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==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>
Regarding his lack of formal education, Teepell said that he fell into political organization mostly by accident:
Regarding his lack of formal education, Teepell said that he fell into political organization mostly by accident:<blockquote>
<blockquote>
I learned a lot in the work world that I wouldn’t have learned as a [[political science]] major [including the [[work ethic]] from his parents] When [one doesn't] have a college education, [he] can't afford to fail at any job. I realized I had to work twice as hard as anyone else to be successful. ...<ref name=chustmyre/></blockquote>
I learned a lot in the work world that I wouldn’t have learned as a [[political science]] major [including the [[work ethic]] from his parents] When [one doesn't] have a college education, [he] can't afford to fail at any job. I realized I had to work twice as hard as anyone else to be successful. ...<ref name=chustmyre/></blockquote>
Regarding his perseverance in campaigning, Teepell said in second person:
Regarding his perseverance in campaigning, Teepell said in second person:
<blockquote>
<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>
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>
===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 ironic 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/>