first=Perry, Jr. |last=Bacon |date=February 25, 2009 |page=A08|work=]}}</ref> He used ] to warn against government solutions to the economic crisis. "Today in Washington, some are promising that government will rescue us from the economic storms raging all around us," Jindal said. "Those of us who lived through Hurricane Katrina, we have our doubts." He praised the late sheriff ] for standing up to the government during Katrina.<ref name=NYT_Transcript_20090224>{{cite news|accessdate=February 25, 2009|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/us/politics/24jindal-text.html?pagewanted=all|title=Transcript – The Republican Response by Gov. Bobby Jindal|work=] |date=February 24, 2009}}</ref><ref name="cnnvolc0225">{{cite news |accessdate=February 25, 2009|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/25/jindal.volcanoes/?iref=mpstoryview|title=Gov. Bobby Jindal's volcano remark has some fuming|publisher=CNN |date=February 25, 2009}}</ref> The speech met with biting reviews from some members of both the Democratic and the Republican parties. Referring to Jindal as "devoid of substantive ideas for governing the country", political commentator ] summarized Jindal's Katrina remark as follows: " since government failed during Hurricane Katrina, we should understand, not that government should not be allowed to fail again, but that government...never works. That government can't work, and therefore we should stop seeking a functioning government."<ref>The Rachel Maddow Show on msnbc.com. .</ref> David Johnson, a Republican political strategist criticized Jindal's mention of Hurricane Katrina, stating "The one thing Republicans want to forget is Katrina."<ref name=Fouhy>{{cite news |accessdate=February 26, 2009|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6959091|title=Republicans, Democrats criticize Jindal's speech |first=Beth |last=Fouhy|agency=] |date=February 25, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> While Jindal's speech was poorly received by several Democratic and Republican critics, others argued that the speech should be judged on substance rather than delivery style.<ref name="Bloomberg L.P._Brzybyla_20090225">{{cite news|accessdate=February 25, 2009|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aKyeCP.LGe5s&refer=home|title=Jindal's Response to Obama Address Panned by Fellow Republicans|first=Heidi |last=Przybyla|publisher=] |date=February 25, 2009}}</ref><ref name="cnn0225">{{cite news|accessdate=February 25, 2009|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/25/jindal.reaction/?iref=mpstoryview|title=Jindal earns bad reviews in national debut|publisher=CNN |date=February 25, 2009 |first=Alexander |last=Mooney}}</ref> On February 24, 2009, Jindal delivered the official Republican response to President Obama's ]. Jindal called the president's economic stimulus plan "irresponsible" and argued against government intervention.<ref name="bjspeech">{{cite news|access-date=February 25, 2009|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/24/AR2009022404300.html|title=In GOP Response, Jindal Blasts Stimulus | first=Perry Jr. |last=Bacon |date=February 25, 2009 |page=A08|newspaper=]}}</ref> He used ] to warn against government solutions to the economic crisis. "Today in Washington, some are promising that government will rescue us from the economic storms raging all around us," Jindal said. "Those of us who lived through Hurricane Katrina, we have our doubts." He praised the late sheriff ] for standing up to the government during Katrina.<ref name=NYT_Transcript_20090224>{{cite news|access-date=February 25, 2009|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/us/politics/24jindal-text.html?pagewanted=all|title=Transcript – The Republican Response by Gov. Bobby Jindal|work=] |date=February 24, 2009}}</ref><ref name="cnnvolc0225">{{cite news |access-date=February 25, 2009|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/25/jindal.volcanoes/?iref=mpstoryview|title=Gov. Bobby Jindal's volcano remark has some fuming|publisher=]|date=February 25, 2009}}</ref>


The speech met with biting reviews from some members of both the Democratic and the Republican parties. Referring to Jindal as "devoid of substantive ideas for governing the country", political commentator ] summarized Jindal's Katrina remark as follows: " since government failed during Hurricane Katrina, we should understand, not that government should not be allowed to fail again, but that government...never works. That government can't work, and therefore we should stop seeking a functioning government."<ref>The Rachel Maddow Show on msnbc.com. .</ref> David Johnson, a Republican political strategist criticized Jindal's mention of Hurricane Katrina, stating "The one thing Republicans want to forget is Katrina."<ref name=Fouhy>{{cite news |access-date=February 26, 2009 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6959091 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626102055/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6959091 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |title=Republicans, Democrats criticize Jindal's speech |first=Beth |last=Fouhy |agency=] |date=February 25, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> While Jindal's speech was poorly received by several Democratic and Republican critics, others argued that the speech should be judged on substance rather than delivery style.<ref name="Bloomberg L.P._Brzybyla_20090225">{{cite news|access-date=February 25, 2009|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aKyeCP.LGe5s&refer=home|title=Jindal's Response to Obama Address Panned by Fellow Republicans|first=Heidi |last=Przybyla|publisher=] |date=February 25, 2009}}</ref><ref name="cnn0225">{{cite news|access-date=February 25, 2009|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/25/jindal.reaction/?iref=mpstoryview|title=Jindal earns bad reviews in national debut|publisher=] |date=February 25, 2009 |first=Alexander |last=Mooney}}</ref>
Jindal's story of meeting Lee in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was questioned following the speech, as Jindal was not in New Orleans at the time.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/02/27/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4834777.shtml | work=CBS News | title=Was Jindal's Katrina Story Accurate? | first=Brian | last=Montopoli | date=February 27, 2009}}</ref> On February 27, 2009, a spokesman for Jindal clarified the timing of the meeting, stating that the story took place days after the storm.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith |first=Ben |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0209/Jindal_aide_Story_was_set_after_Katrina.html?showall |title=Jindal aides clarify Katrina story – Ben Smith |publisher=Politico.Com |date=February 27, 2009 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref><!--Rebuttals to this explanation must be reliably sourced--> The opportunity to give the response speech to the very popular President Obama was compared by some commentators to winning "]," a reference to the board game ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2009/0211/one-night-only-barack-obama-vs-bobby-jindal|title=One night only Barack Obama vs. Bobby Jindal|work=]|date=February 11, 2009}}</ref>


Jindal's story of meeting Lee in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was questioned following the speech, as Jindal was not in New Orleans at the time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/02/27/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4834777.shtml|work=]|title=Was Jindal's Katrina Story Accurate?|first=Brian|last=Montopoli|date=February 27, 2009}}</ref> On February 27, 2009, a spokesman for Jindal clarified the timing of the meeting, stating that the story took place days after the storm.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Ben|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0209/Jindal_aide_Story_was_set_after_Katrina.html?showall|title=Jindal aides clarify Katrina story – Ben Smith|publisher=]|date=February 27, 2009|access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref><!--Rebuttals to this explanation must be reliably sourced--> The opportunity to give the response to President Obama's speech was compared by some commentators to winning "second prize in a beauty contest", a reference to the board game ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2009/0211/one-night-only-barack-obama-vs-bobby-jindal|title=One night only Barack Obama vs. Bobby Jindal|work=]|date=February 11, 2009}}</ref>
===2012===
Jindal had been mentioned as a potential candidate for the ]. On December 10, 2008, Jindal indicated that he would likely not run for president in 2012, saying he will focus on his ] and that this would make transitioning to a national campaign difficult, though he later attempted to leave himself open to the opportunity to change his mind in the future – he did not rule out a possible 2012 presidential bid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1208/Jindal_says_no.html?showall|title=Jindal says no|author=Ben Smith|publisher=Politico.com|accessdate=December 10, 2008}}</ref>
Speculation increased when Republicans chose Jindal to deliver the response to President Obama's first address to a joint session of Congress.<ref name=Reuters_Baltimore_20090219>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/usPoliticsNews/idUKTRE51I42K20090219|title=Republicans tap Louisiana governor for big speech |date=February 19, 2009|first=Chris |last=Baltimore |publisher=Reuters}}</ref>


===2012 presidential election===
The Jindal for President Draft Council Inc. ] was formed in 2009 to raise funds for a future presidential run. Jindal has stated that he has no involvement with the PAC.<ref name=NEWSMAX>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/bobby_jindal_governor/2009/06/15/225488.html|title=Jindal PAC Formed for Presidential Run |date=June 15, 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref>
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Jindal had been mentioned as a potential candidate for the ]. On December 10, 2008, Jindal indicated that he would likely not run for president in 2012, saying he will focus on his ] and that this would make transitioning to a national campaign difficult, though he did not rule out a possible 2012 presidential bid.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ben Smith |date=December 10, 2008 |title=Jindal says no |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1208/Jindal_says_no.html?showall |access-date=2023-03-31 |publisher=]}}</ref>
Speculation increased when Republicans chose Jindal to deliver the response to President Obama's first address to a joint session of Congress.<ref name=Reuters_Baltimore_20090219>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/usPoliticsNews/idUKTRE51I42K20090219|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104215849/http://uk.reuters.com/article/usPoliticsNews/idUKTRE51I42K20090219|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2013|title=Republicans tap Louisiana governor for big speech|date=February 19, 2009|first=Chris|last=Baltimore|work=]}}</ref>


In April 2010, while speaking at the ], Jindal ruled out running for the Republican nomination for President in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35621_Page3.html|title=For GOP, no frontrunner and no worries |accessdate=September 24, 2015 |last1=Martin |first1=Jonathan |last2=Smith |first2=Ben |date=April 11, 2010|publisher='']''}}</ref> The Jindal for President Draft Council Inc. ] was formed in 2009 to raise funds for a future presidential run. Jindal has stated that he has no involvement with the PAC.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} In April 2010, while speaking at the ], Jindal ruled out running for the Republican nomination for president in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35621_Page3.html|title=For GOP, no frontrunner and no worries|access-date=September 24, 2015|last1=Martin|first1=Jonathan|last2=Smith|first2=Ben|date=April 11, 2010|publisher=]}}</ref>


In ], Jindal traveled across the country in support of the ]-] ticket. Because Louisiana and other ] states voted heavily for the GOP, Jindal could hence devote his campaign time elsewhere. In August 2012, '']'' reported that "Bobby Jindal would be considered and would likely take" appointment as ] in a potential ] ].<ref>"Who’s on the inside track for a Romney Cabinet" by MIKE ALLEN and JIM VANDEHEI, ''Politico'', August 28, 2012, </ref> In ], Jindal traveled across the country in support of the ]-] ticket. Because Louisiana and other ] states voted heavily for the GOP, Jindal could hence devote his campaign time elsewhere. In August 2012, '']'' reported that "Bobby Jindal would be considered and would likely take" appointment as ] in a potential ] ].<ref>, politico.com, August 28, 2012.</ref>


After the defeat of Romney-Ryan, Jindal called for his party to return to "the basics... If we want people to like us, we have to like them first," he said on the interview program '']''.<ref name=gopleader>"Governor: Liking people key to enlarging GOP base", '']'', November 19, 2012, p. 6A</ref> As the incoming president of the ], which had thirty members in 2013, Jindal questioned Romney for having criticized President Obama as having provided "extraordinary financial gifts from the government".<ref name=gopleader/> In reply to Romney, Jindal said, "You don't start to like people by insulting them and saying their votes were bought."<ref name=gopleader/> Jindal said that his party must convince a majority of voters that it supports the middle class and the principle of ]. He also criticized what he termed "stupid" remarks regarding rape and conception made in 2012 by defeated Republican U.S. Senate nominees ] in ] and ] in ].<ref name=gopleader/> After the defeat of Romney-Ryan, Jindal called for his party to return to "the basics... If we want people to like us, we have to like them first," he said on the interview program '']''.<ref name=gopleader>"Governor: Liking people key to enlarging GOP base", '']'', November 19, 2012, p. 6A</ref> As the incoming president of the ], which had thirty members in 2013, Jindal questioned Romney for having criticized President Obama as having provided "extraordinary financial gifts from the government".<ref name=gopleader/> In reply to Romney, Jindal said, "You don't start to like people by insulting them and saying their votes were bought."<ref name=gopleader/> Jindal said that his party must convince a majority of voters that it supports the middle class and the principle of ]. He also criticized what he termed "stupid" remarks regarding rape and conception made in 2012 by defeated Republican U.S. Senate nominees ] in ] and ] in ].<ref name=gopleader/>


===2016 presidential candidacy=== ===2016 presidential candidacy===
{{Main|Bobby Jindal presidential campaign, 2016}} {{Main|Bobby Jindal 2016 presidential campaign}}
] (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland on February 26, 2015.]] ]]]
In November 2012, after the election, Jindal was featured in a '']'' magazine article titled "2016: Let's Get The Party Started", where he was listed as a possible Republican candidate for the presidency in 2016. The article cited his fiscal and social conservative policies and his Indian American background, which would bring diversity to the GOP.<ref>{{citation |title=2016: Let's Get The Party Started |pages=118–131 |periodical= ] |date=November 19, 2012}}</ref> In November 2012, after the election, Jindal was featured in a '']'' magazine article titled "2016: Let's Get The Party Started", where he was listed as a possible Republican candidate for the presidency in 2016. The article cited his fiscal and social conservative policies and his Indian American background, which would bring diversity to the GOP.<ref>{{citation|title=2016: Let's Get The Party Started|pages=118–31|magazine=]|date=November 19, 2012}}</ref>


In 2013, with polls showing Jindal's approval ratings in Louisiana falling significantly,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/bobby-jindal-approval-rating-89559.html |title=Poll: Bobby Jindal approval rating plummets – Breanna Edwards |work=Politico|date=2013-04-03 |accessdate=2014-08-20}}</ref> some analysts wrote off Jindal as a serious national contender,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2013/07/gov_jindal_was_never_going_to.html |title=Bobby Jindal doesn't have a shot at becoming president: Robert Mann |publisher=NOLA.com |date=2013-07-14 |accessdate=2014-08-20}}</ref> though others pointed to Romney as an example of someone who still won the Presidential nomination despite poor approval ratings from his home state.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/with-popularity-fading-at-home-is-jindal-the-new-romney/ | work=The New York Times | first=Nate | last=Silver | title=With Popularity Fading at Home, Is Jindal the New Romney? | date=April 9, 2013}}</ref> In October 2013, Jindal told '']'' that he was still mulling a 2016 presidential run.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jindal: 'I don't know' about 2016|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030064416/http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2013/10/jindal-i-dont-know-about-176001.html|first=Caitlin|last=Emma |work=Politico|date=October 27, 2013|accessdate=October 28, 2013}}</ref> In 2013, with polls showing Jindal's approval ratings in Louisiana falling significantly,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/bobby-jindal-approval-rating-89559.html|title=Poll: Bobby Jindal approval rating plummets – Breanna Edwards|work=]|date=April 3, 2013|access-date=August 20, 2014}}</ref> some analysts wrote off Jindal as a serious national contender,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2013/07/gov_jindal_was_never_going_to.html|title=Bobby Jindal doesn't have a shot at becoming president: Robert Mann|newspaper=NOLA.com|date=July 14, 2013|access-date=August 20, 2014}}</ref> though others pointed to Romney as an example of someone who still won the Presidential nomination despite poor approval ratings from his home state.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/with-popularity-fading-at-home-is-jindal-the-new-romney|work=]|first=Nate|last=Silver|title=With Popularity Fading at Home, Is Jindal the New Romney?|date=April 9, 2013}}</ref> In October 2013, Jindal told '']'' that he was still mulling a 2016 presidential run.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jindal: 'I don't know' about 2016 |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2013/10/jindal-i-dont-know-about-176001.html|first=Caitlin|last=Emma|work=]|date=October 27, 2013|access-date=October 28, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030064416/http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2013/10/jindal-i-dont-know-about-176001.html|archive-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref>


