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Jindal was re-elected to Congress in 2006 with 88 percent of the vote majority. On January 22, 2007, Jindal announced his candidacy for governor. Polling data showed him with an early lead in the race, and he remained the favorite throughout the campaign. He defeated eleven opponents in the jungle primary held on October 20, including two prominent [[Democratic Party|Democrats]]. He went on to win the gubernatorial election with 54 percent of the vote in the jungle primary, winning in 60 of the 64 parishes.
Jindal was re-elected to Congress in 2006 with 88 percent of the vote majority. On January 22, 2007, Jindal announced his candidacy for governor. Polling data showed him with an early lead in the race, and he remained the favorite throughout the campaign. He defeated eleven opponents in the jungle primary held on October 20, including two prominent [[Democratic Party|Democrats]]. He went on to win the gubernatorial election with 54 percent of the vote in the jungle primary, winning in 60 of the 64 parishes.
== Criticism ==
== As governor ==
Jindal has not escaped [[liberal]] criticism for his plans to reject portions of Economic Stimulus money to extend unemployment benefits to those who wouldn't ordinarily receive them.<ref>"Jindal rejects unemployment money (for those who normally wouldn't get it)LA to receive in stimulus" [http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-46/123517585334490.xml&storylist=louisiana&thispage=1 (AP Louisiana News)]</ref> Jindal was criticized for a speech he gave in response to President Obama, when Jindal questioned the use of some stimulus money, including volcano monitoring.<ref>"Geologist Erupts at Jindal's Volcano Question" [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,500267,00.html (FOX News)]</ref>
Jindal has not escaped [[liberal]] criticism for his plans to reject portions of economic stimulus money to extend unemployment benefits to those who would not ordinarily qualify for the monies.<ref>"Jindal rejects unemployment money (for those who normally wouldn't get it)LA to receive in stimulus" [http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-46/123517585334490.xml&storylist=louisiana&thispage=1 (AP Louisiana News)]</ref> Jindal was criticized for a speech he gave in response to President [[Barack H. Obama]], when Jindal questioned the use of some stimulus money, including volcano monitoring.<ref>"Geologist Erupts at Jindal's Volcano Question" [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,500267,00.html (FOX News)]</ref>
As he began his second term as governor in 2012, Jindal tapped the Democrat-turned [[Moderate Republican]] [[John Alario]] of Jefferson Parish as the state Senate President, a choice then affirmed by all but one of the sitting senators, [[Barrow Peacock]] of [[Shreveport]]. Alario was subsequently supported of the tax package offered by Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]], Jindal's successor.
Jindal handily won reelection in 2011 against a weak field of opponents who lack name recognition. As he began his second term as governor in 2012, Jindal tapped the Democrat-turned [[Moderate Republican]] [[John Alario]] of Jefferson Parish as the state Senate President, a choice then affirmed by all but one of the sitting senators, [[Barrow Peacock]] of [[Shreveport]]. Alario was subsequently supported of the tax package offered by Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]], Jindal's successor.
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