George P. Bush
George P. Bush (Republican Party) was the Texas Land Commissioner. He assumed office in 2015. He left office on January 1, 2023.
Bush (Republican Party) ran for election for Attorney General of Texas. He lost in the Republican primary runoff on May 24, 2022.
Bush is the son of former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush, as well as the nephew and grandson of Presidents George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush, respectively. Bush worked on his uncle's first presidential campaign in Texas after college and later served as deputy finance chairman of the Republican Party of Texas.[1][2]
Biography
Bush was born in Houston, Texas, and is the son of Jeb Bush. Bush speaks fluent Spanish. He learned from his mother, Columba. She was born in León, Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1953 and moved to the United States in 1970 when she was 17. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1979.[3][4] Although a Texas native, Bush was raised primarily in Florida, where his father served as governor from 1998 until 2007. Bush began his career as a teacher in Miami.
He returned to Texas to earn his bachelor's degree and play college baseball for Rice University, and he went on to graduate from University of Texas School of Law. Bush clerked for a federal judge before starting a capital company in Fort Worth.[1]
Bush is a U.S. Navy veteran, having served an eight month tour in Afghanistan in 2010.[5]
Education
- Bachelor's degree, Rice University
- J.D., University Of Texas School of Law[2]
Political career
Texas Land Commissioner (2015-2023)
Bush first won election to the office on November 4, 2014. He was sworn into office on January 2, 2015, replacing Jerry Patterson (R).[6]
During his swearing-in ceremony, Bush made the following comments about issues facing the commissioner's office:
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By utilizing the Agency's platform to promote opportunity for all, we will pursue a philosophy that Lincoln called the 'right to rise.' After all, every Texan deserves every chance at a better future. And so to provide a better education to our children, we will innovate the way the Permanent School Fund provides resources to our public schools. To offer more economic opportunity for our workers, we will encourage responsible energy exploration on GLO land. To extend better service to our returning heroes, we will streamline our veterans' programs and make them more efficient and effective. And to preserve our proud heritage for generations to come, we will protect the hallowed grounds and story of the Alamo --- a story bigger than Texas … a story about the triumph of freedom over tyranny. [7] |
” |
| —WFAA, (2015) | ||
2016 presidential endorsement
✓ Bush endorsed Donald Trump for the 2016 presidential general election.[8]
- See also: Endorsements for Donald Trump
Elections
2022
See also: Texas Attorney General election, 2022
General election
General election for Attorney General of Texas
Incumbent Ken Paxton defeated Rochelle Garza and Mark Ash in the general election for Attorney General of Texas on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ken Paxton (R) | 53.4 | 4,278,986 |
 | Rochelle Garza (D)  | 43.7 | 3,497,267 | |
 | Mark Ash (L) | 2.9 | 233,750 | |
| Total votes: 8,010,003 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas
Rochelle Garza defeated Joe Jaworski in the Democratic primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rochelle Garza | 62.7 | 305,168 |
 | Joe Jaworski | 37.3 | 181,744 | |
| Total votes: 486,912 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas
Incumbent Ken Paxton defeated George P. Bush in the Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Texas on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Paxton | 68.0 | 633,223 |
 | George P. Bush | 32.0 | 298,577 | |
| Total votes: 931,800 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Texas
Rochelle Garza and Joe Jaworski advanced to a runoff. They defeated Lee Merritt, Mike Fields, and S. T-Bone Raynor in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Texas on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rochelle Garza | 43.0 | 438,134 |
| ✔ | | Joe Jaworski | 19.8 | 202,140 |
 | Lee Merritt | 19.4 | 198,108 | |
 | Mike Fields | 12.3 | 125,373 | |
| S. T-Bone Raynor | 5.5 | 55,944 | ||
| Total votes: 1,019,699 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of Texas
Incumbent Ken Paxton and George P. Bush advanced to a runoff. They defeated Eva Guzman and Louis B. Gohmert Jr. in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Texas on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Paxton | 42.7 | 823,199 |
| ✔ | | George P. Bush | 22.8 | 439,240 |
 | Eva Guzman | 17.5 | 337,761 | |
 | Louis B. Gohmert Jr. | 17.0 | 327,257 | |
| Total votes: 1,927,457 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matt Krause (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Texas
Mark Ash advanced from the Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Texas on April 10, 2022.