On May 18, 2015, Jindal formed a presidential exploratory committee to determine whether he would run as a candidate in the 2016 presidential election,<ref name=Hunt>{{cite news| url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/governor-bobby-jindal-forms-2016-exploratory-committee-n360696 | title=Governor Bobby Jindal Forms 2016 Exploratory Committee | publisher=] | date=May 18, 2015 | accessdate=May 20, 2015 | author=Hunt, Kasie}}</ref> and he announced his candidacy on June 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bobbyjindal.com/announcement/|title=BobbyJindal.com|work=BobbyJindal.com|accessdate=June 25, 2015}}</ref> On May 18, 2015, Jindal formed a presidential exploratory committee to determine whether he would run as a candidate in the ],<ref name=Hunt>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/governor-bobby-jindal-forms-2016-exploratory-committee-n360696|title=Governor Bobby Jindal Forms 2016 Exploratory Committee|work=]|date=May 18, 2015|access-date=May 20, 2015|author=Hunt, Kasie}}</ref> and he announced his candidacy on June 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bobbyjindal.com/announcement/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626110206/http://www.bobbyjindal.com/announcement|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 26, 2015|title=A Special Announcement From Bobby Jindal|publisher=BobbyJindal.com|access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref>


As of early September 2015, Jindal was polling about 1 percent of the Republican primary electorate.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/bobby-jindal-calls-trump-unstable-narcissist-n425071|title=Bobby Jindal Calls Trump An Unstable Narcissist|first=Andrew|last=Rafferty|publisher=NBC News|date=September 10, 2015}}</ref> On November 17, 2015, Jindal appeared on '']'' on the Fox News Channel. He announced that he was ending his run for president (technically, suspending his campaign), saying "I've come to the realization that this is not my time."<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/17/politics/bobby-jindal-announces-he-is-ending-presidential-campaign/index.html</ref> As of early September, Jindal was polling at 1 percent among the Republican primary electorate.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/bobby-jindal-calls-trump-unstable-narcissist-n425071|title=Bobby Jindal Calls Trump An Unstable Narcissist|first=Andrew|last=Rafferty|work=]|date=September 10, 2015}}</ref> On November 17, 2015, Jindal appeared on '']'' on the Fox News Channel, announcing that he was ending his run for president, saying "I've come to the realization that this is not my time."<ref name="tomlobiancoandjeffzeleny">{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/17/politics/bobby-jindal-announces-he-is-ending-presidential-campaign/index.html |title=Bobby Jindal announces he is ending presidential campaign |author1=Tom LoBianco |author2=Jeff Zeleny |date=November 17, 2015 |publisher=]}}</ref>

During his campaign, Jindal called ] a "narcissist" and an "egomaniacal madman", but afterward said that he would support Trump because "electing Donald Trump would be the second-worst thing we could do this November, better only than electing Hillary Clinton to serve as the third term for the Obama administration's radical policies."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/08/where-republicans-stand-on-donald-trump-a-cheat-sheet/481449|title=Where Republicans Stand on Donald Trump: A Cheat Sheet|work=]|date=August 5, 2016}}</ref> After the 2016 election, Jindal would go to support his campaign and presidency despite past critiques.


==Political positions== ==Political positions==
] (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland on February 26, 2015]]


===Abortion and stem cell research=== ===Abortion and stem cell research===
Jindal has a 100% ] voting record according to the ].<ref name=OntheIssues_20080916>{{cite web|accessdate=|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Bobby_Jindal_Abortion.htm|title=Bobby Jindal on Abortion|publisher=On the Issues|date=September 16, 2008}}</ref> He opposes ] in general, but does not condemn medical procedures aimed at saving the life of the mother that indirectly result in the loss of the unborn child, such as ] for an ectopic pregnancy.<ref name=Advocate_Sentell_2003111>{{cite news|accessdate=|author=Sentell, Will and Dyer, Scott|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FEC6C97E8FB05E0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Abortion flier offends Jindal |work=The Advocate|location=Baton Rouge, LA|date=November 11, 2003|quote=He said he does not condemn medical procedures aimed at saving the life of the mother that result indirectly in the loss of the unborn child as a secondary effect.}}</ref><ref name=CapitolWatch_Hill_20031112>{{cite web|accessdate=|url=http://capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com/html/BC4983D2-AC99-421E-83DC-00FD0707A94D.shtml|work=Capitol Watch: Your Guide to Louisiana State Government|title=Gubernatorial candidates to meet today in final TV debate|author=John Hill |date=November 12, 2003}}</ref><ref>Walls, Seth Colter, , '']'', May 30, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR2008112901777.html|title=GOP Looks to Louisiana's Governor|publisher=|accessdate=September 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>Romano, Andrew, , '']'', December 22, 2008</ref> In 2003, Jindal stated that he does not object to the use of ] in the case of ] if the victim requests it.<ref name=CapitolWatch_Hill_20031112 /> While in the House of Representatives, he supported two bills to prohibit transporting minors across state lines to obtain an abortion; the bills aimed to prevent doctors and others from helping a minor avoid parental notification laws in their home state by procuring an abortion in another state.<ref name=OntheIssues_20080916 /> He opposes and has voted against expanding public funding of ].<ref name=OntheIssues_20080916/><ref name=TimesPicayne_Alpert_20080521>{{cite news|accessdate=|url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/report_mccain_to_meet_with_jin.html|author=Alpert, Bruce and Jan Moller|title=Jindal to meet Friday with McCain |work=The Times-Picayune |date=May 21, 2008|quote=Jindal is seen as solid on conservative social issues such as opposition to abortion and embryonic stem cell research.}}</ref> Jindal has a 100% ] voting record according to the ].<ref name=OntheIssues_20080916>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Bobby_Jindal_Abortion.htm|title=Bobby Jindal on Abortion|publisher=On the Issues|date=September 16, 2008}}</ref> He opposes ] in general, but does not condemn medical procedures aimed at saving the life of the mother that indirectly result in the loss of the unborn child, such as ] for an ectopic pregnancy.<ref name=Advocate_Sentell_2003111>{{cite news|author1=Sentell, Will |author2=Dyer, Scott |name-list-style=amp|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FEC6C97E8FB05E0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Abortion flier offends Jindal |work=The Advocate|location=Baton Rouge, LA|date=November 11, 2003|quote=He said he does not condemn medical procedures aimed at saving the life of the mother that result indirectly in the loss of the unborn child as a secondary effect.}}</ref><ref name=CapitolWatch_Hill_20031112>{{cite web|url=http://capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com/html/BC4983D2-AC99-421E-83DC-00FD0707A94D.shtml |work=Capitol Watch: Your Guide to Louisiana State Government |title=Gubernatorial candidates to meet today in final TV debate |author=John Hill |date=November 12, 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630063526/http://capitolwatch.reallouisiana.com/html/BC4983D2-AC99-421E-83DC-00FD0707A94D.shtml |archive-date=June 30, 2008 }}</ref><ref>Walls, Seth Colter, , '']'', May 30, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR2008112901777.html|title=GOP Looks to Louisiana's Governor|newspaper=]|access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>Romano, Andrew, , '']'', December 22, 2008.</ref>
In 2003, Jindal stated that he did not object to the use of ] in the case of ] if the victim requests it.<ref name=CapitolWatch_Hill_20031112/> While in the House of Representatives, he supported two bills to prohibit transporting minors across state lines to obtain an abortion; the bills aimed to prevent doctors and others from helping a minor avoid parental notification laws in their home state by procuring an abortion in another state.<ref name=OntheIssues_20080916/> He opposed and voted against expanding public funding of ].<ref name=OntheIssues_20080916/><ref name=TimesPicayne_Alpert_20080521>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/report_mccain_to_meet_with_jin.html|author1=Alpert, Bruce|author2=Jan Moller|name-list-style=amp|title=Jindal to meet Friday with McCain|work=]|date=May 21, 2008|quote=Jindal is seen as solid on conservative social issues such as opposition to abortion and embryonic stem cell research.}}</ref>


===Same-sex marriage=== ===Same-sex marriage===
Jindal opposes the legalization of ]. In Congress, he has voted for the ] to restrict marriage to a union between one man and one woman. He also voted against the ].<ref name=OnTheIssues_CivilRights>{{cite web|accessdate=|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Bobby_Jindal_Civil_Rights.htm|title=Bobby Jindal on Civil Rights|publisher=OntheIssues.org}}</ref> In December 2008, Jindal announced the formation of the Louisiana Commission on Marriage and Family,<ref>{{dead link|date=July 2013}} on BayouBuzz.com.</ref> Following the 2013 Supreme Court's rulings on ] and ], he said: "I believe every child deserves a mom and a dad. This opinion leaves the matter of marriage to the states where people can decide. In Louisiana, we will opt for traditional marriage. How about we let the people decide for themselves, via their representatives and via referendum?"<ref>{{cite web|author=The Associated Press July 2, 2013 |url=http://news.yahoo.com/gop-hopefuls-immigration-gay-marriage-080637140.html |title=GOP hopefuls on immigration, gay marriage |publisher=News.yahoo.com |date=2013-07-02 |accessdate=2013-07-19}}</ref> Jindal opposed the legalization of both ] and ]s. In Congress, he voted for the ] to restrict marriage to a union between one man and one woman. He also voted against the ].<ref name=OnTheIssues_CivilRights>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Bobby_Jindal_Civil_Rights.htm|title=Bobby Jindal on Civil Rights|publisher=OntheIssues.org}}</ref> In December 2008, Jindal announced the formation of the Louisiana Commission on Marriage and Family.<ref> on BayouBuzz.com. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307190004/http://www.bayoubuzz.com/News/Louisiana/Government/Louisiana_Gov._Jindal_Picks_Louisiana_Commission_on_Marriage_and_Family__7840.asp|date=March 7, 2009}}</ref>
Following the 2013 Supreme Court's rulings on ] and ], he said: "I believe every child deserves a mom and a dad. This opinion leaves the matter of marriage to the states where people can decide. In Louisiana, we will opt for traditional marriage. How about we let the people decide for themselves, via their representatives and via referendum?"<ref>{{cite news|agency=] |url=https://news.yahoo.com/gop-hopefuls-immigration-gay-marriage-080637140.html|title=GOP hopefuls on immigration, gay marriage|work=]|date=July 2, 2013|access-date=July 19, 2013}}</ref>


====Marriage and Conscience Act==== ====Marriage and Conscience Act====
In April 2015, Jindal announced that he would sign into law the Louisiana Marriage and Conscience Act proposed by newly elected Republican state representative ]. In a guest editorial in '']'', Jindal said that he has been contacted by several corporations who oppose the bill: "They are free to voice their opinions, but they will not deter me."<ref name=nyt>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/features/realestate/12184896-70/bobby-jindal-im-holding-firm|title=Bobby Jindal gives his take on gay marriage in New York Times editorial|publisher='']''|accessdate=April 23, 2015}}</ref> Johnson's bill proposes to bar the state from revoking licenses or refusing to engage in contract with individuals or businesses because they oppose marriage between two persons of the same sex. Johnson's bill would guarantee the tax status of groups that support only traditional marriage.<ref name=nyt/> In May 2015, the legislature killed the measure. Four Republican members, ] of ], ] of ], ] of ], and ] of ], joined Democrats in killing the bill. Jindal responded by issuing ] BJ-2015-8, (the "Marriage and Conscience Order"), which attempts to achieve the goals of the failed legislation.<ref name=Epps>{{cite web | url=http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/05/bobby-jindal-hb-707-and-the-2016-presidential-race/393833/ | title=What Will Bobby Jindal's 'Marriage and Conscience Order' Actually Do? | work=] | date=May 21, 2015 | accessdate=May 21, 2015 | author=Epps, Garrett}}</ref> Johnson said he intends to re-introduce the measure in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/05/louisianas_religious_freedom_b.html|title=Louisiana's religious freedom bill effectively defeated in committee|author=Emily Lane|date=May 19, 2015|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=May 19, 2015}}</ref> In May 2015, the legislature killed the measure. Four Republican members, ] of ], ] of ], ] of ], and ] of ], joined Democrats in killing the bill. Jindal responded by issuing ] BJ-2015-8, (the "Marriage and Conscience Order"), which attempted to achieve the goals of the failed legislation.<ref name=Epps>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/05/bobby-jindal-hb-707-and-the-2016-presidential-race/393833|title=What Will Bobby Jindal's 'Marriage and Conscience Order' Actually Do?|work=]|access-date=May 21, 2015|author=Epps, Garrett|date=May 21, 2015}}</ref> Johnson said he intended to re-introduce the measure in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/05/louisianas_religious_freedom_b.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521175816/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/05/louisianas_religious_freedom_b.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2015|title=Louisiana's religious freedom bill effectively defeated in committee|author=Emily Lane|newspaper=]|access-date=May 19, 2015}}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{cite web |title=Bobby Jindal gives his take on gay marriage in New York Times editorial |url=http://theadvocate.com/features/realestate/12184896-70/bobby-jindal-im-holding-firm |access-date=April 23, 2015 |work=] |archive-date=May 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521081035/http://theadvocate.com/features/realestate/12184896-70/bobby-jindal-im-holding-firm |url-status=dead }}</ref>


===Government ethics=== ===Government ethics===
He has vetoed state legislation to increase pay for state legislators.<ref>{{cite news|author=Morris, Tim|work=The Times-Picayune |url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/jindal_vetoes_legislative_rais.html |title=Jindal vetoes legislative raise |date=June 30, 2008|accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name="ontheissues.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Bobby_Jindal.htm |title=Bobby Jindal on the Issues |publisher=Ontheissues.org |date=March 14, 2012 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> However, the Louisiana governor's office has been ranked last for transparency in the United States both prior to Jindal's election and since, as reported by the WDSU I-Team. At least two legislators, state representatives ] and ], argue that this may be attributed to legislation that removed the governor's records from the public domain; they argue that the legislation was surreptitiously inserted as a last-minute amendment into an education bill by Jindal's office on the last day of the 2008 session, providing no time to properly review it before it passed the legislature and was signed into law by Jindal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wdsu.com/news/16828329/detail.html |title=I-Team: Governor's Office Ranks Last In Transparency|publisher=WDSU|location=New Orleans|date=July 9, 2008 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> He vetoed state legislation to increase pay for state legislators.<ref>{{cite news|author=Morris, Tim|work=] |url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/jindal_vetoes_legislative_rais.html |title=Jindal vetoes legislative raise |date=June 30, 2008|access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name="ontheissues.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Bobby_Jindal.htm |title=Bobby Jindal on the Issues |publisher=Ontheissues.org |date=March 14, 2012 |access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref> However, the Louisiana governor's office was ranked last for transparency in the United States both prior, and subsequent, to Jindal's election, as reported by the WDSU I-Team. At least two legislators, state representatives ] and ], argued that this may be attributed to legislation that removed the governor's records from the public domain; they argued that the legislation was surreptitiously inserted as a last-minute amendment into an education bill by Jindal's office on the last day of the 2008 session, providing no time to properly review it before it passed the legislature and was signed into law by Jindal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wdsu.com/news/16828329/detail.html |title=I-Team: Governor's Office Ranks Last In Transparency |publisher=WDSU |location=New Orleans |date=July 9, 2008 |access-date=August 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224083924/http://www.wdsu.com/news/16828329/detail.html |archive-date=February 24, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/05/bobby_jindal_makes_ethics_exce.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150422190129/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/05/bobby_jindal_makes_ethics_exce.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2015|title=Bobby Jindal allows state ethics exception for former Louisiana legislator|date=May 31, 2014|newspaper=]|access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref>

