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Louisiana elects first nonwhite governor since Reconstruction - CNN.com

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U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal became the nation's youngest governor and the first nonwhite to hold post in Louisiana since Reconstruction when he carried more than half the vote to defeat 11 opponents.

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But the two multimillionaires in the race -- Boasso, a state senator from St. Bernard Parish, and Georges, a New Orleans-area businessman -- poured millions of their own dollars into their campaigns to try to prevent Jindal's victory.

Good to see personal finance not be a defining factor in the victor of the race. Jindal did, however, raise $11 million so money still had some component.

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