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| ✔ | | Mark Ash (L) |
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Texas Land Commissioner
Incumbent George P. Bush defeated Miguel Suazo and Matthew Piña in the general election for Texas Land Commissioner on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | George P. Bush (R) | 53.7 | 4,435,202 |
 | Miguel Suazo (D) | 43.2 | 3,567,927 | |
 | Matthew Piña (L) | 3.1 | 258,482 | |
| Total votes: 8,261,611 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas Land Commissioner
Miguel Suazo defeated Tex Morgan in the Democratic primary for Texas Land Commissioner on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Miguel Suazo | 70.0 | 659,163 |
 | Tex Morgan | 30.0 | 282,387 | |
| Total votes: 941,550 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Texas Land Commissioner
Incumbent George P. Bush defeated Jerry Patterson, Davey Edwards, and Rick Range in the Republican primary for Texas Land Commissioner on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | George P. Bush | 58.2 | 857,398 |
 | Jerry Patterson | 29.7 | 437,535 | |
 | Davey Edwards | 6.8 | 100,763 | |
 | Rick Range | 5.3 | 77,623 | |
| Total votes: 1,473,319 | |||
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2014
| Bush campaign video from March 2013 |
After months of speculation that Bush was to run for Texas statewide office in 2014, he formally launched his campaign for state land commissioner on March 12, 2013.[9][10] Before the announcement, he was considered a potential candidate for either of the attorney general and state comptroller races.[11]
He won the Republican nomination in the primary on March 4, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Results
Primary election
| Texas Lands Commissioner Republican Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 George P. Bush |
73% | 937,987 | ||
| David Watts | 27% | 346,949 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,284,936 | |||
| Election results via Texas Secretary of State. | ||||
General election
| Texas Land Commissioner, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | George P. Bush |
60.7% | 2,826,751 | |
| Democrat | John Cook | 35.3% | 1,645,696 | |
| Libertarian | Justin Knight | 2.7% | 126,406 | |
| Green | Valerie Alessi | 1.3% | 60,112 | |
| Total Votes | 4,658,965 | |||
| Election results via Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Race background
Heading into the 2014 election, Republicans had held every state elected office in Texas for the last 20 years. By July 2013, no Democratic candidates had entered the race for the open seat as state land commissioner. Despite the lack of early-stage competition, Bush's campaign had already raised $3.3 million. According to The Huffington Post, the earnest fundraising efforts pointed to Texas Republicans' concerns about how the state's changing voter demographics, especially the growing proportion of Latino, Democrat-inclined, voters—in view of Obama's 71% share of the national Hispanic vote in 2012—might impact the party's winning election record.[1]
Endorsements
- Congressman Bill Flores (R-TX 17)[12]
- Congressman Pete Olson (R-TX 22)[13]
- Congressman Roger Williams (R-TX)[14]
- Texas Rep. Van Taylor (R-HD 66)[15]
- Texas Rep. Matt Krause (R-HD 93)[16]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
George P. Bush did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Huffington Post, "George P. Bush Campaign Starts Small Amid High Expectations," July 20, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 George P. Bush for Texas, "Bio," accessed April 24, 2013
- ↑ Associated Press, "Dad: George P. Bush eyeing Texas land commissioner," November 14, 2012
- ↑ Politico, "Jeb's forgotten father-in-law," March 19, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "George P. Bush running for Texas land commissioner," March 12, 2013
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 WFAA, "George P. Bush sworn in as 28th Texas Land Commissioner," January 2, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ CNN, "George P. Bush urges Republicans to back Trump," August 8, 2016
- ↑ The Associated Press, "George P. Bush running for Texas land commissioner," March 12, 2013
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpbush - ↑ The Washington Times, "George P. Bush weighing run in Texas," January 12, 2013
- ↑ Latino Post, "George P. Bush Steps onto Political Stage with Run for Texas Land Commissioner," December 3, 2013
- ↑ George P. Bush for Texas, "Congressman Pete Olson R-TX 22, endorses George P. Bush for Land Commissioner," April 23, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ George P. Bush for Texas, "Congressman Roger Williams Endorses George P. Bush," April 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ George P. Bush for Texas, "Rep. Van Taylor Endorses George P. Bush," April 11, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ George P. Bush for Texas, "Texas rep. Matt Krause, R-HD 93, endorses George P. Bush ," April 4, 2013 (dead link)
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