Jeb Bush

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John Ellis "Jeb" Bush, född 11 februari 1953 i Midland, Texas,[1] är en amerikansk politiker (republikan). Han var guvernör i Florida 1999-2007.[2] Han är son till tidigare presidenten George H.W. Bush och yngre bror till förre presidenten George W. Bush.[3]

Biografi

Han föddes i Midland, Texas och flyttade till Houston när han var sex år gammal.[1]

Vidare läste han vid University of Texas at Austin.[1]

Bush hade jobbat en tid vid Texas Commerce Banks kontor i Venezuela.[4]

1984–1986 var han ordförande för republikanernas avdelning i Dade County.[5]

Guvernörskapet i Florida vann han 1998 när han för andra gången sökte posten. Första försöket 1994 slutade det med förlust mot den sittande demokratiska guvernören Lawton Chiles.[6] 2002 blev han omvald, något ingen republikansk guvernör tidigare lyckats med i delstatens historia.[2]

Bland de mer kontroversiella besluten har Jeb Bush genomdrivit skattesänkningar,[7] införandet av det första statligt finansierade skolpengssystemet (school vouchers).[8]

2015 meddelade Bush att han kandiderar för president till valet 2016.[9] Till en början var Jeb Bush en av favoriterna i det månghövdade republikanska startfältet. Men under kampanjens gång tappade han stort och hamnade långt efter Donald Trump och Ben Carson i opinionsmätningarna.[10] Efter att ha fått knappt åtta procent i delstatsvalet i South Carolina och förlust även i Nevada avbröt Jeb Bush sin kampanj. [11]

Källor

  1. ^ [a b c] ”During His Texas Years, a Focused Jeb Bush Stood Out From the Crowd” (på engelska). The Texas Tribune. https://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/17/jeb-bush-texas-years/. Läst 19 april 2018. 
  2. ^ [a b] ”Jeb Bush Makes History In Florida” (på engelska). https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeb-bush-makes-history-in-florida/. Läst 19 april 2018. 
  3. ^ ”The Education of Jeb Bush” (på engelska). The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/26/testing-time. Läst 19 april 2018. 
  4. ^ ”Hispanic consciousness lends weight to Jeb Bush as GOP eyes 2016 presidential race” (på amerikansk engelska). Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/hispanic-consciousness-lends-weight-to-jeb-bush-as-gop-eyes-2016-presidential-race/2013/04/24/ed830402-aa9a-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html. Läst 19 april 2018. 
  5. ^ ”Where Are They Now? Jeb Bush” (på amerikansk engelska). Texas on the Potomac. https://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2008/11/where-are-they-now-jeb-bush/. Läst 19 april 2018. 
  6. ^ ”Jeb Bush: Party elder statesman or 2016 candidate?” (på amerikansk engelska). Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-bush-jeb/jeb-bush-party-elder-statesman-or-2016-candidate-idUSL2E8HMDT820120625. Läst 19 april 2018. 
  7. ^ ”The other Bush on taxes”. CNNMoney. http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/17/pf/taxes/jeb-bush-taxes/. Läst 19 april 2018. 
  8. ^ ”Jeb Bush: The Once and Future Reformer” (på engelska). StateImpact Florida. https://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/tag/jeb-bush/. Läst 19 april 2018. 
  9. ^ Wilson Andrews; Alicia Parlapiano; Karen Yourish (30 juni 2015). ”Who Is Running for President (and Who’s Not)?”. The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/2016-presidential-candidates.html?_r=0. Läst 2 juli 2015. 
  10. ^ Jeb Bush sparar pengar - SVT
  11. ^ Clinton och Trump vann i natt - Sveriges Radio

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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 graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and then 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 and pursued a career in real estate development. 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 has frequently been mentioned by the media as a possible candidate for president in 2016. On December 16, 2014, Bush announced he would explore the possibility of running for President.