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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 consultant 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==

It's not rocket science. To win a campaign you have to get a lot of people engaged in supporting you. Not just voters, but when you have somebody who's willing to go door-to-door in their own neighborhood telling their neighbors, asking people to vote for you. That's powerful. ... There are relationships you build in Louisiana where people put aside their partisanship and see people for who they are and build those relationships. That's something that being in D.C. I always missed about Louisiana, and it's one of the reasons I wanted to come back.<ref name=notp/></blockquote>​

It's not rocket science. To win a campaign you have to get a lot of people engaged in supporting you. Not just voters, but when you have somebody who's willing to go door-to-door in their own neighborhood telling their neighbors, asking people to vote for you. That's powerful. ... There are relationships you build in Louisiana where people put aside their partisanship and see people for who they are and build those relationships. That's something that being in D.C. I always missed about Louisiana, and it's one of the reasons I wanted to come back.<ref name=notp/></blockquote>​

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===Managing the Jindal campaigns===

===Managing the Jindal campaigns==

In 2003, Teepell began advising Jindal to continue in active politics after the latter's defeat in the governor's race that year by the Democrat [[Kathleen Blanco]]. He managed Jindal's election in 2004 to Louisiana's 1st congressional district for the seat vacated by [[David Vitter]], who instead became in 2005 his state's first elected Republican U.S. Senator since [[Reconstruction]]. In 2007, Teepell managed Jindal's successful gubernatorial race against the Democrats Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., and Walter Boasso, and several other opponents. He then joined Jindal as chief of staff in the first term<ref name=jindalhires/>at a salary of $165,000 annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisianavoice.com/2012/07/06/4995/|author=Tom Aswell|title=Timmy Teepell neglected to close out his state email account when he left the governor's office 11 months ago–or did he?|date=July 6, 2012|publisher=louisianavoice.com|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref> The Jindal-Teepell relationship seemed unusual with Jindal being a [[Rhodes Scholar]] and Teepell having a GED.<ref name=meettteepell/>​

In 2003, Teepell began advising Jindal to continue in active politics after the latter's defeat in the governor's race that year by the Democrat [[Kathleen Blanco]]. He managed Jindal's election in 2004 to Louisiana's 1st congressional district for the seat vacated by [[David Vitter]], who instead became in 2005 his state's first elected Republican U.S. Senator since [[Reconstruction]]. In 2007, Teepell managed Jindal's successful gubernatorial race against the Democrats Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., and Walter Boasso, and several other opponents. He then joined Jindal as chief of staff in the first term<ref name=jindalhires/>at a salary of $165,000 annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://louisianavoice.com/2012/07/06/4995/|author=Tom Aswell|title=Timmy Teepell neglected to close out his state email account when he left the governor's office 11 months ago–or did he?|date=July 6, 2012|publisher=louisianavoice.com|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref> The Jindal-Teepell relationship seemed unusual with Jindal being a [[Rhodes Scholar]] and Teepell having a GED.<ref name=meettteepell/>​

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