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'''Timothy Patrick Teepell''', known as '''Timmy Teepell''' (born February 15, 1975), is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] political consultan] from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who was chief of staff to former [[Governor]] Bobby Jindal]] during most of Jindal's first term in office. Since 2011, Teepell has operated the firm OnMessage, Inc., based in suburban [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=jindalhires>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbrz.com/news/jindal-hires-relatives-of-former-chief-of-staff/|title=Jindal hires relatives of former chief of staff|date=November 28, 2011|publisher=WBRZ-TV|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref> Teepell was known in Jindil's first term as the governor's "alter ego".<ref name=jimbrown>{{cite web|url=http://www.wjbo.com/pages/jimbrown.html?article=11318065|author=[[James H. "Jim" Brown]]|title=Will Landrieu And Jindal Face Off in Senate Race?|date=May 23, 2013|publisher=wjbo.com|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>​

'''Timothy Patrick Teepell''', known as '''Timmy Teepell''' (born February 15, 1975), is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] political consultan] from [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who was chief of staff to former [[Governor]] Bobby Jindal]] during most of Jindal's first term in office. Since 2011, Teepell has operated the firm OnMessage, Inc., based in suburban [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=jindalhires>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbrz.com/news/jindal-hires-relatives-of-former-chief-of-staff/|title=Jindal hires relatives of former chief of staff|date=November 28, 2011|publisher=WBRZ-TV|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref> Teepell was known in Jindil's first term as the governor's "alter ego".<ref name=jimbrown>{{cite web|url=http://www.wjbo.com/pages/jimbrown.html?article=11318065|author=[[James H. "Jim" Brown]]|title=Will Landrieu And Jindal Face Off in Senate Race?|date=May 23, 2013|publisher=wjbo.com|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>​

 

==Background==​

==Background==

Teepell is the second of four sons of Thomas Francis "Tommy" Teepell, Sr. (born 1951), the chief operating officer of the Baton Rouge-based Lamar Advertising Company, and the former Brenda McArthur (also born 1951). After the eighth or tenth grade (sources vary),<ref name=meettteepell/> Teepell was [[Homeschooling|homeschooled]] His mother became an unofficial [[Lobbying|lobbyist]] for the homeschooling movement and spent considerable time at the state Capitol promoting her cause. Young Teepell had an interest in [[basketball]] and the [[Louisiana State University]] great [[Pete Maravich]].<ref name=notp/> Teepell obtained his General Educational Development]diploma and did not attend college. Instead he went directly to Washington, D. C., to work for Republican candidates, to promote [[conservative]] causes, to engage in fundraising, and to join the staff of the [[Republican National Committee]], all activities which turned into his full-time career as a political consultant.<ref name=chustmyre>{{cite web|url=http://www.225batonrouge.com/article/20071231/225BATONROUGE01/312289962|title=Chuck Hustmyre, "Timmy Teepell," December 31, 2007|publisher=225batonrouge.com|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>​

Teepell is the second of four sons of Thomas Francis "Tommy" Teepell, Sr. (born 1951), the chief operating officer of the Baton Rouge-based Lamar Advertising Company, and the former Brenda McArthur (also born 1951). After the eighth or tenth grade (sources vary),<ref name=meettteepell/> Teepell was [[Homeschooling|homeschooled]] His mother became an unofficial [[Lobbying|lobbyist]] for the homeschooling movement and spent considerable time at the state Capitol promoting her cause. Young Teepell had an interest in [[basketball]] and the [[Louisiana State University]] great [[Pete Maravich]].<ref name=notp/> Teepell obtained his General Educational Development]diploma and did not attend college. Instead he went directly to Washington, D. C., to work for Republican candidates, to promote [[conservative]] causes, to engage in fundraising, and to join the staff of the [[Republican National Committee]], all activities which turned into his full-time career as a political consultant.<ref name=chustmyre>{{cite web|url=http://www.225batonrouge.com/article/20071231/225BATONROUGE01/312289962|title=Chuck Hustmyre, "Timmy Teepell," December 31, 2007|publisher=225batonrouge.com|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>​

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Teeple is married to the former Sarah Lynn Parker of [[Virginia]]. He has twin sons, Thomas and William, and four daughters, all named for U.S. states, Virginia, Georgia, Montana, and Tennessee.<ref name=meettteepell>{{cite web|url=http://www.wafb.com/global/story.asp?s=7623302|title=Meet Governor Jindal's Chief of Staff: Timmy Teepell, January 14, 2008|publisher=[[WAFB-TV]]|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>​

Teeple is married to the former Sarah Lynn Parker of [[Virginia]]. He has twin sons, Thomas and William, and four daughters, all named for U.S. states, Virginia, Georgia, Montana, and Tennessee.<ref name=meettteepell>{{cite web|url=http://www.wafb.com/global/story.asp?s=7623302|title=Meet Governor Jindal's Chief of Staff: Timmy Teepell, January 14, 2008|publisher=[[WAFB-TV]]|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>​

