BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal handily won re-election Saturday night, results showed.
The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune reported Jindal's share of the vote total was about 68 percent. Turnout was reported on the light side despite voters having 10 candidates to chose from for their next governor, the newspaper said.
Jindal delivered his victory speech in Baton Rouge with highly successful Louisiana State football Coach Les Miles at his side.
"Every time I run for governor the LSU Tigers win the national championship," Jindal told the jubilant crowd. "I'm not putting any pressure on them. I'm just saying."
Jindal, 40, went on to say he was "truly humbled, honored by the privilege you have bestowed on me."
He added that while Louisiana has made "great strides" in the last four years, "we've got a lot more work to do the next four years."
"I truly believe our best days are ahead of us," he said.