In 2014, Jindal signed into law a bill sponsored by Democratic state representative ] of New Orleans to permit ], a Democratic former member of both houses of the Louisiana Legislature and an unsuccessful 2006 candidate for ], to lobby legislators even though Heitmeier's brother, ], is the sitting senator for District 7, which includes the ] neighborhood of New Orleans. The special exemption permits an immediate family member of an elected official who was a lobbyist for the executive branch of state government for one year prior to January 9, 2012, to be able to lobby the legislature. David Heitmeier abstained from voting on the measure which was written with the intent of benefiting Francis Heitmeier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/05/bobby_jindal_makes_ethics_exce.html|title=Bobby Jindal allows state ethics exception for former Louisiana legislator|date=May 31, 2014|publisher='']''|accessdate=April 22, 2015}}</ref>


===Gun rights and gun control=== ===Gun rights and gun control===
Jindal has stated his support of the ]'s right to bear arms. He has opposed efforts to restrict gun rights and has received an endorsement from the ].<ref>{{cite web|author=Comment Cancel |url=http://www.mixx.com/stories/6467968/louisiana_governor_bobby_jindal_speaks_at_the_nra_annual_meetings |title=Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Speaks at the NRA Annual Meetings |publisher=Mixx |date= |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> Jindal earned an A rating from ] while he was in Congress.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=|url=http://www.gunowners.org/109hrat.htm|archivedate=January 22, 2008|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080122040555/http://www.gunowners.org/109hrat.htm|title=GOA House Ratings for the 109th Congress |publisher=GunOwners.org|date=October 2006}}</ref> Jindal is a fervent supporter of the ] and generally opposes gun control. He has been endorsed by the ]<ref>{{cite web |title=NRA-PVF Endorses Congressman Bobby Jindal For Governor of Louisiana |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20070720/nra-pvf-endorses-congressman-bobby-jindal-for-governor-of-louisiana |website=nrapvf.org |publisher=NRA-PVF |access-date=11 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812202140/https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20070720/nra-pvf-endorses-congressman-bobby-jindal-for-governor-of-louisiana |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |language=en-US |date=July 20, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mixx.com/stories/6467968/louisiana_governor_bobby_jindal_speaks_at_the_nra_annual_meetings |title=Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Speaks at the NRA Annual Meetings |publisher=Mixx |access-date=August 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803000714/http://www.mixx.com/stories/6467968/louisiana_governor_bobby_jindal_speaks_at_the_nra_annual_meetings |archive-date=August 3, 2009 }}</ref> and received an A rating from ] while he was in Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gunowners.org/109hrat.htm|archive-date=January 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122040555/http://www.gunowners.org/109hrat.htm|title=GOA House Ratings for the 109th Congress |publisher=GunOwners.org|date=October 2006}}</ref>


As a Congressman, he sponsored the ] with Senator Vitter. As a Congressman, he sponsored the ] with ].


In July 2015, during an interview with CBS, Jindal stated that he supports stricter background checks, and that every state should begin to enact tougher background checks on gun buyers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/bobby-jindal-gun-control/399683/ |title=Bobby Jindal Calls for Better Mental-Health Reporting to National Background Check System |publisher=The Atlantic |date=2015-07-27 |accessdate=2015-11-16}}</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/us/politics/bobby-jindal-calls-for-states-to-follow-louisianas-example-in-toughening-gun-laws.html?_r=0</ref> In July 2015, during an interview with CBS, Jindal stated that he supported stricter background checks, and that every state should begin to enact tougher background checks on gun buyers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/bobby-jindal-gun-control/399683/ |title=Bobby Jindal Calls for Better Mental-Health Reporting to National Background Check System |work=] |date=July 27, 2015 |access-date=November 16, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/us/politics/bobby-jindal-calls-for-states-to-follow-louisianas-example-in-toughening-gun-laws.html|title=Bobby Jindal Calls for States to Follow Louisiana's Example in Toughening Gun Laws|first=Ashley|last=Southall|newspaper=]|date=July 26, 2015}}</ref>


===Tax policy=== ===Tax policy===
As a private citizen, Jindal voted in 2002 for the Louisiana constitutional amendment known as the ]<ref name=Weekly_Tidmore_20040524>{{cite web|accessdate=|title=The Weekly's inside political track....|author=Tidmore, Christopher |date=May 24, 2004|url=http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20040524p|work=Louisiana Weekly|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20061017040235/http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20040524p|archivedate=October 17, 2006}}</ref> which lowered some sales taxes in exchange for higher income taxes. Since taking office, Jindal has cut taxes a total of six times, including the largest income tax cut in Louisiana's history – a cut of $1.1 billion over five years, along with accelerating the elimination of the tax on business investments.<ref name=WAFB_Moses_20080618>{{cite news|accessdate=|url=http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=8521558&nav=menu57_1|publisher=WAFB Channel 9 |location=Baton Rouge, LA|title=Stelly tax ad causing controversy |author=Moses, Caroline|date=June 18, 2008}}</ref> In January 2013, Jindal stated he wants to eliminate all Louisiana corporate and personal income taxes, without giving details for his proposal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Louisiana Governor Jindal proposes ending state income tax |author=Kathy Finn |url=http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE90A02K20130111?irpc=932 |agency=Reuters |date=January 10, 2013 |accessdate=January 12, 2013}}</ref> As a private citizen, Jindal voted in 2002 for the Louisiana constitutional amendment known as the Stelly Plan<ref name=Weekly_Tidmore_20040524>{{cite web|title=The Weekly's inside political track....|author=Tidmore, Christopher |date=May 24, 2004|url=http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20040524p|work=Louisiana Weekly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017040235/http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20040524p|archive-date=October 17, 2006}}</ref> which lowered some ]es in exchange for higher ]es. After taking office, Jindal cut taxes a total of six times, including the largest income tax cut in Louisiana's history – a cut of $1.1 billion over five years, along with accelerating the elimination of the tax on business investments.<ref name=WAFB_Moses_20080618>{{cite news|url=http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=8521558&nav=menu57_1|publisher=WAFB Channel 9|location=Baton Rouge, LA|title=Stelly tax ad causing controversy|author=Moses, Caroline|date=June 18, 2008|access-date=July 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623051904/http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=8521558&nav=menu57_1|archive-date=June 23, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In January 2013, Jindal said he wanted to eliminate all Louisiana corporate and personal income taxes, without giving details for his proposal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Louisiana Governor Jindal proposes ending state income tax |author=Kathy Finn |url=http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE90A02K20130111?irpc=932 |work=]|date=January 10, 2013 |access-date=January 12, 2013}}</ref>


As U.S. Representative from Louisiana, Jindal received grades of B in 2005, B- in 2006, and C in 2007 from the ], a ] ].<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.ntu.org/state/legislator/bobby-jindal|title=National Taxpayers Union - Bobby Jindal|publisher=]|accessdate=September 3, 2015}}</ref> As Governor of Louisiana, Jindal has received grades of A in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Chris|publisher=]|url=http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/PA668.pdf|title=Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 2010|work=Policy Analysis No. 668|date=September 30, 2010|accessdate=September 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Chris|publisher=]|url=http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/fiscal-policy-report-card-americas-governors-2010|title=Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 2010|date=September 30, 2010|accessdate=September 3, 2015}}</ref> B in 2012,<ref>{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Chris|publisher=]|url=http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/GRC2012.pdf|title=Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors 2012|date=October 9, 2012|accessdate=September 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Chris|publisher=]|url=http://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/fiscal-policy-report-card-americas-governors-2012|title=Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 2012|date=October 9, 2012|accessdate=September 3, 2015}}</ref> and B in 2014<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kaeding|first1=Nicole|last2=Edwards|first2=Chris|publisher=]|url=http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/fprc-on-americas-governors_1.pdf|title=Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors 2014|date=October 2, 2014|accessdate=September 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Kaeding|first1=Nicole|last2=Edwards|first2=Chris|publisher=]|url=http://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/fiscal-policy-report-card-americas-governors-2014|title=Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors 2014|date=October 2, 2014|accessdate=September 3, 2015}}</ref> from the ], a ] think tank, in their biennial Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors. As U.S. Representative from Louisiana, Jindal received grades of B in 2005, B− in 2006, and C in 2007 from the ], a ] ].<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.ntu.org/state/legislator/bobby-jindal|title=National Taxpayers Union - Bobby Jindal|publisher=]|access-date=September 3, 2015}}</ref> As Governor of Louisiana, Jindal received grades of A in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Chris|work=Policy Analysis No. 668|publisher=]|url=http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/PA668.pdf|title=Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 2010|date=September 30, 2010|access-date=September 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Chris|publisher=]|url=http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/fiscal-policy-report-card-americas-governors-2010|title=Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 2010|date=September 30, 2010|access-date=September 3, 2015}}</ref> B in 2012,<ref>{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Chris|publisher=]|url=http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/GRC2012.pdf|title=Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors 2012|date=October 9, 2012|access-date=September 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Chris|publisher=]|url=http://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/fiscal-policy-report-card-americas-governors-2012|title=Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 2012|date=October 9, 2012|access-date=September 3, 2015}}</ref> and B in 2014<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kaeding|first1=Nicole|last2=Edwards|first2=Chris|publisher=]|url=http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/fprc-on-americas-governors_1.pdf|title=Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors 2014|date=October 2, 2014|access-date=September 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Kaeding|first1=Nicole|last2=Edwards|first2=Chris|publisher=]|url=http://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/fiscal-policy-report-card-americas-governors-2014|title=Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors 2014|date=October 2, 2014|access-date=September 3, 2015}}</ref> from the ], a ] think tank, in their biennial Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors.


===Education=== ===Education===
In 2008, Jindal came out in favor of the ],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130930/NEWS0401/309300002/ |title=Bobby Jindal questions Common Core while John White holds strong |last1=Nash-Wood |first1=Mary |date=September 29, 2013 |website=www.shreveporttimes.com |publisher=www.shreveporttimes.com |accessdate=October 26, 2013}}</ref> which Louisiana adopted in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.louisianabelieves.com/newsroom/news-releases/2013/10/16/bese-passes-policies-to-support-local-curriculum-control-and-student-privacy-in-common-core-transition |title=BESE Passes Policies to Support Local Curriculum Control and Student Privacy in Common Core Transition|date=October 16, 2013 |website=www.louisianabelieves.com |publisher=Louisiana Department of Education|accessdate=October 29, 2013}}</ref> In 2014 Jindal wrote that "It has become fashionable in the news media to believe there is a right-wing conspiracy against Common Core."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/04/23/common-core-louisiana-gov-bobby-jindal-editorials-debates/8071863/ |title=Gov. Jindal: Leave education to local control |last1=Jindal |first1=Bobby |date=April 23, 2014 |website=www.usatoday.com |publisher=USA Today |accessdate=7 July 2014}}</ref> In 2015 Jindal said that investments in technology will render Common Core obsolete.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/02/09/bobby-jindal-makes-the-case-for-why-common-core-wont-work-in-tech-terms/ |title=Bobby Jindal Makes the Case for Why Common Core Won’t Work, in Tech Terms |last1=Street |first1=Jon |date=9 February 2015 |website=www.theblaze.com |publisher=TheBlaze Inc |accessdate=10 February 2015}}</ref> In 2008, Jindal came out in favour of the ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130930/NEWS0401/309300002|title=Bobby Jindal questions Common Core while John White holds strong|last1=Nash-Wood|first1=Mary|date=September 29, 2013|publisher=shreveporttimes.com|access-date=October 26, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001144640/http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130930/NEWS0401/309300002/|archive-date=October 1, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> which Louisiana adopted in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianabelieves.com/newsroom/news-releases/2013/10/16/bese-passes-policies-to-support-local-curriculum-control-and-student-privacy-in-common-core-transition|title=BESE Passes Policies to Support Local Curriculum Control and Student Privacy in Common Core Transition|date=October 16, 2013|publisher=louisianabelieves.com|access-date=October 29, 2013}}</ref>

In 2014, Jindal wrote that "It has become fashionable in the news media to believe there is a right-wing conspiracy against Common Core."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/04/23/common-core-louisiana-gov-bobby-jindal-editorials-debates/8071863|title=Gov. Jindal: Leave education to local control|last1=Jindal|first1=Bobby|date=April 23, 2014|work=]|access-date=July 7, 2014}}</ref>

Jindal proposed budgets that impose cuts on higher education funding in Louisiana, leading to protests from students and education advocates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/blogs/politicsblog/107123234.html|title=Hundreds rally against higher education cuts|access-date=September 26, 2014|archive-date=November 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113235926/http://www.2theadvocate.com/blogs/politicsblog/107123234.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jindal proposed several controversial education reforms, including vouchers for low income students in public schools to attend private institutions using ] funds.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Ted Jackson|author2=]|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/bobby_jindal_education_bills_w.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906123247/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/bobby_jindal_education_bills_w.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2012|title=Bobby Jindal education bills whisk through Louisiana Senate panel|newspaper=NOLA.com|access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref>


Jindal has proposed budgets that impose cuts on higher education funding in Louisiana, leading to protests from students and education advocates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/blogs/politicsblog/107123234.html|title=Hundreds rally against higher education cuts|publisher=|accessdate=September 26, 2014}}</ref> Jindal has proposed several controversial education reforms, including vouchers for low income students in public schools to attend private institutions using ] funds.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ted Jackson, The Times-Picayune |url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/bobby_jindal_education_bills_w.html |title=Bobby Jindal education bills whisk through Louisiana Senate panel |publisher=NOLA.com |date= |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> The legislation also includes controversial changes in teacher evaluations, tenure and pensions. Hundreds of teachers, administrators and public education supporters have protested against the legislation at the capital of Louisiana,<ref>{{cite web|author=msnbc.com |url=http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/14/10685511-teacher-protest-closes-schools-in-louisiana |title=Teacher protest closes schools in Louisiana – U.S. News |publisher=Usnews.msnbc.msn.com |date= |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> some of whom have canceled classes to attend demonstrations. Many participants have begun circulating petitions to recall Jindal and Republican House Speaker Chuck Kleckley.<ref>Wolfgang, Ben (April 3, 2012). . ''The Washington Times''.</ref> In April 2012, a Louisiana Public Broadcasting program examined possible conflicts between aspects of the Jindal education reform plan and the federal desegregation orders still in place in many parts of Louisiana .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JdpQli0NPk&feature=player_embedded#!/|title=School Choice and Desegregation|work=YouTube|accessdate=September 26, 2014}}</ref> The legislation also included controversial changes in teacher evaluations, tenure and pensions. Hundreds of teachers, administrators and public education supporters protested against the legislation at the capital of Louisiana,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=]|url=http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/14/10685511-teacher-protest-closes-schools-in-louisiana|title=Teacher protest closes schools in Louisiana|access-date=August 7, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519025916/http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/14/10685511-teacher-protest-closes-schools-in-louisiana|archive-date=May 19, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> some of whom cancelled classes to attend demonstrations. Many participants circulated petitions to recall Jindal and Republican House Speaker Chuck Kleckley.<ref>Wolfgang, Ben (April 3, 2012). , ''The Washington Times''; accessed July 27, 2017.</ref> In April 2012, a Louisiana Public Broadcasting program examined possible conflicts between aspects of the Jindal education reform plan and the federal desegregation orders still in place in many parts of Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JdpQli0NPk/| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211111/5JdpQli0NPk| archive-date=2021-11-11 | url-status=live|title=School Choice and Desegregation| date=April 26, 2012|publisher=]|access-date=September 26, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


