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===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 loss|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=April 18, 2009; no longer on-line}}</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>Marsha Shuler, "Claitor win called Jindal's loss, ''The Baton Rouge Advocate,'' April 18, 2009.</ref> Kennedy, however, rebounded to victory in 2016 in the Senate race to choose a successor to Republican [[David Vitter]].
Jindal also did not openly support Republican former U.S. Representative Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016), who emerged as the frontrunner and winner following the withdrawal of the opposing candidate in the special election held on April 4, 2009, for the District 4 seat on the regulatory Louisiana Public Service Commission.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' April 1, 2009.</ref> Nor would Jindal endorse the 2010 reelection of U.S. Senator David Vitter, who previously held the House seat that Jindal himself occupied from 2005 to 2008.
Jindal also did not openly support Republican former U.S. Representative Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016), who emerged as the frontrunner and winner following the withdrawal of the opposing candidate in the special election held on April 4, 2009, for the District 4 seat on the regulatory Louisiana Public Service Commission.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' April 1, 2009.</ref> Nor would Jindal endorse the 2010 reelection of U.S. Senator David Vitter, who previously held the House seat that Jindal himself occupied from 2005 to 2008.