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Jindal backs Lafayette Republican Surgeon Boustany in 7th District runoff By PATRICK COURREGES pcourreges@theadvocate.com Acadiana bureau Bobby Jindal, Louisiana's newest Republican congressman-elect, said Friday in Lake Charles he is supporting 7th Congressional District Republican candidate Charles Boustany Jr.'s bid to join the state's delegation. Jindal handily won election to Louisiana's 1st District seat in his first run for the post Nov. 2, and spoke in favor of Boustany, a retired heart surgeon from Lafayette, at a Lake Charles Republican Roundtable luncheon. "I'm proud to call Bobby a friend and hope to call him a colleague," Boustany said. U.S. Sen.-elect David...

Boustany driven to enter race Frustration in dealing with issues was spark By PATRICK COURREGES pcourreges@theadvocate.com Acadiana bureau LAFAYETTE -- Retired heart surgeon Charles Boustany Jr. seems to be getting taken seriously in his first run for public office. The Lafayette Republican's candidacy in the Nov. 2 election for Louisiana's open 7th Congressional District seat has gotten the open backing of major figures in the national Republican Party -- including Vice President Dick Cheney -- hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign money and the targeted opposition of national Democrats. A year ago, Boustany, 48, was still a practicing heart...