====Evolution==== ====Evolution====
Jindal signed a law that permits teachers at ] to supplement standard evolutionary curricula with analysis and critiques that may include ].<ref name="second">{{cite news|accessdate=|url=http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1668433,00.html|title=The Second Coming of Bobby Jindal|first=Russell |last=McCulley |date=October 4, 2007|work=Time Magazine}}</ref> The law forbids "the promotion of any religious doctrine and will not discriminate against religion or non-religion." Louisiana ACLU Director Marjorie Esman says that if the act is utilized as written, it is on firm constitutional footing, but there is strong potential for abuse,<ref>"The evidence at trial demonstrates that ID is nothing less than the progeny of creationism" (page 31) in "{{dead link|date=July 2013}}" of ]</ref> stating that the Act is "susceptible to a constitutional challenge."<ref>Esman, Marjorie. 2009. June 8, 2009 letter.</ref> Despite calls for a ] from groups such as '']'', and some of Jindal's genetics professors at ],<ref name=TimesPicayune_Barrow_20080626>{{cite news|accessdate=|url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/science_law_could_set_tone_for.html|title=Science law could set tone for Jindal |date=June 26, 2008|first=Bill |last=Barrow|work=]}}</ref> Jindal signed the ] which passed with a vote of 94–3 in the State House and 35–0 in the State Senate in 2008. Jindal signed a law that permitted teachers at ] to supplement standard evolutionary curricula with analysis and critiques that may include ].<ref name="second">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1668433,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012055911/http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1668433,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2007|title=The Second Coming of Bobby Jindal|first=Russell|last=McCulley|date=October 4, 2007|magazine=]}}</ref> The law provides that "lassroom instruction and materials shall not promote any religious doctrine", but Louisiana ] Director Marjorie Esman said that that provision "is vague at best",<ref>"The evidence at trial demonstrates that ID is nothing less than the progeny of creationism" (page 31) in " {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051221144316/http://www.pamd.uscourts.gov/kitzmiller/kitzmiller_342.pdf|date=December 21, 2005}}" of ]</ref> and stated that the Act is "susceptible to a constitutional challenge."<ref>Esman, Marjorie. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101165753/https://www.laaclu.org/PDF_documents/BESE_comments_060809.pdf |date=January 1, 2011 }}, June 8, 2009 letter.</ref> Despite calls for a ] from ] and some genetics professors at ],<ref name=TimesPicayune_Barrow_20080626>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/science_law_could_set_tone_for.html|title=Science law could set tone for Jindal|date=June 26, 2008|first=Bill|last=Barrow|work=]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731030454/http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/science_law_could_set_tone_for.html|archive-date=July 31, 2010}}</ref> Jindal signed the ] which passed the voting in the State House and the State Senate in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-07-23 |title=Louisiana the Only State to Promote Academic Freedom (So Far) |url=https://www.icr.org/article/louisiana-only-state-promote-academic-freedom-so-f/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=www.icr.org |language=en}}</ref>


The ] rejected New Orleans as a site for their 2010 meeting and the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will not conduct future meetings in Louisiana.<ref name="SICB1">{{cite web|accessdate=February 27, 2009|url=http://www.sicb.org/resources/LouisianaLetterJindal.pdf|format=PDF |first=Robert |last=Satterlie|title=Letter to Bobby Jindal|publisher=Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology|date=February 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name="ASBMB">{{cite news|accessdate=February 27, 2009|url=http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1234938291272770.xml&coll=1|first=James |last=Gill |title=Mad scientists|date=February 18, 2009|work=Times-Picayune}}</ref> The ] rejected New Orleans as a site for their 2010 meeting and the ] will not conduct future meetings in Louisiana.<ref name="SICB1">{{cite web|access-date=February 27, 2009|url=http://www.sicb.org/resources/LouisianaLetterJindal.pdf|first=Robert|last=Satterlie|title=Letter to Bobby Jindal|publisher=Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology|date=February 5, 2009|archive-date=February 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225033422/http://www.sicb.org/resources/LouisianaLetterJindal.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ASBMB">{{cite news|access-date=February 27, 2009|url=http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1234938291272770.xml&coll=1|first=James|last=Gill|title=Mad scientists|date=February 18, 2009|work=]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303173505/http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-0%2F1234938291272770.xml&coll=1|archive-date=March 3, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


===Civil liberties=== ===Civil liberties===
] on October 14. The document signing was an opportunity to join employers from across the country in supporting Soldiers, October 2008]] ] on October 14, 2008. The document signing was an opportunity to join employers from across the country in supporting Soldiers]]


Jindal opposes the ] on the grounds that it is a violation of the Constitution's guarantee of free speech and vowed protection of property rights. Jindal voted to extend the ], voted in favor of the ], supported a ] banning ],<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll296.xml|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 296 |date=June 22, 2005|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives|quote=H J RES 10 &nbsp; &nbsp; 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY .....QUESTION: On Passage ...BILL TITLE: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.}}</ref> and voted for the ] of 2005.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=8224&can_id=35481|title=Key Votes: HR 418: Real ID Act of 2005 (Immigration) |date=February 10, 2005|publisher=VoteSmart.org}}</ref> In the 2009 legislative session, Jindal expressed support for a bill by state representative ] of ], which would permit ] to choose whether or not to wear a helmet. Morris' bill easily passed the House but was blocked in the Jindal voted to extend the ], voted in favor of the ], supported a ] banning ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll296.xml|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 296 |date=June 22, 2005|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives|quote=H J RES 10 &nbsp; &nbsp; 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY .....QUESTION: On Passage ...BILL TITLE: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.}}</ref> and voted for the ] of 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=8224&can_id=35481|title=Key Votes: HR 418: Real ID Act of 2005 (Immigration)|date=February 10, 2005|publisher=VoteSmart.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2009/jun/11/senate-panel-rejects-cycle-helmet-repeal/|title=Senate Panel Rejects Cycle Helmet Repeal|publisher=Natchez Democrat|access-date=July 14, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211175925/http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2009/jun/11/senate-panel-rejects-cycle-helmet-repeal|archive-date=February 11, 2016}}</ref>
Senate Health Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2009/jun/11/senate-panel-rejects-cycle-helmet-repeal/|title=Senate Panel Rejects Cycle Helmet Repeal|publisher=''Natchez Democrat'', ], ]|accessdate=July 14, 2009}}</ref>


===Immigration laws=== ===Immigration laws===
He has criticized ] as a drain on the economy, as well as being unfair to those who entered the country by legal means. He has voted to build a fence along the Mexican border and opposes granting amnesty for illegal immigrants.<ref name="ontheissues.org"/><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/us/politics/24jindal-text.html | work=The New York Times | title=The Republican Response by Gov. Bobby Jindal | date=February 24, 2009 | accessdate=April 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/07/04/bobby-jindal-the-son-of-immigrants-and-new-champion-of-the-tough-on-immigrants-crowd/|title=Bobby Jindal: The son of immigrants and new champion of the tough-on-immigrants crowd|work=Washington Post|date=4 July 2015}}</ref> He criticized ] as a drain on the economy, as well as being unfair to those who entered the country by legal means. He voted to build a fence along the Mexican border and opposed granting amnesty for illegal immigrants.<ref name="ontheissues.org" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/us/politics/24jindal-text.html|work=]|title=The Republican Response by Gov. Bobby Jindal|date=February 24, 2009|access-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/07/04/bobby-jindal-the-son-of-immigrants-and-new-champion-of-the-tough-on-immigrants-crowd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706171511/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/07/04/bobby-jindal-the-son-of-immigrants-and-new-champion-of-the-tough-on-immigrants-crowd/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2015|title=Bobby Jindal: The son of immigrants and new champion of the tough-on-immigrants crowd|newspaper=]|date=July 4, 2015}}</ref>


===Health care=== ===Health care===
Jindal refused to accept federal funds to expand Medicaid after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, costing his state $1.65 billion in federal health-care assistance for the poor.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/12/louisiana_residents_paying_for.html | work=Times-Picayune | title=Louisiana residents paying for health care they won't receive because state rejected Medicaid expansion, says new study | date=December 5, 2013}}</ref> He supports increased health insurance portability; laws promoting coverage of pre-existing medical conditions; a cap on malpractice lawsuits; an easing of restrictions on importation of prescription medications; the implementation of a streamlined ] system; an emphasis on preventative care rather than emergency room care; and tax benefits aimed at making health insurance more affordable for the uninsured and targeted to promote universal access. Since Jindal has taken office, over 11,000 uninsured children have been added to the State's ]. He opposes a federal government-run, single-payer system, but supports state efforts to reduce the uninsured population.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,557283,00.html | work=Fox News | title=Governor Bobby Jindal Discusses Health Care Reform He Wants to See | date=September 29, 2009}}</ref> He has also supported expanding services for ] children, and has promoted a national childhood cancer database.<ref name="ontheissues.org"/> In collaboration with Health Secretary ], Jindal has drafted the Louisiana Health First Initiative. This plan focuses on expanding health insurance coverage for the state's indigent population, increasing Medicaid choice, reducing fraud, authorizing funding of a new charity hospital, and increasing transparency in Medicaid by making performance measures available over the internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/?ID=349 |title=Louisiana Health First – Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals |publisher=Dhh.louisiana.gov |date= |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> Jindal supports co-payments in ].<ref>Bobby Jindal 2004 Congressional Campaign Website</ref> Due to a congressional reduction in federal Medicaid financing rates, the Jindal administration chose to levy the largest slice of cuts on the network of ] charity hospitals and clinics, requiring some facilities to close.<ref>{{cite news |title=LSU health care system takes brunt of Medicaid cut |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.wwltv.com/news/LSU-health-care-system-takes-brunt-of-Medicaid-cut-162399466.html |publisher=WWTV |date=July 13, 2012 |accessdate=July 18, 2012 |quote=LSU's network of charity hospitals and clinics will lose a quarter of its budget, with the Jindal administration choosing to levy the largest slice of Medicaid cuts on the facilities. Health and Hospitals Secretary Bruce Greenstein said nearly $317 million of the $523 million in cuts announced Friday will fall on the public health care system run by LSU. Hospital officials had previously warned that they couldn't make deep cuts without shuttering facilities. Greenstein said the administration's plan doesn't call for closures, but asks LSU to make structural changes and create efficiencies. The slashing is tied to a congressional reduction in Louisiana's federal Medicaid financing rate. Other cuts will fall on hospitals that take care of Medicaid patients. A state-run mental hospital in Mandeville will be closed.}}</ref> Jindal refused to accept federal funds to expand Medicaid after the passage of the ], costing his state $1.65 billion in federal health-care assistance for the poor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/12/louisiana_residents_paying_for.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206174334/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/12/louisiana_residents_paying_for.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 2013|work=]|title=Louisiana residents paying for health care they won't receive because state rejected Medicaid expansion, says new study | date=December 5, 2013}}</ref> He supported increased health insurance portability; laws promoting coverage of pre-existing medical conditions; a cap on malpractice lawsuits; an easing of restrictions on importation of prescription medications; the implementation of a streamlined ] system; an emphasis on preventative care rather than emergency room care; and tax benefits aimed at making health insurance more affordable for the uninsured and targeted to promote universal access. During Jindal tenure, over 11,000 uninsured children were added to the State's ]. He also opposed a federal government-run, single-payer system, but supported state efforts to reduce the uninsured population.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/governor-bobby-jindal-discusses-health-care-reform-he-wants-to-see | publisher=] | title=Governor Bobby Jindal Discusses Health Care Reform He Wants to See | date=September 29, 2009 | access-date=October 26, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003000656/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,557283,00.html | archive-date=October 3, 2009 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> He has also supported expanding services for ] children, and promoted a national childhood cancer database.<ref name="ontheissues.org"/> Due to a congressional reduction in federal Medicaid financing rates, the Jindal administration chose to levy the largest slice of cuts on the network of ] charity hospitals and clinics, requiring some facilities to close.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 13, 2012 |title=LSU health care system takes brunt of Medicaid cut |publisher=WWTV |agency=] |url=http://www.wwltv.com/news/LSU-health-care-system-takes-brunt-of-Medicaid-cut-162399466.html |url-status=dead |access-date=July 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111223847/http://www.wwltv.com/news/LSU-health-care-system-takes-brunt-of-Medicaid-cut-162399466.html |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |quote=}}</ref>


===Environmental issues and offshore drilling=== ===Environmental issues and offshore drilling===
] ], during the 2011 flooding of the Mississippi River]]


Jindal has issued an executive order increasing office recycling programs, reducing solid waste and promoting paperless practices, offering tax credit for hybrid fuel vehicles, increasing average fuel economy goals by 2010, as well as increasing energy efficiency goals and standards for the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48741848_louisiana-governor-bobby-jindal-announces-executiv |title=Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Executive Order on Environmentally Friendly Government &#124; All American Patriots: Politics, economy, health, environment, energy and te |publisher=All American Patriots |date= |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> He has stated his opposition to and voted for the criminalization of oil cartels such as ]. As a representative in the House, he supported a $300-million bill to fund Louisiana coastal restoration. In addition, he was the chief sponsor of successful legislation to expand the ] by over {{convert|3000|acre|km2}}.<ref name="ontheissues.org"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1229502721.html |title=House Committee Unanimously Approves Rep. Jindal Legislation To Expand Jean Lafitte Barataria Preserve – Us Fed News Service, Including Us State News &#124; Highbeam Research – Fre |publisher=Highbeam.com |date= |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> Jindal signed bill SB 469 that would limit actions aimed at oil and gas companies operating along the coast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/06/06/bobby-jindal-signs-bill-to-block-lawsuits-against-oil-and-gas-companies|title=Bobby Jindal Signs Bill to Block Lawsuits Against Oil and Gas Companies - US News|author=Alan Neuhauser|work=US News & World Report|accessdate=June 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/06/bobby_jindal_signs_bill_to_kil.html|title=Bobby Jindal signs bill to kill lawsuit against oil, gas companies|work=NOLA.com|accessdate=June 25, 2015}}</ref> Jindal has pledged state support for the development of economically friendly cars in northeastern Louisiana in conjunction with alternative energy advocate ].<ref>{{cite web|author=Michelle Krebs |url=http://www.autoobserver.com/2009/06/miata-designer-matano-t-boone-pickens-part-of-start-up-car-company.html |title=Miata Designer Matano, T. Boone Pickens Part of Start-Up Car Company |publisher=Auto Observer |date=June 17, 2009 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> In September 2014, Jindal stated that ] was more about increasing government regulation, and released an energy plan that was critical of the Obama Administration's policies.<ref>{{cite news |author=Alan Neuhauser |author2=Lauren Fox |title=Jindal Declares Climate Change a 'Trojan Horse' |url=http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/09/16/louisianas-bobby-jindal-declares-climate-change-a-trojan-horse |newspaper=U.S. News & World Report |date=16 September 2014 |accessdate=19 December 2014 }}</ref> Jindal issued an executive order increasing office recycling programs, reducing solid waste and promoting paperless practices, offering tax credit for hybrid fuel vehicles, increasing average fuel economy goals by 2010, as well as increasing energy efficiency goals and standards for the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=home&navID=12&cpID=0&cfmID=0&catID=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131060933/http://www.gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=home&navID=12&cpID=0&cfmID=0&catID=2|title=News > Press Releases|publisher=Office of the ]|archive-date=2008-01-31|accessdate=2022-12-10}} - Link to "" dead, but there is a record of the executive order.</ref> He has stated his opposition to and voted for the criminalization of oil cartels such as ]. As a representative in the House, he supported a $300-million bill to fund Louisiana coastal restoration. In addition, he was the chief sponsor of successful legislation to expand the ] by over {{convert|3000|acre|km2}}.<ref name="ontheissues.org"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1229502721.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403184856/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1229502721.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 3, 2012 |title=House Committee Unanimously Approves Rep. Jindal Legislation To Expand Jean Lafitte Barataria Preserve – Us Fed News Service, Including Us State News |access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref> Jindal signed bill SB 469 that would limit actions aimed at oil and gas companies operating along the coast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/06/06/bobby-jindal-signs-bill-to-block-lawsuits-against-oil-and-gas-companies |title=Bobby Jindal Signs Bill to Block Lawsuits Against Oil and Gas Companies - US News |author=Alan Neuhauser |work=] |access-date=June 25, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626132009/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/06/06/bobby-jindal-signs-bill-to-block-lawsuits-against-oil-and-gas-companies |archive-date=June 26, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/06/bobby_jindal_signs_bill_to_kil.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141124231959/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/06/bobby_jindal_signs_bill_to_kil.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 24, 2014|title=Bobby Jindal signs bill to kill lawsuit against oil, gas companies|newspaper=NOLA.com|access-date=June 25, 2015}}</ref> Jindal pledged state support for the development of economically friendly cars in northeastern Louisiana in conjunction with alternative energy advocate ].<ref>{{cite web |author=Michelle Krebs |url=http://www.autoobserver.com/2009/06/miata-designer-matano-t-boone-pickens-part-of-start-up-car-company.html |title=Miata Designer Matano, T. Boone Pickens Part of Start-Up Car Company |work=Auto Observer |date=June 17, 2009 |access-date=August 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525065911/http://www.autoobserver.com/2009/06/miata-designer-matano-t-boone-pickens-part-of-start-up-car-company.html |archive-date=May 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In September 2014, Jindal stated that ] was more about increasing government regulation, and released an energy plan that was critical of the Obama Administration's policies.<ref>{{cite news|author=Alan Neuhauser |author2=Lauren Fox |title=Jindal Declares Climate Change a 'Trojan Horse' |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/09/16/louisianas-bobby-jindal-declares-climate-change-a-trojan-horse |newspaper=] |date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219132424/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/09/16/louisianas-bobby-jindal-declares-climate-change-a-trojan-horse |archive-date=December 19, 2014 }}</ref>