 

==Political life==​

==Political life==

At the age of eighteen, his first job in 1993 was as an aide to [[Michael Farris]] in Purcellville in northern Virginia, a Republican who organized the [[Home School Legal Defense Association]] and Patrick Henry College. Farris ran unsuccessfully that same year for lieutenant governor, when such [[Moderate Republicans]] as then [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Warner]] refused to support him because of his conservative views.  By his early twenties, Teepell had taken charge of the Madison Project, a [[political action committee]] founded by Farris that raised funds for [[Christian]] conservative candidates nationwide. He also worked in certain Virginia legislative campaigns, but the state turned heavily [[Democratic Party|Democrat]].<ref name=notp>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/10/competitive_spirit_drives_jind.html|author=Stephanie Stokes|title=Competitive spirit drives Jindal's top gun|date=October 28, 2007|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>​

At the age of eighteen, his first job in 1993 was as an aide to [[Michael Farris]] in Purcellville in northern Virginia, a Republican who organized the [[Home School Legal Defense Association]] and Patrick Henry College. Farris ran unsuccessfully that same year for lieutenant governor, when such [[Moderate Republicans]] as then [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Warner]] refused to support him because of his conservative views.  By his early twenties, Teepell had taken charge of the Madison Project, a [[political action committee]] founded by Farris that raised funds for [[Christian]] conservative candidates nationwide. He also worked in certain Virginia legislative campaigns, but the state turned heavily [[Democratic Party|Democrat]].<ref name=notp>{{cite web|url=http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/10/competitive_spirit_drives_jind.html|author=Stephanie Stokes|title=Competitive spirit drives Jindal's top gun|date=October 28, 2007|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>​

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Early in 2012, Teepell, with OnMessage Inc., based in Alexandria, Virginia,  correctly forecast before the Press Club of Baton Rouge that [[U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]] would defeat the Republican choice, [[Mitt Romney]], a Moderate Republican former governor of [[Massachusetts]] and a current U.S. Senator from [[Utah]],  by two or three percentage points but that there would be [[divided government]] with the Republican majority maintained in the U.S. House and possibly a GOP pickup of the U.S. Senate, which did not materialize.<ref name=edanderson>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/01/president_obamas_re-election_l.html|author=Ed Anderson|title=President Obama's re-election likely, Gov. Jindal's former aide says|date= January 31, 2012|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>​

Early in 2012, Teepell, with OnMessage Inc., based in Alexandria, Virginia,  correctly forecast before the Press Club of Baton Rouge that [[U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]] would defeat the Republican choice, [[Mitt Romney]], a Moderate Republican former governor of [[Massachusetts]] and a current U.S. Senator from [[Utah]],  by two or three percentage points but that there would be [[divided government]] with the Republican majority maintained in the U.S. House and possibly a GOP pickup of the U.S. Senate, which did not materialize.<ref name=edanderson>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/01/president_obamas_re-election_l.html|author=Ed Anderson|title=President Obama's re-election likely, Gov. Jindal's former aide says|date= January 31, 2012|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>​

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In 2013, Teepell and OnMessage, Inc., worked in the campaign of state Senator (now state Representative)  [[Neil Riser]] of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, in Louisiana's 5th congressional district [[special election]] to fill the seat vacated by [[Rodney Alexander]], who left Congress to join the Jindal administration as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/6863564-125/riser-claims-fec-mistaken|title=Riser claims FEC mistaken|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=October 14, 2013|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>On November 16, 2013, Riser was handily defeated in a runoff election with fellow Republican [[Vance McAllister]], a businessman in Ouachita Parish who previously unknown politically. According to the office of then  Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]] in Baton Rouge, McAllister defeated Riser, Teepell's candidate, 54,449 (59.7 percent) to 36,837 (40.3 percent), with all 981 precincts reporting.<ref name=novreturns>{Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 2013.</ref>

In 2013, Teepell and OnMessage, Inc., worked in the campaign of state Senator (now state Representative)  [[Neil Riser]] of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, in Louisiana's 5th congressional district [[special election]] to fill the seat vacated by Republican [[Rodney Alexander]], who left Congress to join the Jindal administration as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/6863564-125/riser-claims-fec-mistaken|title=Riser claims FEC mistaken|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=October 14, 2013|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>On November 16, 2013, Riser was handily defeated in a runoff election with fellow Republican [[Vance McAllister]], a businessman in Ouachita Parish who previously unknown politically. According to the office of then  Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]] in Baton Rouge, McAllister defeated Riser, Teepell's candidate, 54,449 (59.7 percent) to 36,837 (40.3 percent), with all 981 precincts reporting.<ref name=novreturns>{Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 16, 2013.</ref>

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