INDIAN-AMERICAN Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal will head a Republican fundraiser next month in New Hampshire, a move that has set the political circles abuzz about his possible 2016 White House bid.
Jindal, 41, will raise money for the campaign arm of the state Senate Republicans at an event in Manchester with ticket prices running from $100 to $5,000 (£65 to £3283).
“The state Senate Republicans are the backstop for all the spending and taxes in New Hampshire for the first time,” Michael Dennehy, a Republican Party consultant organising the event, said.
“The senators wanted one of the nation’s top Republicans to lead the charge to kick off their campaign efforts for 2014,” he said.
Jindal’s visit to New Hampshire will come several days before Kentucky Senator Rand Paul appears in the state for a party fundraiser. Senator Paul is also looking at a run for the Republican nomination.
Dennehy acknowledged the importance of Jindal’s visit at a time when potential candidates are already making early moves as they consider White House bids.
“Unofficially, New Hampshire also welcomes a governor, whom Republicans across the country are looking to as a possible candidate for the GOP nomination in 2016,” he said.
“It continues to show the power of New Hampshire to attract a popular governor to the first in the nation primary state,” Dennehy said.
Jindal made headlines earlier this year at a Republican National Committee meeting in Charlotte when he delivered a blistering critique accusing some people in the Republican
Party of using insulting language that is turning off voters.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) is meeting this week in California where a major discussion point is ways to reach out to minority and younger voters better and using effective language in doing so.