===Earmarks=== ===Earmarks===
In 2007, Jindal led the Louisiana House delegation and ranked 14th among House members in requested ] funding at nearly $97 million (however in over 99% of these requests, Jindal was a co-sponsor and not the primary initiator of the earmark legislation).<ref>{{dead link|date=August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taxpayer.net/user_uploads/file/Database%20Docs/membernumbers.xls|title=Total Earmarks in FY08 Appropriations Bills, by Earmarks Received|format=MS Excel|publisher=Taxpayers for Common Sense}}{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref> $5 million of Jindal's earmark requests were for state defense and indigent healthcare related expenditures, another $50 million was for increasing the safety of Louisiana's waterways and levees after breaches following ], and the remainder was targeted towards coastal restoration and alternative energy research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/earmarks.php?fy=FY08&cid=N00026786&cycle=2008 |title=Bobby Jindal: Campaign Finance/Money – Other Data – Earmarks 2008 |publisher=OpenSecrets |date= |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://earmarkwatch.org/2008-house-defense/sponsor/295/ |title=Bobby Jindal – House Defense Appropriations, FY2008 |publisher=EarmarkWatch.org |date= |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> As governor, in 2008, Jindal used his ] to strike $16 million in earmarks from the state budget but declined to veto $30 million in legislator-added spending. Jindal vetoed over 250 earmarks in the 2008 state budget, twice the total number of such vetoes by previous governors in the preceding 12 years.<ref name=TimesPicayune_Moller_20080715>{{cite news|accessdate=|url=http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-11/121609935236570.xml&coll=1&thispage=2|title=Jindal hacks budget earmarks|author=Moller, Jan|date=July 15, 2008|work=The Times-Picayune}}</ref> In 2007, Jindal led the Louisiana House delegation and ranked 14th among House members in requested ] funding at nearly $97 million (however in over 99% of these requests, Jindal was a co-sponsor and not the primary initiator of the earmark legislation).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.buzzflash.com/alerts/610|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711082715/http://blog.buzzflash.com/alerts/610|url-status=dead|title=Bobby Jindal's secret love affair with earmarks added up to more than…|date=July 11, 2012|archive-date=July 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taxpayer.net/user_uploads/file/Database%20Docs/membernumbers.xls |title=Total Earmarks in FY08 Appropriations Bills, by Earmarks Received |format=MS Excel |publisher=Taxpayers for Common Sense |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127235521/http://www.taxpayer.net/user_uploads/file/Database%20Docs/membernumbers.xls |archive-date=November 27, 2008 }}</ref> $5 million of Jindal's earmark requests were for state defense and indigent healthcare related expenditures, another $50 million was for increasing the safety of Louisiana's waterways and levees after breaches following ], and the remainder was targeted towards coastal restoration and alternative energy research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/earmarks.php?fy=FY08&cid=N00026786&cycle=2008 |title=Bobby Jindal: Campaign Finance/Money – Other Data – Earmarks 2008 |publisher=OpenSecrets |access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://earmarkwatch.org/2008-house-defense/sponsor/295/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018201930/http://earmarkwatch.org/2008-house-defense/sponsor/295/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |title=Bobby Jindal – House Defense Appropriations, FY2008 |publisher=EarmarkWatch.org |access-date=August 7, 2012 }}</ref> As governor, in 2008, Jindal used his ] to strike $16 million in earmarks from the state budget but declined to veto $30 million in legislator-added spending. Jindal vetoed over 250 earmarks in the 2008 state budget, twice the total number of such vetoes by previous governors in the preceding 12 years.<ref name=TimesPicayune_Moller_20080715>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-11/121609935236570.xml&coll=1&thispage=2|title=Jindal hacks budget earmarks|author=Moller, Jan|date=July 15, 2008|work=]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106140949/http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-11%2F121609935236570.xml&coll=1&thispage=2|archive-date=January 6, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


===Opposition to Recovery Act=== ===Opposition to Recovery Act===
]
Jindal has been an opponent of the ]. Citing concerns that the augmentation of ] may obligate the state to raise taxes on
businesses, Jindal had indicated his intention to forgo federal stimulus plan funds ($98 million) aimed at increasing unemployment insurance for Louisiana.<ref name=Newser_20090220>{{cite news|accessdate=|url=http://www.newser.com/story/51405/jindal-to-turn-down-stimulus-for-jobless.html|title=Jindal to Turn Down Stimulus $$$ for Jobless|date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=Newser.com}}</ref> Louisiana has since been obligated to raise taxes on businesses because the unemployment trust fund had dropped below the prescribed threshold.<ref>{{cite news|accessdate = |url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/09/unemployment_taxes_to_rise_ben.html|title= Unemployment taxes to rise, benefits shrink in 2010|date=September 23, 2009 |publisher=nola.com}}</ref> Louisiana was set to receive about $3.8 billion overall. Jindal intends to accept at least $2.4 billion from the stimulus package.<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=|url=http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl030409cbstimulus.29c0d8c.html|title=Jindal to use $2.4 billion from stimulus package |work=WWL-TV|date=March 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref> He called parts of the plan "irresponsible", saying that "the way to lead is not to raise taxes and put more money and power in hands of Washington politicians."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/24/AR2009022402914_pf.html|first=Ben |last=Pershing|title=Obama Emphasizes Reform, Offers Hope Amid Economic Crisis|newspaper= ]|date= February 24, 2009 |accessdate=July 14, 2009}}</ref> Jindal has been an opponent of the ]. Citing concerns that the augmentation of ] may obligate the state to raise taxes on businesses, Jindal had indicated his intention to forgo federal stimulus plan funds ($98 million) aimed at increasing unemployment insurance for Louisiana.<ref name=Newser_20090220>{{cite news|url=http://www.newser.com/story/51405/jindal-to-turn-down-stimulus-for-jobless.html|title=Jindal to Turn Down Stimulus $$$ for Jobless|date=February 20, 2009 |publisher=Newser.com}}</ref> Louisiana has since been obligated to raise taxes on businesses because the unemployment trust fund had dropped below the prescribed threshold.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/09/unemployment_taxes_to_rise_ben.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208161350/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/09/unemployment_taxes_to_rise_ben.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2013|title= Unemployment taxes to rise, benefits shrink in 2010|date=September 23, 2009 |publisher=nola.com}}</ref> Louisiana was set to receive about $3.8 billion overall. Jindal intended to accept at least $2.4 billion from the stimulus package.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl030409cbstimulus.29c0d8c.html |title=Jindal to use $2.4 billion from stimulus package |publisher=WWL-TV |date=March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505223706/http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl030409cbstimulus.29c0d8c.html |archive-date=May 5, 2009 }}</ref> He called parts of the plan "irresponsible", saying that "the way to lead is not to raise taxes and put more money and power in hands of Washington politicians."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/24/AR2009022402914_pf.html|first=Ben |last=Pershing|title=Obama Emphasizes Reform, Offers Hope Amid Economic Crisis|newspaper= ]|date= February 24, 2009 |access-date=July 14, 2009}}</ref>


===No-go zones=== ===No-go zones===
In 2015, Jindal traveled to the UK to speak out against so-called "]" that he alleges are in London and other western cities. British Prime Minister ] had earlier stated that there were not any no-go zones in the UK. Jindal later confirmed his meaning "I knew that by speaking the truth we were going to make people upset."<ref name=TelegraphNogo>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11356188/US-governor-denounces-so-called-Muslim-no-go-zones-in-London-speech.html |title=US governor denounces so-called Muslim 'no-go zones' in London speech |last1=Sherwell |first1=Philip |date=January 19, 2015 |work=The Telegraph |accessdate=January 19, 2015}}</ref><ref name=csmap>{{cite news|last1=Elliott|first1=Philip|title=In London, Gov. Bobby Jindal slams Muslim 'no-go zones'|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2015/0120/In-London-Gov.-Bobby-Jindal-slams-Muslim-no-go-zones|accessdate=January 20, 2015|agency=Associated Press|work=Christian Science Monitor|date=January 20, 2015}}</ref> When later asked by ] to provide specific examples, Jindal declined.<ref name=TelegraphNogo /> He later added that some Muslim immigrants are trying to "colonize" cities in Europe and "overtake the culture", and that it could happen next in the U.S.<ref name=Diamond>{{cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/21/politics/bobby-jindal-no-go-zones-fox/ | title=Jindal: Some Muslims trying to 'colonize' West | publisher=CNN | date=January 21, 2015 | accessdate=January 25, 2015 | author=Diamond, Jeremy}}</ref><ref name=Kharel>{{cite news | url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/2016-us-presidential-hopeful-bobby-jindal-says-muslims-colonising-europe-621195 | title=2016 US Presidential Hopeful Bobby Jindal Says Muslims 'Colonising' Europe | work=] | date=January 25, 2015 | accessdate=January 25, 2015 | author=Kharel, Gopi Chandra}}</ref> In 2015, Jindal traveled to the UK to speak at an event by the neoconservative ].<ref name=salon/> In that speech, he alleged the existence of "]", allegedly established by Muslims in London and other western cities. London mayor ] called Jindal's remarks "complete nonsense".<ref name=salon>{{cite news|title="Complete nonsense": London mayor slams Bobby Jindal's Islamophobic "no-go zones" claim|url=https://www.salon.com/2015/02/13/complete_nonsense_london_mayor_slams_bobby_jindals_islamophobic_no_go_zones_claim/|work=]|date=2015-02-13}}</ref> and earlier British Prime Minister ] had confirmed that there were not any no-go zones in the UK. Jindal later confirmed his meaning "I knew that by speaking the truth we were going to make people upset."<ref name=TelegraphNogo>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11356188/US-governor-denounces-so-called-Muslim-no-go-zones-in-London-speech.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11356188/US-governor-denounces-so-called-Muslim-no-go-zones-in-London-speech.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=US governor denounces so-called Muslim 'no-go zones' in London speech |last1=Sherwell |first1=Philip |date=January 19, 2015 |work=] |access-date=January 19, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=csmap>{{cite news|last1=Elliott|first1=Philip|title=In London, Gov. Bobby Jindal slams Muslim 'no-go zones'|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2015/0120/In-London-Gov.-Bobby-Jindal-slams-Muslim-no-go-zones|access-date=January 20, 2015|agency=]|work=The Christian Science Monitor|date=January 20, 2015}}</ref> When later asked by ] to provide specific examples, Jindal declined.<ref name=TelegraphNogo /> He later added that some Muslim immigrants are trying to "colonize" cities in Europe and "overtake the culture", and that it could happen next in the U.S.<ref name=Diamond>{{cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/21/politics/bobby-jindal-no-go-zones-fox/ | title=Jindal: Some Muslims trying to 'colonize' West | publisher=]| date=January 21, 2015 | access-date=January 25, 2015 | author=Diamond, Jeremy}}</ref><ref name=Kharel>{{cite news | url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/2016-us-presidential-hopeful-bobby-jindal-says-muslims-colonising-europe-621195 | title=2016 US Presidential Hopeful Bobby Jindal Says Muslims 'Colonising' Europe | work=] | date=January 25, 2015 | access-date=January 25, 2015 | author=Kharel, Gopi Chandra}}</ref>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
Jindal was raised in a ] household. He converted to ] while in ]. During his first year at ], he was baptized into the ]. His family attends weekly Mass at Saint Aloysius Parish in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jindal Wins Louisiana Race, Becomes First Indian American Governor |first=Peter |last=Whoriskey |page=A08|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/20/AR2007102000528.html?hpid=topnews?hpid=topnews |work=] |date=October 21, 2007 |accessdate=October 26, 2015}}</ref> Jindal was raised in a ] household. He is of Indian descent and is a U.S. citizen by ]. He converted to ] while in ]. During his first year at ], he was baptized into the ] as an adult under the ] (RCIA).{{r|WashingtonPost_Whoriskey_20071021}}


