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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 ironic with Jindal being a [[Rhodes Scholar]] and Teepell having a GED.<ref name=meettteepell/>​

 

In 2010, Teepell took a three-month leave of absence to work nationally in campaigns for the Republican Governors Association, of which Jindal became the chairman two years later. Jindal's executive counsel and later Teepeol's successor as chief of staff, Stephen Waguespack, subsequently the executive director of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, was the acting chief of staff while Teepell was away.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbrz.com/news/jindal-chief-of-staff-back-after-gop-campaign-work/|title=Jindal chief of staff back after GOP campaign work|date=November 8, 2010|publisher=WBRZ-TV|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>​

In 2010, Teepell took a three-month leave of absence to work nationally in campaigns for the Republican Governors Association, of which Jindal became the chairman two years later. Jindal's executive counsel and later Teepeol's successor as chief of staff, Stephen Waguespack, subsequently the executive director of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, was the acting chief of staff while Teepell was away.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbrz.com/news/jindal-chief-of-staff-back-after-gop-campaign-work/|title=Jindal chief of staff back after GOP campaign work|date=November 8, 2010|publisher=WBRZ-TV|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>​

In 2011, Jindal named Matt Parker (born 1984), formerly of Virginia, and Teepell's borther-in-law as his intergovernmental affairs director and then in 2012 assigned Parker as the legislative affairs director.<ref name=govstatela/>  Parker had been Jindal's 2011 campaign manager when the governor, with more than $9 million in campaign funds at his disposal,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbrz.com/news/jindal-fundraising-report-to-show-9-2m-on-hand/|title=Jindal fundraising report to show $9.2M on hand, February 15, 2011|publisher=WBRZ-TV|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref> polled nearly two-thirds of the vote in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] against a large field of otherwise politically unknown candidates.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Governor), October 22, 2011.</ref> In 2010, Parker had worked on the gubernatorial campaign of [[Rick Scott]] of[[ Florida]], who became the junior U.S. Senator in 2019.<ref name=jindalhires/>​

In 2011, Jindal named Matt Parker (born 1984), formerly of Virginia, and Teepell's borther-in-law as his intergovernmental affairs director and then in 2012 assigned Parker as the legislative affairs director.<ref name=govstatela/>  Parker had been Jindal's 2011 campaign manager when the governor, with more than $9 million in campaign funds at his disposal,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbrz.com/news/jindal-fundraising-report-to-show-9-2m-on-hand/|title=Jindal fundraising report to show $9.2M on hand, February 15, 2011|publisher=WBRZ-TV|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref> polled nearly two-thirds of the vote in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] against a large field of otherwise politically unknown candidates.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Governor), October 22, 2011.</ref> In 2010, Parker had worked on the gubernatorial campaign of [[Rick Scott]] of[[ Florida]], who became the junior U.S. Senator in 2019.<ref name=jindalhires/>​

In 2012, Timmy Teepell worked in the campaign of Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bill Cassidy]], then of Louisiana's Baton Rouge-based 6th congressional district who in 2014 unseated Democrat U.S. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kpel965.com/tags/timmy-teepell/|author=Brandon Comeaux|title=Rep. Cassidy Hires Jindal's Top Campaign Strategist for Reelection Effort|date=February 15, 2012|publisher=KPEL (AM) ([[Lafayette]])|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>In the spring of 2013, Teepeel abruptly departed the Cassidy campaign as Cassidy prepared to challenge Landrieu's bid for a fourth term.<ref name=jimbrown/>​

 

In 2012, Teepell worked in the campaign of Republican [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bill Cassidy]], then of Louisiana's Baton Rouge-based 6th congressional district who in 2014 unseated Democrat U.S. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kpel965.com/tags/timmy-teepell/|author=Brandon Comeaux|title=Rep. Cassidy Hires Jindal's Top Campaign Strategist for Reelection Effort|date=February 15, 2012|publisher=KPEL (AM) ([[Lafayette]])|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>In the spring of 2013, Teepeel abruptly departed the Cassidy campaign as Cassidy prepared to challenge Landrieu's bid for a fourth term.<ref name=jimbrown/>​

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>​