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John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. A member of the Bush political family, he was an unsuccessful candidate for president of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries.
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Bush was born in Midland, Texas. He was raised in Houston, Texas. His father is George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States and 43rd Vice President of the United States. His mother is Barbara Pierce. The nickname "Jeb" is made up of his initials J.E.B. (John Ellis Bush). Bush received poor grades at first and occasionally smoked mari...
Florida Secretary of Commerce
Following his father's successful run for Vice President in 1980, he moved to Florida and pursued a career in real estate development. In 1986, Bush was named Florida's Secretary of Commerce, a position he held until his resignation in 1988 to help his father's successful campaignfor the Presidency.
1994 gubernatorial run
In 1994, Bush made his first run for office. He lost the election for governor by less than two percentage points to the incumbent Lawton Chiles.
Bush ran again in 1998 and beat Lieutenant Governor Buddy MacKaywith 55 percent of the vote. Bush's administration was marked by a focus on public education reform. While Governor, Bush reduced taxes by $19 billion, reduced the size of state government by 6.6 percent, and vetoed $2 billion in new spending. Bush eliminated civil service protection f...
Bush was considered a potential candidate in the 2016 presidential election since the end of the 2012 election. At a press conference on April 16, 2013, at Bluefield College, Bush stated he had not begun the decision-making process about a run but that he would begin to consider a run soon. On October 2, 2014, Bush's brother George said that his br...
Bush married Columba Bush in 1974. They have three children: George, Noelle, and John. In 1995, Bush converted from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism. In 2004, he became a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus.Bush, a member of Father Hugon Council 3521 in Tallahassee, has joined Father Hugon Assembly.
Barnes, Fred. "Governor in Chief: Jeb Bush's remarkable eight years of achievement in Florida." The Weekly Standard, June 12, 2006.Freedberg, Sydney P. "Jeb Bush: The Son Rises Away from Dad's Shadow." The Miami Herald, August 15, 1994.Huffington, Arianna. "The latest Bush hypocrisy" Archived 2005-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Salon.com, September 16, 2002.Viglucci, Andres and Alfonso Chardy. "Bush and business: Fast success, brushes with mystery". The Miami Herald, October 5, 2002.Official Governor's portrait and biography Archived 2015-01-04 at the Wayback Machine at the Museum of Florida HistoryJeb Bush at Biography.comJeb Bush, On the IssuesApr 2, 2014 · Learn about Jeb Bush, the son of George H.W. Bush and brother of George W. Bush, who served as Florida's governor from 1998 to 2007 and ran for president in 2016. Find out his achievements, controversies, family and personal life.
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May 8, 2024 · Jeb Bush (born February 11, 1953, Midland, Texas, U.S.) is an American politician who was governor of Florida (1999–2007) and who later sought the Republican Party nomination for president in 2016. Prescott S. Bush and family.
John Ellis " Jeb " Bush (born February 11, 1953) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. A member of the Bush political family, he was an unsuccessful candidate for president of the United States in the 2016 Republican primaries.
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