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Before Jindal was born, his father Amar Jindal was assistant professor of engineering at Punjab University in Chandigarh. After settling into Louisiana, both elder Jindals transitioned into new fields. Jindal's father went on to work with a Louisiana railroad company, and his mother transitioned into ]. Jindal's mother, Raj Jindal,<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/> serves now as ] director for the Louisiana Workforce Commission (formerly the Louisiana Department of Labor) and served as Assistant Secretary to former State Labor Secretary ] during the administration of Gov. ]<ref name=2theadvocate_Millhollon_200>{{cite news|accessdate= |url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/16805881.html|work=]|publisher=2theadvocate.com|date=March 19, 2008 |page=10A|title=Jindal's mother still with state|author=Millhollon, Michelle |location= Baton Rouge, LA}}</ref> Jindal has a younger brother, Nikesh, who is a registered Republican and supported his brother's campaign for governor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/nikesh-jindal.asp?cycle=04 |title=Nikesh Jindal – in Political Contributions for 2004 |publisher=Campaignmoney.com |date= |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> Nikesh went to ], where he graduated with honors, and then ]. Nikesh is now a ] in ]<ref name="esquire.com"/> Before Jindal was born, his father Amar Jindal was assistant professor of engineering at Punjab University in Chandigarh. After settling into Louisiana, Jindal's father went on to work with a Louisiana railroad company, and his mother transitioned into Information Technology (IT). As of 2008, Jindal's mother, Raj Jindal,<ref name="tribuneindia.com"/> was ] director for the Louisiana Workforce Commission (formerly the Louisiana Department of Labor) and served as Assistant Secretary to former State Labor Secretary Garey Forster during the administration of Governor ].<ref name=2theadvocate_Millhollon_200>{{cite news|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/16805881.html|work=]|date=March 19, 2008 |page=10A|title=Jindal's mother still with state|author=Millhollon, Michelle |location= Baton Rouge, Louisiana|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321002513/http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/16805881.html|archive-date=March 21, 2008}}</ref> Jindal has a younger brother, Nikesh, who is a registered Republican and supported his brother's campaign for governor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/nikesh-jindal.asp?cycle=04|title=Nikesh Jindal – Political Contributions for 2004 |publisher=Campaignmoney.com|access-date=August 7, 2012}}</ref> Nikesh went to ], where he graduated with honors, and then ]. Nikesh is now a ] in ]<ref name="esquire.com"/>


Jindal's ] dates to his childhood identification with ], an ] ] character. He has said, "Every day after school, I'd come home and I'd watch '']''. And I identified with Bobby, you know? He was about my age, and 'Bobby' stuck."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/27/60minutes/main4834864.shtml | title=Bobby Jindal: The GOP's Rising Star?| work=]| publisher=]| date=March 1, 2009| accessdate=March 2, 2009}}</ref> He has been known by his nickname ever since, though his legal name remains Piyush Jindal.<ref name=Rediff_Haniffa_20031116>{{cite news |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/nov/16jindal1.htm |title=He is Piyush, not Bobby |work=] |date=November 16, 2003 |author=Haniffa, Ariz |location=Baton Rouge, LA}}</ref> Jindal's ] dates to his childhood identification with ], a character from the 1970's sitcom '']''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bobby-jindal-the-gops-rising-star/|title=Bobby Jindal: The GOP's Rising Star?|work=]| publisher=]|date=March 1, 2009|access-date=March 2, 2009}}</ref> He has been known by his nickname ever since, although his legal name remains Piyush Jindal.<ref name=Rediff_Haniffa_20031116>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/nov/16jindal1.htm|title=He is Piyush, not Bobby|work=]|date=November 16, 2003|author=Haniffa, Ariz|location=Baton Rouge, LA}}</ref>


In 1997, Jindal married Supriya Jolly, who was born in ], ] and moved to ] with her parents when she was four years old.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/24/meghan-mccain-interviews_n_178458.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Rachel | last=Weiner | title=Meghan McCain Interviews Supriya Jindal, First Lady of Louisiana | date=March 24, 2009}}</ref> The two attended the same high school, but Supriya's family moved from Baton Rouge to New Orleans after her freshman year. They did not begin dating until much later when Jindal invited her to a Mardi Gras party after another friend had canceled. Supriya Jindal earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and an ] degree from ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/living/index.ssf/2008/01/suddenly_supriya_louisianas_ne.html |title=Suddenly Supriya: Louisiana's new first lady is mom and MBA |publisher=Nola.com |date=January 13, 2008 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> She is working on a ] in marketing at ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parenting.com/article/Mom/Work--Family/Mom-Congress-Supriya-Jindal-Bio |title=Mom Congress Advisor: Supriya Jindal |publisher=Parenting.com |date=January 14, 2008 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> She created The Supriya Jindal Foundation for Louisiana's Children, a non-profit organization aimed at improving math and science education in grade schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jindalfoundation.org/ |title=Jindal Foundation home page |publisher=Jindalfoundation.org |date= |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> They have three children: Selia Elizabeth, Shaan Robert, and Slade Ryan. Shaan was born with a congenital heart defect and had surgery as an infant. The Jindals have been outspoken advocates for children with congenital defects, particularly those without insurance. In 2006, Jindal and his wife delivered their third child at home, with him receiving medical coaching by phone to deliver their boy.<ref>{{cite web|last=Konieczko |first=Jill |url=http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/05/22/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-bobby-jindal.html |title="10 Things You Didn't Know About Bobby Jindal". ''US News and World Report'' |publisher=Usnews.com |date=May 22, 2008 |accessdate=August 7, 2012}}</ref> In 1997, Jindal married Supriya Jolly, who was born in ] and moved to Baton Rouge when she was 4 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/24/meghan-mccain-interviews_n_178458.html|work=]|first=Rachel|last=Weiner|title=Meghan McCain Interviews Supriya Jindal, First Lady of Louisiana|date=March 24, 2009}}</ref> The two attended the same high school, but Supriya's family moved from Baton Rouge to New Orleans after her freshman year. Supriya Jindal earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and an M.B.A. degree from ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/living/index.ssf/2008/01/suddenly_supriya_louisianas_ne.html|title=Suddenly Supriya: Louisiana's new first lady is mom and MBA|publisher=Nola.com|date=January 13, 2008|access-date=August 7, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015214736/http://www.nola.com/living/index.ssf/2008/01/suddenly_supriya_louisianas_ne.html|archive-date=October 15, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> She created The Supriya Jindal Foundation for Louisiana's Children, a non-profit organization aimed at improving math and science education in grade schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jindalfoundation.org|title=Jindal Foundation homepage|publisher=Jindalfoundation.org|access-date=August 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809115319/http://jindalfoundation.org/|archive-date=August 9, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>


They have three children: Selia Elizabeth, Shaan Robert, and Slade Ryan. Shaan was born with a ] and had surgery as an infant. The Jindals have been outspoken advocates for children with congenital defects, particularly those without insurance. In 2006, he assisted as his wife delivered their third child at home, with him receiving medical coaching by phone to deliver their boy.<ref>{{cite web|last=Konieczko|first=Jill|url=https://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/05/22/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-bobby-jindal.html|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Bobby Jindal|publisher=]|date=May 22, 2008 |access-date=August 7, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623072857/http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/05/22/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-bobby-jindal.html|archive-date=June 23, 2010}}</ref>
==Writings==
A list of Jindal's published writings up to 2001 can be found in the hearing report for his 2001 U.S. Senate confirmation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/search?q=75166+site:finance.senate.gov|title=Nominations of Claude Allen, Thomas Scully, Piyush Jindal, Linnet F. Deily, Peter Allgeier, Peter R. Fisher, and James Gurule|publisher=|accessdate=September 26, 2014}}</ref> They include newspaper columns, law review articles, and first authorships in several scientific and policy articles that have appeared in the prominent '']'', ''Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Association'', and ''Hospital Outlook''.<ref>,
]</ref>


Jindal enjoys hunting in Louisiana.<ref name="GowenBridges2015"/>
Jindal's pre-2001 writings include several articles in the '']'', one of which later made news during his 2003 gubernatorial race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalwire.com/archives/2003/11/07/jindal_and_satan.html |work=] |title=Jindal and Satan |first=Taegan |last=Goddard |date=November 7, 2003 |accessdate=June 12, 2008}}</ref> In that 1994 article titled "Physical Dimensions of Spiritual Warfare", Jindal described the events leading up to an apparent exorcism of a friend and how he felt unable to help her at the time. However, Jindal questioned whether what he saw was actually an example of "spiritual warfare".<ref name="demon">{{cite web|last=Jindal |first=Bobby |date=December 1994|url=http://www.newoxfordreview.org/article.jsp?did=1294-jindal |title=Beating A Demon: Physical Dimensions of Spiritual Warfare |work=] |accessdate=May 12, 2010| quote=I began to think that the demon would only attack me if I tried to pray or fight back....Did I witness spiritual warfare? I do not have the answers...|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref>


Bobby Jindal has endorsed ]'s ] for 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jindal |first=Bobby |title=Gov. Bobby Jindal on X: "I just had a great conversation with President Trump, and I told him that he has my full and complete endorsement to win back the White House and Make America Great Again!" |url=https://x.com/BobbyJindal/status/1713945864517955838 |website=X (formally known as Twitter)}}</ref>
In November 2010, Jindal published the book ''Leadership and Crisis'', a semi-autobiography significantly influenced by his experiences with the most recent Gulf Oil Spill.


==Associated business ventures==
==Electoral history==
In September 2022, telehealth company ] (NASDAQ:LFMD) named Jindal to its board of directors. is a leading provider of virtual primary care services operating across all 50 states.<ref>{{cite web |title=LifeMD Announces Major Enhancements to its Weight Management Program, Expanding Patient Access to Branded GLP-1 Therapies and Introducing New Treatment Options |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/09/19/2948964/6480/en/LifeMD-Announces-Major-Enhancements-to-its-Weight-Management-Program-Expanding-Patient-Access-to-Branded-GLP-1-Therapies-and-Introducing-New-Treatment-Options.html |website=Global News Wire}}</ref> The company offers a range of virtual services including primary care, diagnostics, a comprehensive weight management program, specialized treatments for men’s and women’s health, and more. Once appointed, Jindal remarked, "I am excited about the opportunity for telehealth to empower consumers by reducing the cost of healthcare, increasing access, and improving patient outcomes. Technology-driven virtual care platforms, such as what LifeMD is building, will dramatically reshape how countless Americans access and benefit from healthcare."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schwartz |first1=Noah |title=LifeMD adds former governor Bobby Jindal to board of directors |url=https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/telehealth/lifemd-adds-former-governor-bobby-jindal-to-board-of-directors.html |website=Becker's Hospital Review}}</ref>
'''Governor of Louisiana, 2003'''
:Threshold &gt; 50%
:First Ballot, October 4, 2003
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| Bobby Jindal
| Republican
| 443,389 (33%)
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| 250,136 (18%)
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| 223,513 (16%)
| Defeated
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| Democratic
| 187,872 (14%)
| Defeated
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| n.a.
| 257,614 (19%)
| Defeated
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==Writings==
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A list of Jindal's published writings up to 2001 can be found in the hearing report for his 2001 U.S. Senate confirmation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=75166+site:finance.senate.gov|title=Nominations of Claude Allen, Thomas Scully, Piyush Jindal, Linnet F. Deily, Peter Allgeier, Peter R. Fisher, and James Gurule|access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref> They include newspaper columns, law review articles, and first authorships in several scientific and policy articles that have appeared in the prominent '']'', ''Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Association'', and ''Hospital Outlook''.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
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| Democratic
| 731,358 (52%)
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| Republican
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Jindal's pre-2001 writings include several articles in the '']'', one of which later made news during his 2003 gubernatorial race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalwire.com/archives/2003/11/07/jindal_and_satan.html|work=]|title=Jindal and Satan|first=Taegan|last=Goddard|date=November 7, 2003|access-date=June 12, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830000055/http://politicalwire.com/archives/2003/11/07/jindal_and_satan.html|archive-date=August 30, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In a 1994 article titled "Physical Dimensions of Spiritual Warfare", Jindal described the events leading up to an apparent exorcism of a friend and how he felt unable to help her at the time. However, Jindal questioned whether what he saw was actually an example of "spiritual warfare".<ref name="demon">{{cite web|last=Jindal|first=Bobby|date=December 1994|url=http://www.newoxfordreview.org/article.jsp?did=1294-jindal|title=Beating A Demon: Physical Dimensions of Spiritual Warfare|work=]|access-date=May 12, 2010|quote=I began to think that the demon would only attack me if I tried to pray or fight back.... Did I witness spiritual warfare? I do not have the answers....|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105092644/http://www.newoxfordreview.org/article.jsp?did=1294-jindal|archive-date=January 5, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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| Democratic
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| Defeated
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| n.a.
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In November 2010, Jindal published the book ''Leadership and Crisis'', a semi-autobiography significantly influenced by the ] and ].
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! Affiliation
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| David Gereighty
| Democratic
| 10,919 (7%)
| Defeated
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| Others
| n.a.
| 6,701 (5%)
| Defeated
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'''Governor of Louisiana, 2007'''
:Threshold &gt; 50%
:First Ballot, October 20, 2007
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! Support
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| Republican
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|Defeated
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| Democratic
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| Defeated
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| Defeated
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! Support
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| Republican
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| Elected
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| Democratic
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| Defeated
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|Cary J. Deaton
|Democratic
|49,988 (5%)
|Defeated
|- style="background:#def;"
| Ivo "Trey" Roberts
| Democratic
| 33,194 (3%)
| Defeated
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American politician (born 1971)

Bobby Jindal
Jindal in 2013
55th Governor of Louisiana
In office
January 14, 2008 – January 11, 2016
LieutenantMitch Landrieu
Scott Angelle
Jay Dardenne
Preceded byKathleen Blanco
Succeeded byJohn Bel Edwards
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Louisiana's 1st district
In office
January 3, 2005 – January 14, 2008
Preceded byDavid Vitter
Succeeded bySteve Scalise
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation
In office
July 9, 2001 – February 21, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byMargaret Hamburg
Succeeded byMichael O'Grady
Personal details
BornPiyush Jindal
(1971-06-10) June 10, 1971 (age 53)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse Supriya Jolly ​(m. 1997)
Children3
EducationBrown University (BS)
New College, Oxford (MLitt)
Signature
Websitebobbyjindal.com

Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971) is an American politician who served as the 55th governor of Louisiana from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Republican Party, Jindal previously served as a U.S. representative from Louisiana from 2005 to 2008, and served as chair of the Republican Governors Association from 2012 to 2013.

In 1995, Jindal was appointed secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. In 1999, he was appointed president of the University of Louisiana System. At 28, Jindal became the youngest person to hold the position. In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed Jindal as principal adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Jindal first ran for governor of Louisiana in 2003, but lost in the runoff election to Democratic candidate Kathleen Blanco. In 2004, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the second Indian American in Congress, and he was reelected in 2006. To date, he is the only Indian American Republican to have ever served in Congress. Jindal ran for governor again in the 2007 election and won. Jindal was re-elected in 2011 in a landslide, winning more than 65 percent of the vote. He was the first Indian American governor, and the only one until Nikki Haley became Governor of South Carolina in 2011.

On June 24, 2015, Jindal announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election. He suspended his campaign in November 2015, subsequently announcing his support for Marco Rubio. He finished his term as governor in January 2016.

Early life and education

Jindal was born on June 10, 1971, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to immigrant Indian Punjabi Hindu parents. He is the first of two sons of Raj (née Gupta) and Amar Jindal, from Punjab, India. His father is a civil engineer and graduate of Guru Nanak Dev University and Punjab University. His mother is a graduate of Rajasthan University and worked in nuclear physics at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh. Before migrating to the United States, both of his parents were lecturers at an Indian engineering college.

At the time of their move to the U.S., Raj Jindal was to be a doctoral candidate in physics. They left Malerkotla, Punjab in January 1971, six months before their son was born. Jindal's paternal grandfather was a merchant from Khanpur, Samrala and his maternal grandfather was a Ferozepur banker.

The family settled near Louisiana State University. Jindal attended Baton Rouge Magnet High School, graduating in 1988. While in high school, he competed in tennis tournaments, started various enterprises such as a computer newsletter, retail candy business, and a mail-order software company. He spent free time working in the stands at LSU football games.

Jindal graduated from Brown University in 1992 at the age of 20, with honors in two majors: biology and public policy.

Jindal was admitted to the Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME), guaranteeing him a place at Brown Medical School. He did not pursue his Medical Doctorate. Jindal has been credited with leading Brown University's College Republicans student group.

