Louisiana Gov.-Elect Faces Education Issues
Two other states in line to select their governors in 2007 electoral season.
As Louisiana’s next chief executive, Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal is likely to face renewed efforts to pass a school choice measure in the state, will oversee continuing restoration of schools in New Orleans, and has said he wants to do more to make salaries competitive for all teachers, while rewarding successful educators.
The Republican, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the son of immigrants from India, avoided a runoff election by earning more than 50 percent of the vote for governor in Louisiana’s Oct. 20 primary. Incumbent Democratic Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco—criticized for her response to the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster— had announced in March that she would not run again.
While the Louisiana governor’s race is settled, voters in two other states—Kentucky and Mississippi—still have governors to elect on Nov. 6. In addition, control of one or more houses of the legislature in Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia also will be decided next month, even as the 2008 presidential campaign already dominates...
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