John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953) served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is the second son of former President George H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush, and is the younger brother of former President George W. Bush. Jeb Bush is the only Republican to serve two full four-year terms as Governor of Florida.Bush grew up in Houston, Texas. He attended the University of Texas, where he earned a degree in Latin American affairs. Following his father's successful run for Vice President in 1980, he moved to Florida. In 1986, Bush was named Florida's Secretary of Commerce, a position he held until resigning in 1988 to help his father's successful campaign for the Presidency.In 1994, Bush made his first run for office, narrowly losing 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 MacKay with 55 percent of the vote. He ran for reelection in 2002, and won with 56 percent, to become Florida's first two-term Republican Governor. During his eight years as governor, Bush was credited with initiating improvements in the environment, as well as reforming the education system. He was also responsible for ending the Florida high speed rail initiative.Bush is frequently mentioned as a possible candidate for president in 2016.
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Parents
Barbara Pierce Bush
Siblings
George W. Bush, Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, Dorothy Bush Koch, Robin Bush, George P. Bush, John Ellis Bush, Jr.
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Aquarius
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[to Donald Trump during a debate] You can't insult your way to the presidency.
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We need a President with a steady hand, with a proven record, who has a servant's heart, who doesn't believe it's all about him.
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[distancing himself from brother George] I would not have gone into Iraq.
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[on politics in America] We need candidates that are organized around winning the election, not making points. Campaigns ought to be about listening and learning and getting better. I do think we've lost our way.
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I think term limits are a good healthy thing. It narrows the focus to service. You don't have to do this for your entire life.
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In an effort to implement a color-blind policy as governor of Florida, Bush banned the use of race as a factor in university admissions eligibility.
First member of the Bush family to be born in Texas and, ironically, the only office-holding member of the family who never held a Texas-based elected office. His father was a Congressman from Houston and his brother Governor of Texas.
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His brother, George W. Bush, has two daughters but no sons, so the name George Bush cannot be carried by their progeny. However, it is carried by Jeb's progeny, as he named one of his sons George P. Bush.
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He and George W. Bush are the first pair of brothers to simultaneously serve as governors of two different states since Nelson Rockefeller and Winthrop Rockefeller were the governors of New York and Arkansas, respectively, from 1967 to 1971.
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