Jindal was named to the 1992 USA Today All-USA Academic Team. He applied to and was accepted by both Harvard Medical School and Yale Law School, but studied as a Rhodes Scholar where he received an MLitt in political science with an emphasis in health policy from New College, Oxford in 1994. The subject of his thesis was "A needs-based approach to health care".

Career

After completing his studies at Oxford, Jindal turned down an offer to study for a D.Phil. in politics, instead joining the consulting firm McKinsey & Company. He then interned in the office of Rep. Jim McCrery of Louisiana, where McCrery assigned him to work on healthcare policy; Jindal spent two weeks studying Medicare to compile an extensive report on possible solutions to Medicare's financial problems, which he presented to McCrery.

Early political career (1996–2003)

Foster administration

In 1993, McCrery introduced Jindal to Governor Mike Foster. In 1996, Foster appointed Jindal as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, an agency that represented about 40 percent of the state budget and employed over 12,000 people. Foster called Jindal a genius who had a great deal of medical knowledge. Jindal was 24 at the time.

During his tenure, Louisiana's Medicaid program went from bankruptcy with a $400 million deficit into three years of surpluses totaling $220 million.

Jindal was criticized during the 2007 campaign by the Louisiana AFL–CIO for closing some local clinics to reach that surplus. Under Jindal's term, Louisiana nationally rose to third place in child healthcare screenings, with child immunizations rising, and introduced new and expanded services for the elderly and the disabled.

In 1998, Jindal was appointed executive director of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, a 17-member panel charged with devising plans to reform Medicare. In 1999, at the request of the Louisiana governor's office and the Louisiana State Legislature, Jindal examined how Louisiana might use its $4.4 billion share of the tobacco settlement.

In 1998, Jindal received the Samuel S. Beard Award for greatest public service by an individual 35 years old or under, an award given annually by Jefferson Awards.

At 28 years of age in 1999, Jindal was appointed to become the youngest-ever president of the University of Louisiana System, the nation's 16th largest system of higher education with over 80,000 students.

Jindal while working for the Department of Health and Human Services

Bush administration

In March 2001, he was nominated by President George W. Bush to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation. He was later unanimously confirmed by a vote of the United States Senate and began serving on July 9, 2001. In that position, he served as the principal policy adviser to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. He resigned from that post on February 21, 2003, to return to Louisiana and run for governor. He was assigned to help fight the nurse shortage by examining steps to improve nursing education.

2003 election for governor

Jindal came to national prominence during the 2003 election for governor of Louisiana. In what Louisianans call an "open primary" (but which is technically a nonpartisan blanket primary), Jindal finished first with 33 percent of the vote. He received endorsements from the largest paper in Louisiana, the Times-Picayune; the newly elected Democratic mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin; and the outgoing Republican governor, Mike Foster.

In the second balloting, Jindal faced the outgoing lieutenant governor, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Lafayette, a Democrat. Despite winning in Blanco's hometown, he lost many normally conservative parishes in north Louisiana, and Blanco prevailed with 52 percent of the popular vote.

Some political analysts blamed Jindal's loss for his refusal to answer questions targeted at his religion and ethnic background brought up in several Democratic advertisements, which the Jindal campaign called "negative attack ads." Despite losing the election in 2003, the run for governor made Jindal a well-known figure on the state's political scene and a rising star within the Republican Party.

U.S. House of Representatives (2005–2008)

Elections

2004

See also: 2004 United States House of Representatives elections § Louisiana

A few weeks after the 2003 gubernatorial runoff, Jindal decided to run for Louisiana's 1st congressional district. The incumbent, David Vitter, was running for the Senate seat being vacated by John Breaux. The Louisiana Republican Party endorsed him in the primary although Mike Rogers, also a Republican, was running for the same seat. The 1st District has been in Republican hands since a 1977 special election and is widely considered to be staunchly conservative. Jindal's campaign was able to raise over $1 million very early in the campaign, making it harder for other candidates to effectively raise funds to oppose him. He won the 2004 election with 78 percent of the vote.

Jindal was only the second Indian-American to be elected to the United States Congress, after Dalip Singh Saund was elected in November 1955.

2006

See also: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections § Louisiana

Jindal won re-election to a second term with 88% of the vote.

Congressional tenure

Jindal served as congressman for a term-and-a-half until his election as governor

He was the second Indian American elected to Congress. He has reportedly lived in Kenner, Metairie, and Baton Rouge.

In 2005, Jindal criticized Bush's budget for not calling for enough spending cuts. He warned of the growth of Medicaid saying "Congress may act without them...there seems to be growing momentum that the status quo is not defensible." Jindal praised Bush's leadership on social security reform, saying "The administration has a lot more work to do to continue educating the American people about the very serious challenges facing Social Security."

In response to Hurricane Katrina, Jindal stated "If we had been investing resources in restoring our coast, it wouldn't have prevented the storm, but the barrier islands would have absorbed some of the tidal surge."

Committee assignments

He was made vice-chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attacks. Jindal served as president of the incoming freshman class of congressmen, in 2004. He was elected to the position of House assistant majority whip, a senior leadership role. He served in this capacity from 2004 to 2006.

2007 gubernatorial election

See also: 2007 Louisiana gubernatorial election

On January 22, 2007, Jindal announced his candidacy for governor. Polling data showed him with an early lead in the race, and he remained the favorite throughout the campaign. He defeated eleven opponents in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, including two prominent Democrats, State Senator Walter Boasso of Chalmette and Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell of Bossier City, and an independent, New Orleans businessman John Georges.

Jindal finished with 699,672 votes (54 percent). Boasso ran second with 226,364 votes (17 percent). Georges finished with 186,800 (14 percent), and Campbell, who is also a former state senator, ran fourth with 161,425 (12 percent). The remaining candidates collectively polled three percent of the vote. This marked the first time that a non-incumbent candidate for governor was elected without a runoff under the Louisiana election system.

Governor of Louisiana (2008–2016)

First term

As governor-elect, Jindal named a new ethics team, with Democratic Shreveport businesswoman Virginia Kilpatrick Shehee, the first woman to have served in the state senate, as the vice-chairman of the panel. Jindal assumed the position of governor when he took the oath of office on January 14, 2008. At thirty-six, he became the youngest sitting governor in the United States. He is also Louisiana's first non-white governor since P. B. S. Pinchback served for thirty-five days during Reconstruction, and the first non-white governor to be elected (Pinchback succeeded to the position of lieutenant governor on the death of Oscar Dunn, then to governor upon the impeachment of Henry Clay Warmoth). Additionally, Jindal became the first Indian American to be elected governor of any state in the United States. In a salute to the 2007 LSU Tigers football national championship team during his January 14, 2008, inauguration speech, Jindal stated in part "...They revere our athletes. Geaux Tigers...."

In 2008, Jindal was ranked one of the nation's most popular governors with an approval rating of 77%.

Thereafter, Janice Clark, a state district court judge in Baton Rouge, declared that portion of the law enhancing the retirement benefits of Edmonson to be unconstitutional.

Governor Jindal greets children of deployed Louisiana National Guard Soldiers at the lighting of the State Capitol Christmas tree.

On June 27, 2008, Louisiana's Secretary of State confirmed that a recall petition had been filed against Jindal in response to Jindal's refusal to veto a bill that would have more than doubled the current state legislative pay. During his gubernatorial campaign, Jindal had pledged to prevent legislative pay raises that would take effect during the current term.

Jindal responded by saying that he is opposed to the pay increase, but that he had pledged to let the legislature govern themselves.

On June 30, 2008, Jindal reversed his earlier position by vetoing the pay raise legislation, stating that he made a mistake by staying out of the pay raise issue. In response, the petitioners dropped their recall effort.

Standard and Poor's raised Louisiana's bond rating and credit outlook from stable to positive in 2009. In announcing this change, the organization gave credit to the state's strong management and "commitment to streamlining its government functions." Jindal met with President Barack Obama in October 2009 where the governor pushed for increased federal dollars to cover rising Medicaid costs, speeding the construction of hurricane-protection barriers, and financing the proposed Louisiana State University teaching hospital. During a town hall meeting, Obama praised Jindal as a "hard working man who is doing a good job" for the State, and expressed support for the governor's overhaul of the State's educational system in the area of increased charter schools.

Jindal negotiated an agreement whereby Foster Farms, a private chicken processor, would receive $50 million in taxpayer funds to purchase a chicken processing plant owned by bankrupt Pilgrim's Pride.

Some claimed there is a conflict of interest in that Pilgrim's Pride founder Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim contributed $2500 to Jindal's campaign in 2007. Other contributors to Jindal's campaign who benefited from economic development spending include Albemarle and Edison Chouest Offshore. Jindal however released a statement saying that this legislation saved over 1,000 jobs, serves as a stimulus to Louisiana's economy, and had wide bipartisan support.

Then President George W. Bush and Jindal greeting EOC employees, during disaster recovery efforts for Hurricane Gustav, September 2008

Hurricane Gustav

Jindal oversaw one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history (nearly two million people) in late August 2008 prior to the Louisiana landfall of Hurricane Gustav. He issued mandatory evacuation orders for the state's coastal areas and activated 3,000 National Guardsman to aid in the exodus. He also ordered the state to purchase generators to provide needed power to hospitals and nursing homes without power. Government officials vacated hospitals and nursing homes and put the poor, the ill, and the elderly on buses and trains out of town. The evacuation was credited as one reason that Gustav resulted in only 16 deaths in the U.S. The state's successful response to Hurricane Gustav was in stark contrast to the failed hurricane response system for Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Jindal received bipartisan praise for his leadership during Gustav. Jindal had been scheduled to address the Republican National Convention, but cancelled his plans in order to focus on Louisiana's needs during the storm.

2011 re-election campaign

See also: 2011 Louisiana gubernatorial election
U.S. President Barack Obama talks with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen in May 2010.

Jindal announced his intention to seek reelection in 2011. In the face of Jindal's high approval ratings and big amounts of campaign funds, Democrats struggled to land a recruit of any substance. Running against four Democrats, a Libertarian and four independents in the jungle primary, Jindal received 66% of the vote in the blanket primary, thereby winning election in the first round.

Second term

In August 2011, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) awarded Jindal the Thomas Jefferson Freedom Award for "outstanding public service".

On October 25, 2011, in preparing for his second term, Jindal tapped Republican state representative Chuck Kleckley of Lake Charles and State Senator John Alario of Westwego as his choices for Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives and Louisiana Senate President, respectively. Both were confirmed by legislators. Alario is a long-term Democrat who switched parties prior to the 2011 elections. In January 2012, Jindal elevated John C. White, the short-term superintendent at the Recovery School District in New Orleans, to the position of state superintendent of education.

In August 2012, Jindal declared a statewide state of emergency due to the threat of subsidence and subsurface instability that threatens the lives and property of the citizens of the state.

By the end of Jindal's second term, he saw a marked drop in his state popularity and problems such as a budget deficit and cuts to public expenditure. He could not stand for a third term because the governor of Louisiana is subject to term limits.

Tax system proposals

In January 2013, Jindal released a plan that would eliminate the Louisiana state income tax, which he felt would expand business investment in the state, and then raise sales taxes in order to keep the plan revenue-neutral. Self-styled taxpayer watchdog and former legislative aide C.B. Forgotston correctly predicted that Jindal's plan would fail to clear the legislature because of the higher sales taxes, the lack of needed support from Democrats, and the likelihood that the plan would not increase overall state revenues.

On April 8, 2013, the first day of the legislative session, Jindal dropped the plan after acknowledging some negative response to the plan from legislators and the public, but said he would still like the legislature to formulate its own plan that could end the state income tax.

Energy plan

Jindal announced, in September 2014, a six-point energy platform that would, among other things, open up energy production on federal land and eliminated proposed carbon restrictions.

Retirement from politics (2016–present)

In 2017, Jindal took a position as an operating adviser for Ares Management, a global investment firm based in Los Angeles.

National politics

Speculation about 2008 vice presidential nomination

Jindal in June 2008, at a John McCain campaign event in Kenner, Louisiana

On February 8, 2008, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh mentioned on his syndicated show that Jindal could be a possible choice for the Republican vice presidential nomination in 2008. He said that Jindal might be perceived as an asset to John McCain's campaign because he has wide support in the conservative and moderate wings of the Republican Party. If McCain had won the presidency, he would have been the oldest president ever inaugurated to a first term.

Heightening the speculation, McCain invited Jindal, Governor Charlie Crist of Florida, Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and his former rivals Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee to meet at his home in Arizona on May 23, 2008, according to a Republican familiar with the decision; Romney, Huckabee, and Pawlenty, all of whom were already well acquainted with McCain, declined because of prior commitments. The meeting may have served a different purpose, such as consideration of Jindal for the opportunity to speak at the 2008 Republican National Convention, in a similar fashion to Barack Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, cementing a place for him in the party and opening the gate for a future run for the presidency. Speculation was fueled by simultaneous July 21, 2008, reports that McCain was making a sudden visit to Louisiana to confer again with Jindal and that McCain was readying to name his running mate within a week. However, on July 23, 2008, Jindal said that he would not be the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008. Jindal added that he "never talked to the senator about the vice presidency or his thoughts on selecting the vice president." Ultimately, on August 29, 2008, McCain chose then-Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate. While Jindal was given a prime-time speech slot at the party convention, he was not offered the keynote speech. During the presidential campaign, Jindal expressed admiration for both Senators McCain and Obama, and maintained that both have made positive contributions to the nation.

Republican response to President Obama's address to Congress

On February 24, 2009, Jindal delivered the official Republican response to President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress. Jindal called the president's economic stimulus plan "irresponsible" and argued against government intervention. He used Hurricane Katrina to warn against government solutions to the economic crisis. "Today in Washington, some are promising that government will rescue us from the economic storms raging all around us," Jindal said. "Those of us who lived through Hurricane Katrina, we have our doubts." He praised the late sheriff Harry Lee for standing up to the government during Katrina.

The speech met with biting reviews from some members of both the Democratic and the Republican parties. Referring to Jindal as "devoid of substantive ideas for governing the country", political commentator Rachel Maddow summarized Jindal's Katrina remark as follows: " since government failed during Hurricane Katrina, we should understand, not that government should not be allowed to fail again, but that government...never works. That government can't work, and therefore we should stop seeking a functioning government." David Johnson, a Republican political strategist criticized Jindal's mention of Hurricane Katrina, stating "The one thing Republicans want to forget is Katrina." While Jindal's speech was poorly received by several Democratic and Republican critics, others argued that the speech should be judged on substance rather than delivery style.

Jindal's story of meeting Lee in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was questioned following the speech, as Jindal was not in New Orleans at the time. On February 27, 2009, a spokesman for Jindal clarified the timing of the meeting, stating that the story took place days after the storm. The opportunity to give the response to President Obama's speech was compared by some commentators to winning "second prize in a beauty contest", a reference to the board game Monopoly.

2012 presidential election

Governor Jindal speaking at the 2011 Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C.

Jindal had been mentioned as a potential candidate for the 2012 presidential election. On December 10, 2008, Jindal indicated that he would likely not run for president in 2012, saying he will focus on his re-election in 2011 and that this would make transitioning to a national campaign difficult, though he did not rule out a possible 2012 presidential bid. Speculation increased when Republicans chose Jindal to deliver the response to President Obama's first address to a joint session of Congress.

