"43rd Governor of Florida" Jeb Bush Hand Signed Inaugural Program Dated 1999

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"43rd Governor of Florida" Jeb Bush Signed Inaugural Program.
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John Ellis
"
Jeb
"
Bush
(born February 11, 1953) is an American politician who served as the
43rd Governor
of
Florida
from 1999 to 2007. Bush, who grew up in
Houston
, is the second son of former
President
George H. W. Bush
and former
First Lady
Barbara Bush
, and a younger brother of former President
George W. Bush
. He graduated from
Phillips Academy
in
Andover, Massachusetts
, and attended the
University of Texas
, where he earned a degree in Latin American affairs. In 1980, he moved to Florida and pursued a career in
real estate development
, and in 1986 became Florida's Secretary of Commerce until 1988. At that time, he joined his father's
successful campaign
for the Presidency. In
1994
, Bush made his first run for office, losing the election for governor by less than two percentage points to the incumbent
Lawton Chiles
. Bush ran again in
1998
and defeated Lieutenant Governor
Buddy MacKay
with 55 percent of the vote. He ran for reelection in
2002
, defeating
Bill McBride
and winning with 56 percent, to become Florida's first two-term Republican governor. During his eight years as governor, Bush pushed an ambitious
Everglades conservation
plan, supported
caps
for
medical malpractice
litigation, launched a
Medicaid
privatization
pilot program, and instituted reforms to the state education system, including the issuance of vouchers and promoting
school choice
. Bush announced
his presidential candidacy
on June 15, 2015. He suspended his campaign on February 20, 2016, shortly after the
South Carolina primary
and endorsed Senator
Ted Cruz
on March 23, 2016. Bush later made headlines by joining a
group of Republicans who opposed the GOP nominee
for president,
Donald Trump
.