Jeb Bush

John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (English: John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, born February 11, 1953), an American Republican politician, the 43rd governor of Florida, and the first Republican governor to be re-elected as the governor of the state. He lost the 2016 Republican presidential primary. Bush was born in Midland, Texas, and grew up in Houston. He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a degree in Latin American affairs. In 1980, he moved to Florida to work in real estate development. In 1987, Bush became Florida's Secretary of Commerce and served until 1988. Then he joined his father's presidential campaign team and was eventually elected. In 1994, Bush ran for office for the first time and lost to then-Governor Lawton Chiles by less than two percentage points. In 1998, Bush ran again and defeated Lieutenant Governor Buddy McKay with 55% of the vote. Chiles died in office, only 23 days before his scheduled retirement, and Bush eventually took over as governor. In 2002, Bush ran for re-election and won with 56% of the vote, becoming the first Republican governor in Florida history to be elected for two consecutive terms. During his eight years as governor, Bush promoted an ambitious Everglades conservation plan, supported caps on malpractice lawsuits, launched a Medicaid privatization pilot program and made changes to the state education system, including issuing vouchers and promoting school choice. Bush announced his candidacy for president on June 15, 2015. On February 20, 2016, shortly after the South Carolina primary, he announced that he was suspending his campaign. Among the 17 candidates, he ranked sixth in both delegate and popular vote counts. On March 23, 2016, he publicly endorsed Senator Ted Cruz and was critical of Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign and throughout Trump's administration.