The Jindal for President Draft Council Inc. PAC was formed in 2009 to raise funds for a future presidential run. Jindal has stated that he has no involvement with the PAC. In April 2010, while speaking at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, Jindal ruled out running for the Republican nomination for president in 2012.

In 2012, Jindal traveled across the country in support of the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan ticket. Because Louisiana and other Deep South states voted heavily for the GOP, Jindal could hence devote his campaign time elsewhere. In August 2012, Politico reported that "Bobby Jindal would be considered and would likely take" appointment as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in a potential Romney cabinet.

After the defeat of Romney-Ryan, Jindal called for his party to return to "the basics... If we want people to like us, we have to like them first," he said on the interview program Fox News Sunday. As the incoming president of the Republican Governors Association, which had thirty members in 2013, Jindal questioned Romney for having criticized President Obama as having provided "extraordinary financial gifts from the government". In reply to Romney, Jindal said, "You don't start to like people by insulting them and saying their votes were bought." Jindal said that his party must convince a majority of voters that it supports the middle class and the principle of upward mobility. He also criticized what he termed "stupid" remarks regarding rape and conception made in 2012 by defeated Republican U.S. Senate nominees Todd Akin in Missouri and Richard Mourdock in Indiana.

2016 presidential candidacy

Main article: Bobby Jindal 2016 presidential campaign
Governor Jindal at 2015 Southern Republican Leadership Conference, Oklahoma City, OK

In November 2012, after the election, Jindal was featured in a Time magazine article titled "2016: Let's Get The Party Started", where he was listed as a possible Republican candidate for the presidency in 2016. The article cited his fiscal and social conservative policies and his Indian American background, which would bring diversity to the GOP.

In 2013, with polls showing Jindal's approval ratings in Louisiana falling significantly, some analysts wrote off Jindal as a serious national contender, though others pointed to Romney as an example of someone who still won the Presidential nomination despite poor approval ratings from his home state. In October 2013, Jindal told Fox News Sunday that he was still mulling a 2016 presidential run.

On May 18, 2015, Jindal formed a presidential exploratory committee to determine whether he would run as a candidate in the 2016 presidential election, and he announced his candidacy on June 24.

As of early September, Jindal was polling at 1 percent among the Republican primary electorate. On November 17, 2015, Jindal appeared on Special Report with Bret Baier on the Fox News Channel, announcing that he was ending his run for president, saying "I've come to the realization that this is not my time."

During his campaign, Jindal called Donald Trump a "narcissist" and an "egomaniacal madman", but afterward said that he would support Trump because "electing Donald Trump would be the second-worst thing we could do this November, better only than electing Hillary Clinton to serve as the third term for the Obama administration's radical policies." After the 2016 election, Jindal would go to support his campaign and presidency despite past critiques.

Political positions

Bobby Jindal speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland on February 26, 2015

Abortion and stem cell research

Jindal has a 100% pro-life voting record according to the National Right to Life Committee. He opposes abortion in general, but does not condemn medical procedures aimed at saving the life of the mother that indirectly result in the loss of the unborn child, such as salpingectomy for an ectopic pregnancy.

In 2003, Jindal stated that he did not object to the use of emergency contraception in the case of rape if the victim requests it. While in the House of Representatives, he supported two bills to prohibit transporting minors across state lines to obtain an abortion; the bills aimed to prevent doctors and others from helping a minor avoid parental notification laws in their home state by procuring an abortion in another state. He opposed and voted against expanding public funding of embryonic stem cell research.

Same-sex marriage

Jindal opposed the legalization of both same-sex marriage and civil unions. In Congress, he voted for the Federal Marriage Amendment to restrict marriage to a union between one man and one woman. He also voted against the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007. In December 2008, Jindal announced the formation of the Louisiana Commission on Marriage and Family.

Following the 2013 Supreme Court's rulings on DOMA and Proposition 8, he said: "I believe every child deserves a mom and a dad. This opinion leaves the matter of marriage to the states where people can decide. In Louisiana, we will opt for traditional marriage. How about we let the people decide for themselves, via their representatives and via referendum?"

Marriage and Conscience Act

In May 2015, the legislature killed the measure. Four Republican members, Pete Huval of Breaux Bridge, Gregory A. Miller of Norco, Clay Schexnayder of Gonzales, and Nancy Landry of Lafayette, joined Democrats in killing the bill. Jindal responded by issuing Executive Order BJ-2015-8, (the "Marriage and Conscience Order"), which attempted to achieve the goals of the failed legislation. Johnson said he intended to re-introduce the measure in 2016.

Government ethics

He vetoed state legislation to increase pay for state legislators. However, the Louisiana governor's office was ranked last for transparency in the United States both prior, and subsequent, to Jindal's election, as reported by the WDSU I-Team. At least two legislators, state representatives Walker Hines and Neil Abramson, argued that this may be attributed to legislation that removed the governor's records from the public domain; they argued that the legislation was surreptitiously inserted as a last-minute amendment into an education bill by Jindal's office on the last day of the 2008 session, providing no time to properly review it before it passed the legislature and was signed into law by Jindal.

Gun rights and gun control

Jindal is a fervent supporter of the Second Amendment and generally opposes gun control. He has been endorsed by the NRA Political Victory Fund and received an A rating from Gun Owners of America while he was in Congress.

As a Congressman, he sponsored the Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 with Senator Vitter.

In July 2015, during an interview with CBS, Jindal stated that he supported stricter background checks, and that every state should begin to enact tougher background checks on gun buyers.

Tax policy

As a private citizen, Jindal voted in 2002 for the Louisiana constitutional amendment known as the Stelly Plan which lowered some sales taxes in exchange for higher income taxes. After taking office, Jindal cut taxes a total of six times, including the largest income tax cut in Louisiana's history – a cut of $1.1 billion over five years, along with accelerating the elimination of the tax on business investments. In January 2013, Jindal said he wanted to eliminate all Louisiana corporate and personal income taxes, without giving details for his proposal.

As U.S. Representative from Louisiana, Jindal received grades of B in 2005, B− in 2006, and C in 2007 from the National Taxpayers Union, a conservative taxpayers advocacy organization. As Governor of Louisiana, Jindal received grades of A in 2010, B in 2012, and B in 2014 from the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, in their biennial Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors.

Education

In 2008, Jindal came out in favour of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, which Louisiana adopted in 2010.

In 2014, Jindal wrote that "It has become fashionable in the news media to believe there is a right-wing conspiracy against Common Core."

Jindal proposed budgets that impose cuts on higher education funding in Louisiana, leading to protests from students and education advocates. Jindal proposed several controversial education reforms, including vouchers for low income students in public schools to attend private institutions using Minimum Foundation Program funds.

The legislation also included controversial changes in teacher evaluations, tenure and pensions. Hundreds of teachers, administrators and public education supporters protested against the legislation at the capital of Louisiana, some of whom cancelled classes to attend demonstrations. Many participants circulated petitions to recall Jindal and Republican House Speaker Chuck Kleckley. In April 2012, a Louisiana Public Broadcasting program examined possible conflicts between aspects of the Jindal education reform plan and the federal desegregation orders still in place in many parts of Louisiana.

Evolution

Jindal signed a law that permitted teachers at public schools to supplement standard evolutionary curricula with analysis and critiques that may include intelligent design. The law provides that "lassroom instruction and materials shall not promote any religious doctrine", but Louisiana ACLU Director Marjorie Esman said that that provision "is vague at best", and stated that the Act is "susceptible to a constitutional challenge." Despite calls for a veto from John Derbyshire and some genetics professors at Brown University, Jindal signed the Louisiana Academic Freedom Act which passed the voting in the State House and the State Senate in 2008.

The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology rejected New Orleans as a site for their 2010 meeting and the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will not conduct future meetings in Louisiana.

Civil liberties

Gov. Bobby Jindal signs a Five-Star Statement of Support for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve at Camp Beauregard on October 14, 2008. The document signing was an opportunity to join employers from across the country in supporting Soldiers

Jindal voted to extend the Patriot Act, voted in favor of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, supported a constitutional amendment banning flag burning, and voted for the Real ID Act of 2005.

Immigration laws

He criticized illegal immigration as a drain on the economy, as well as being unfair to those who entered the country by legal means. He voted to build a fence along the Mexican border and opposed granting amnesty for illegal immigrants.

Health care

Jindal refused to accept federal funds to expand Medicaid after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, costing his state $1.65 billion in federal health-care assistance for the poor. He supported increased health insurance portability; laws promoting coverage of pre-existing medical conditions; a cap on malpractice lawsuits; an easing of restrictions on importation of prescription medications; the implementation of a streamlined electronic medical records system; an emphasis on preventative care rather than emergency room care; and tax benefits aimed at making health insurance more affordable for the uninsured and targeted to promote universal access. During Jindal tenure, over 11,000 uninsured children were added to the State's Children's Health Insurance Program. He also opposed a federal government-run, single-payer system, but supported state efforts to reduce the uninsured population. He has also supported expanding services for autistic children, and promoted a national childhood cancer database. Due to a congressional reduction in federal Medicaid financing rates, the Jindal administration chose to levy the largest slice of cuts on the network of LSU charity hospitals and clinics, requiring some facilities to close.

Environmental issues and offshore drilling

Jindal talks to residents of Krotz Springs, Louisiana, during the 2011 flooding of the Mississippi River

Jindal issued an executive order increasing office recycling programs, reducing solid waste and promoting paperless practices, offering tax credit for hybrid fuel vehicles, increasing average fuel economy goals by 2010, as well as increasing energy efficiency goals and standards for the state. He has stated his opposition to and voted for the criminalization of oil cartels such as OPEC. As a representative in the House, he supported a $300-million bill to fund Louisiana coastal restoration. In addition, he was the chief sponsor of successful legislation to expand the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park by over 3,000 acres (12 km). Jindal signed bill SB 469 that would limit actions aimed at oil and gas companies operating along the coast. Jindal pledged state support for the development of economically friendly cars in northeastern Louisiana in conjunction with alternative energy advocate T. Boone Pickens. In September 2014, Jindal stated that global warming was more about increasing government regulation, and released an energy plan that was critical of the Obama Administration's policies.

Earmarks

In 2007, Jindal led the Louisiana House delegation and ranked 14th among House members in requested earmark funding at nearly $97 million (however in over 99% of these requests, Jindal was a co-sponsor and not the primary initiator of the earmark legislation). $5 million of Jindal's earmark requests were for state defense and indigent healthcare related expenditures, another $50 million was for increasing the safety of Louisiana's waterways and levees after breaches following Hurricane Katrina, and the remainder was targeted towards coastal restoration and alternative energy research. As governor, in 2008, Jindal used his line item veto to strike $16 million in earmarks from the state budget but declined to veto $30 million in legislator-added spending. Jindal vetoed over 250 earmarks in the 2008 state budget, twice the total number of such vetoes by previous governors in the preceding 12 years.

Opposition to Recovery Act

Governor Jindal at the 2015 Defending the American Dream Summit

Jindal has been an opponent of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Citing concerns that the augmentation of unemployment insurance may obligate the state to raise taxes on businesses, Jindal had indicated his intention to forgo federal stimulus plan funds ($98 million) aimed at increasing unemployment insurance for Louisiana. Louisiana has since been obligated to raise taxes on businesses because the unemployment trust fund had dropped below the prescribed threshold. Louisiana was set to receive about $3.8 billion overall. Jindal intended to accept at least $2.4 billion from the stimulus package. He called parts of the plan "irresponsible", saying that "the way to lead is not to raise taxes and put more money and power in hands of Washington politicians."

No-go zones

In 2015, Jindal traveled to the UK to speak at an event by the neoconservative Henry Jackson Society. In that speech, he alleged the existence of "no-go zones", allegedly established by Muslims in London and other western cities. London mayor Boris Johnson called Jindal's remarks "complete nonsense". and earlier British Prime Minister David Cameron had confirmed that there were not any no-go zones in the UK. Jindal later confirmed his meaning "I knew that by speaking the truth we were going to make people upset." When later asked by CNN to provide specific examples, Jindal declined. He later added that some Muslim immigrants are trying to "colonize" cities in Europe and "overtake the culture", and that it could happen next in the U.S.

Personal life

Jindal was raised in a Hindu household. He is of Indian descent and is a U.S. citizen by birthright. He converted to Christianity while in Baton Rouge Magnet High School. During his first year at Brown University, he was baptized into the Catholic Church as an adult under the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).

Bobby and Supriya Jolly Jindal meet with then-President George W. Bush.

Before Jindal was born, his father Amar Jindal was assistant professor of engineering at Punjab University in Chandigarh. After settling into Louisiana, Jindal's father went on to work with a Louisiana railroad company, and his mother transitioned into Information Technology (IT). As of 2008, Jindal's mother, Raj Jindal, was information technology director for the Louisiana Workforce Commission (formerly the Louisiana Department of Labor) and served as Assistant Secretary to former State Labor Secretary Garey Forster during the administration of Governor Mike Foster. Jindal has a younger brother, Nikesh, who is a registered Republican and supported his brother's campaign for governor. Nikesh went to Dartmouth College, where he graduated with honors, and then Yale Law School. Nikesh is now a lawyer in Washington, D.C.

Jindal's nickname dates to his childhood identification with Bobby Brady, a character from the 1970's sitcom The Brady Bunch. He has been known by his nickname ever since, although his legal name remains Piyush Jindal.

In 1997, Jindal married Supriya Jolly, who was born in New Delhi, India and moved to Baton Rouge when she was 4 years old. The two attended the same high school, but Supriya's family moved from Baton Rouge to New Orleans after her freshman year. Supriya Jindal earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and an M.B.A. degree from Tulane University. She created The Supriya Jindal Foundation for Louisiana's Children, a non-profit organization aimed at improving math and science education in grade schools.

They have three children: Selia Elizabeth, Shaan Robert, and Slade Ryan. Shaan was born with a congenital heart defect and had surgery as an infant. The Jindals have been outspoken advocates for children with congenital defects, particularly those without insurance. In 2006, he assisted as his wife delivered their third child at home, with him receiving medical coaching by phone to deliver their boy.

Jindal enjoys hunting in Louisiana.

Bobby Jindal has endorsed Donald Trump's presidential campaign for 2024.

Associated business ventures

In September 2022, telehealth company LifeMD (NASDAQ:LFMD) named Jindal to its board of directors. LifeMD is a leading provider of virtual primary care services operating across all 50 states. The company offers a range of virtual services including primary care, diagnostics, a comprehensive weight management program, specialized treatments for men’s and women’s health, and more. Once appointed, Jindal remarked, "I am excited about the opportunity for telehealth to empower consumers by reducing the cost of healthcare, increasing access, and improving patient outcomes. Technology-driven virtual care platforms, such as what LifeMD is building, will dramatically reshape how countless Americans access and benefit from healthcare."

Writings

Governor Jindal and local officials discuss the operations in response to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill

A list of Jindal's published writings up to 2001 can be found in the hearing report for his 2001 U.S. Senate confirmation. They include newspaper columns, law review articles, and first authorships in several scientific and policy articles that have appeared in the prominent Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Association, and Hospital Outlook.

Jindal's pre-2001 writings include several articles in the New Oxford Review, one of which later made news during his 2003 gubernatorial race. In a 1994 article titled "Physical Dimensions of Spiritual Warfare", Jindal described the events leading up to an apparent exorcism of a friend and how he felt unable to help her at the time. However, Jindal questioned whether what he saw was actually an example of "spiritual warfare".

In November 2010, Jindal published the book Leadership and Crisis, a semi-autobiography significantly influenced by the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.

See also

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