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One of the issues in the campaign centered on Dominigue's having missed casting his ballot in nine of the last twenty elections in East Baton Rouge Parish, whereas Claitor had voted in all of the past thirty such contests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/40602957.html|title=A Look at the Candidates' Voting Record|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref>
One of the issues in the campaign centered on Dominigue's having missed casting his ballot in nine of the last twenty elections in East Baton Rouge Parish, whereas Claitor had voted in all of the past thirty such contests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/40602957.html|title=A Look at the Candidates' Voting Record|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref>
===Jindal's role===
===Jindal's role===
Governor Jindal actively supported Domingue, whose family had donated some $118,500 to Jindal's previous campaigns and transition committees. Jindal's endorsement of Dominigue was his first in a legislative race since he became governor in January 2008. Jindal had earlier indicated that he would not endorse candidates in legislative or statewide elections, but he did support then State Treasurer [[John Neely Kennedy]]'s unsuccessful Republican challenge to Senator Mary Landrieu on November 4, 2008.<ref name=advo>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/42567717.html?index=14&c=y|author=Marsha Shuler|title=Claitor win called Jindal's losspublisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref> Kennedy, however, rebounded to victory in 2016 in the Senate race to choose a successor to Republican [[David Vitter]].
Governor Jindal actively supported Domingue, whose family had donated some $118,500 to Jindal's previous campaigns and transition committees. Jindal's endorsement of Dominigue was his first in a legislative race since he became governor in January 2008. Jindal had earlier indicated that he would not endorse candidates in legislative or statewide elections, but he did support then State Treasurer [[John Neely Kennedy]]'s unsuccessful Republican challenge to Senator Mary Landrieu on November 4, 2008.<ref name=advo>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/42567717.html?index=14&c=y|author=Marsha Shuler|title=Claitor win called Jindal's losspublisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref> Kennedy, however, rebounded to victory in 2016 in the Senate race to choose a successor to Republican [[David Vitter]].